Sahana Janardhanan

Countries handled: UK, USA, Brazil, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa & Seychelles

Indirect Taxes:

• Independently handled GST compliance for Singapore & South Africa, VAT compliance for UK, Indonesia & Philippines and SST compliance for Malaysia.
• Independently handled ISS, PIS & COFFINS compliance for Brazil.

Direct Taxes:

• Independently handled corporate taxes for UK, USA, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore & South Africa.
• Independently handled withholding tax compliance such as EWT for Philippines, WHT for USA & Indonesia and IRRF & CSRF for Brazil.
• Independently handled Advance tax compliance for Philippines & Brazil.
• Independently handled DST compliance for Philippines and prepared & submitted ECI for Singapore.

ROC Compliance:

• Handled Annual Return filing for USA, South Africa & Seychelles including registration of new states and attending the notices.
• Drafted resolutions and minutes for Board / Shareholders' meetings.

Miscellaneous:

• Prepared financial modelling including cash flow statement on weekly basis.

• Posted Purchase Invoices in SAP (MIRO entries), posted and reconciled bank account entries.
• Reconciled GSTR 2B and provided working for GSTR 3B payment and return filing.
• Reconciled and paid TDS on monthly basis within due dates.
• Paid statutory dues such as PF, PT and ESIC on monthly basis within due dates.
• Prepared proforma invoice for advance receipts, sales invoices and E-invoices.
• Paid monthly utility bills, credit card bills on / before their respective due dates.
• Handled cash expenses and furnished fund flow statement as and when required by management.
• Processed and disbursed wages, salaries and advances to staff.
• Made outward remittances as and when required.
• Reconciled all company expenses and passed entry respectively.
• Reconciled company’s creditors and made payment to them as per payment plan.
• Provided disposal to bank on amount received in USD or EURO.
• Scrutinized employee travel expense vouchers and made payment post reconciliation.

• Finalized accounts, prepared financial statements, collated data for income tax return filing of company and its associate firms.
• Handled complete accounting in Tally ERP 9 including posting of adjustment entries at financial year end.
• Assisted Statutory Auditors by providing them with data, information, reports, etc. as per their requirement.
• Prepared bank reconciliation, creditors & debtors reconciliation on a monthly basis.
• Prepared GST workings, made GST payments and filed GSTR Returns in Form GSTR1 and GSTR3B.
• Reconciled GSTR 3B with GSTR 2B, communicated discrepancies to suppliers for corrective action, availed unclaimed ITC upon realization and reversed excess ITC claimed inadvertently.
• Prepared TDS workings, made TDS payments and filed TDS returns in Form 26Q & 24Q.
• Reconciled Form 26AS with books of accounts, including subsequent follow up with defaulting parties for getting their TDS returns revised / filed as and when required.
• Followed up with company debtors for recovery of overdue payments and was successful in recovering outstanding dues within 3 months of them being overdue.
• Handled company’s online & offline banking transactions (RTGS, NEFT, Cheque Payments etc.) including opening and closing of current accounts and OD accounts.
• Registered clients for National Automated Clearing House (NACH) process, reconciled NACH receipts on monthly basis and coordinated with banks for processing NACH receipts on due dates.
• Scrutinized ledger accounts and made necessary rectifications of errors identified during scrutiny.
• Prepared salary sheet taking into account various deductions and sent salary sheet to bank for disbursement.

• Prepared GST workings, made GST payments and filed GSTR Returns in Form GSTR1 and GSTR3B.
• Prepared TDS workings, made TDS payments and filed TDS returns in Form 26Q & 24Q.
• Prepared reconciliation statements with respect to debtors, creditors, bank, branch expenses etc.
• Handled cash including petty cash with utmost vigilance and skepticism.
• Processed statutory payments such as PF, ESIC, PT, including its subsequent payment online.
• Independently handled general accounting for one of group companies.
• Managed vendor and creditors accounts including generation of on demand cheques.
• Assisted the Statutory Auditors & Internal Auditors in conducting the respective audits.
• Prepared online/offline tenders, security deposits at PAN India level and kept track of same.

• Computed income as per provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961 and filed income tax returns.
• Prepared and filed financial statements, VAT, ST and LBT returns for firms and corporate.
• Led and finalized LBT audit of various manufacturing companies.