Intern

About the Role

• Company: Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL)
• Department: Finance – Taxation
• Position: Intern – Taxation (Direct & Indirect Tax)
• Reporting to: Head – Taxation
• Location: Noida / Hybrid
• Duration: 6 months (extendable)
• Stipend: To be confirmed
• Note: CA industrial training candidates are welcome.

Key Responsibilities

• GST Compliance and Reconciliations
• Prepare data for GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B across multiple GSTINs.
• Reconcile GSTR-2B with books and track input tax credit (ITC) mismatches.
• Coordinate vendor follow-ups and compute reverse charge mechanism (RCM) liability.
• TDS / TCS
• Review applicability and rates for vendor payments.
• Prepare quarterly return data and reconcile records with Form 26AS / AIS.
• Support Form 15CA / 15CB documentation for foreign remittances.
• Cross-Border Tax Support
• Assist with withholding-tax and DTAA checks on payments to overseas vendors.
• Support related GST and RCM treatment.
• Corporate Tax
• Support advance-tax workings, tax-audit schedules, return-filing data and year-end tax provisioning.
• Notices and Litigation Support
• Track notices on the Income Tax and GST portals.
• Compile supporting data and documents, including matters arising from the offline merchant business transfer.
• Assist in drafting responses.
• Payments Data Reconciliation
• Reconcile high-volume merchant settlement data with relevant GST and TDS records.
• Investigate differences and maintain supporting documentation.
• MIS and Process Improvement
• Maintain compliance trackers and reconciliation MIS.
• Improve Excel / Google Sheets workflows and support process automation.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Skills Required
• Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP and SUMIFS.
• Ability to handle large datasets with high accuracy.
• Comfort working with GST and Income Tax portals.
• Clear written communication and organised documentation skills.
• Good to have: Google Apps Script, Python or Power Query, along with exposure to fintech, payment aggregators or BFSI taxation.

Qualifications

• CA Intermediate (both groups cleared), currently pursuing articleship or eligible for industrial training; or
• B.Com / M.Com with a strong foundation in taxation.
• Working knowledge of GST law, TDS provisions and the Income-tax Act, 2025.

What You Will Gain

• Practical exposure to taxation in a regulated fintech and payments environment.
• Experience with multi-GSTIN, cross-border and high-volume compliance.
• Hands-on involvement in reconciliations, compliance trackers and notice workflows.
• Performance-based extension / pre-placement opportunity (PPO), subject to company policy.