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◾ Responsible for leading Process Improvements, Transformation and Automation strategies to enhance financial processes across the organization. ◾ Evaluating, prioritizing and scoping activities in a finance transformation roadmap that focuses on differentiators of success.◾ Keeping finance transformation projects on schedule, budget and sustainable.◾ Subject Matter Expert on Finance matters and stay abreast of emerging business and industry trends relevant to our client’s business, such as Business Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, etc. ◾ Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes of the projects◾ Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment and playing an active role in counseling and mentoring team membersPROJECTS HANDLED ► Invoice processing in SAP SD module with new pricing mythology with coordination with SAP team successfully implemented for R&D Center for better control and robust GST compliance. ► Efficiently implementing and automating of e-Invoice process with integration with PWC software. E-invoice is a mandatory requirement of GST compliance ► Standardizing multiple templates and processes across plants and sites. ◾ Leading the successful transition and standardization of multiple processes from global sites to the India GBS center.

◾ Responsible for GST Compliance for Jubilant Generics Limited, Jubilant Business Services, and Jubilant Pharmova for Indian operations.◾ Resposible for GST/HST, QST, Sales Tax, Use Tax and propertity tax for Jubilant Draximage (Cannada) and Jubilant Hollisterstier (Cannada), Jubilant Draximage Radiopharmacies (North America).◾ Responsible for Refund under Rule 89 and 96 for Indian Company.◾ Responsible for Internal Audit related to GST and Quarterly/Annual GST Audit. ◾ Responsible for keeping a track of the latest amendments in Indirect Tax Laws and assessing the impact of the same on the company’s business◾ Recommending various business processes and transactions to ensure conformity with the provisions of Goods and Service Tax (GST)◾ Administering preparation and submission of reply to the show-cause notices/letters issued by the authorities.◾ Managing litigation in coordination with the external counsel and appearance before the statutory authorities.◾ MIS, Monthly meeting with Statekholder.

◾ Played a key role in spreading GST awareness and changes required from an operational perspective.◾ Managed GST Implementation in the northern region (8 states), ensuring a smooth transition to GST taxation without any business hit. ◾ Designing processes and implementing to ensure GST compliance for the northern region.◾ Ensuring compliance of service tax, sales tax, WCT, and excise for northern region.◾ Participation in automation of various finance tasks. Clean-up of accounting backlog, established efficient and scalable control processes using tools, and applications to automate the repetitive accounting tasks.◾ Core member of SAP-GST Solution through DCS implimation team. ◾ Reconciliation of revenue and expenses as per books with taxes (VAT/CST /GST / Entry tax etc.) paid and disclosed in returns as well as disclosures made in audited financial statements◾ Managing TDS and ensuring that all requirements regarding compliance as per IT Authorities are followed. ◾ Assisting and supporting other regional corporate offices for sales tax assessment.◾ Managing the processes for refunds through claims and appeal through liaising with concerned Tax departments. ◾ Audit – managing ad ensuring statutory audits and thus finding and rectification of any deviant process or practice if any.◾ Monitoring and managing statutory form collection PAN India for customer base pertaining to northern India. ◾ Dealing with all tax audits and assessment, departmental audits, replies to various queries and notices issued by the department◾ MIS and reporting, data crunching report generation and analysis to ensure consistent improvement and growth through informed decision making.◾ Mentoring team to ensure that all required transaction tax compliance is done in an accurate and timely manner, input credits are availed correctly and appropriately at all locations.

◾ Ensuring compliance of Sales Tax and Service Tax related formalities for corporate office of AGRI business of JIL and JACL. ◾ Liaising with Tax department and authorities and managing the process for assessment and claiming funds, ensuring flawless transactions enabling smooth business function.◾ Managing the process of PAN India registrations under Sales Tax, Service Tax, and Excise, which implied providing support to the respective regions to obtain hassle-free registration.◾ Planning and conducting audits for 10 depots in different states (7 states).◾ Monitoring reporting and MIS of statutory compliance and presentation as required.

◾ Managing Sales Tax and Service Tax-related documentation and submission for the states of UP and Uttaranchal.◾ Record management – ensuring proper paperwork and record maintenance for statutory audit for sales offices across the states of UP and Uttaranchal. ◾ MIS & compliance management as per the requirement of the organization as a corporate body.◾ Ensuring streamlining and automation of collection against invoices with the help of in-house IT and product team and reconciling age-old open invoices against collections.

◾ Managing Sales Tax and Service Tax related documentation and submission for the states of Rajasthan.◾ Managing TDS – ensuring adherence to the department’s directive with regards to adherence and compliances.◾ Regular review and ensuring adherence to budgets and analyzing variances.◾ Ensure coordination between regional offices and spread over 4 states and 31 districts, C&F locations and head office to ensure synchronized operations.◾ MIS and reporting and ensuring proper record maintenance for Internal and Statutory audit for the state of Rajasthan.◾ Contract management – ensuring timely renewal and signoffs of agreements with all business partners and vendors.

◾ Preparation and submission of Sales Tax Return for Delhi, Haryana and Uttaranchal state, maintaining paper work for issuing and procuring Various State permit including SO’s and suppliers.◾ Managing account payables and contract management for all suppliers, vendors and business partners and bank reconciliation.◾ TDS compliance – Deduction and Submission as per department’s regulations.◾ Generating Party’s Ledger, CD, CN & DN Calculation Sheet on monthly basis.

◾ Conducting Internal Audits for various clients like export houses, manufacturing concerns, educational institutions, etc.◾ Debtors & Creditors Management, Store Accounting & Purchase Accounting.◾ Income Tax related work of various Indivisible Client