Tax Associate

About This Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Tax Associate to support day-to-day indirect tax and SEZ activities. This role primarily involves GST compliance, input tax credit reconciliation, transaction review, tax accounting, regulatory documentation, and stakeholder coordination. The position requires strong execution discipline, attention to detail, and the ability to identify and escalate compliance risks promptly.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and support periodic GST returns, reconciliations, and related working papers for applicable registrations and states.
• Validate outward supply data, e-invoice and e-way bill requirements, and coordinate corrections with relevant stakeholders.
• Reconcile purchase register, general ledger, and GST portal data to identify input tax credit differences, ineligible credits, vendor non-compliance, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain documentation supporting GST positions, tax payments, refund claims, notices, audits, and assessments. Track statutory due dates and ensure accurate, complete, and timely submissions.
• Support routine and periodic SEZ compliances, including preparation, tracking, and maintenance of applications, approvals, permissions, declarations, registers, and supporting records.
• Coordinate with SEZ authorities, Development Commissioner / Specified Officer, customs teams, authorized dealers, vendors, and internal stakeholders for operational requirements.
• Support documentation for procurement and movement of goods or services, including exemptions, endorsements, authorized operations, asset records, and other prescribed evidence.
• Monitor validity of approvals and execute timely renewals, amendments, submissions, and responses to regulatory communications.
• Assist with SEZ audits, inspections, and reconciliations, and maintain an organized repository of compliance evidence.
• Review vendor invoices, purchase orders, contracts, and statements of work for GST, place of supply, reverse charge, input tax credit, and SEZ implications.
• Provide practical guidance to supply chain, accounts payable, and business teams on invoice requirements, applicable tax treatment, and supporting documentation.
• Support review of customer invoices and other transactions to ensure correct tax classification, rate, documentation, and reporting.
• Monitor relevant changes in GST, customs, Foreign Trade Policy, and SEZ regulations and prepare concise impact summaries for management.
• Prepare and post month-end indirect tax accounting entries and reconciliations within agreed close timelines.
• Maintain compliance trackers, process documentation, control evidence, and issue logs; support RCSA or equivalent control updates where applicable.
• Coordinate with statutory auditors, internal auditors, consultants, and compliance teams and provide complete supporting information within timelines.
• Track notices and communications from tax and regulatory authorities, coordinate data collation, and support preparation of accurate responses.
• Identify process gaps and contribute to standardization, automation, and continuous improvement of tax and SEZ activities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel; PowerPoint preparation.

Qualifications

• 6+ months of Corporate Tax experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• Chartered Accountants with strong experience (post qualification) is a plus.
• Should possess good verbal & written communication skills.
• Certification on SEZ, taxation, GST, IFRS, or IND AS certification would be an added advantage.
• Interpersonal skills.

Job Expectations

• Willing to travel and flexible for relocation and working on the LOB specific shift.