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CA SANDEEP SAHRAWAT

CA SANDEEP SAHRAWAT

Summary

A successful Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of rich and qualitative experience in Compliance Management (Direct/Indirect) US Tax, UK Tax and Singapore Tax, Financial Planning, Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Statements, Indian Accounting Standards, US GAAPs, and IFRSs, GST, Transfer Pricing, Compliance, Audits, DTAAs, Liaison with Tax Authorities (Including Appeal Filing) etc. for India, US, UK, Singapore Excellence in Management Accounting (MIS) like periodical Financial Statements, Project profitability, Cost Reports, Budgeting and Forecasting, Cash Flow Management ensuring smooth cash flows. Excellent knowledge of payroll processing and compliance relating to India, US, UK and Singapore (including PF/ESI/NPS), declaration forms, TDS, Form 16A, Form 1099 etc. Strong analytical skills in Tax savings, Cost Savings, Investment decisions. Recognized for successfully preparing, submitting cases and obtaining CENVAT credit refunds of Rs.1.5 crore and TDS Refund of Rs.3.2 crore, Huge Cost Savings, LUT in GST, Lower Deduction Certificate and application of various Notifications/ Circulars issued by CBDT/CBEC. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, highly trustworthy, discreet, and ethical.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager Tax, Foreign Reporting and Compliance

Amazon
09.2021 - Current

Amazon is a well-known name in E-Commerce, AWS, Prime, Kindle and Ads. Key Responsibilities with Amazon―

  • Tax return and assessments : Income tax returns, tax assessments handling and filing of replies with tax authorities in collaboration with tax controversy team
  • Foreign Capex : For countries like IN, AUS, NZ, JP, SG, TW, TH, MY tax depreciation calculation Capex, Leases, Intangible Assets etc. for more than 100,000 fixed assets and lease.
  • Estimated tax payments : For advance tax purpose provisioning for tax dep which involves estimation on additions, deletions, gain/loss on disposals.
  • Tax memos : Reviewing and working with tax consultants on updating tax memo for above mentioned countries.

Finance Controller

Mediaagility Group of Companies
07.2015 - 06.2021

MediaAgility' is a Google Premier Partner that works closely with Google. MediaAgility group companies are located in the USA, UK, Singapore, and Mexico. Key Responsibilities with MediaAgility―

  • Global Compliance (Direct Tax and Indirect Taxes) : To look into and timely compliance of Corporate Taxation, GST, Tax Audits, GST Audits, HMRC Filing in UK, US State Sales Tax of NJ, NY, GA, TX, PA, and CA, Federal Tax Filing, Secretary of State filing, Department of Labor filings, ACRA and IRAS Filing in Singapore, W2, W9, 1120, 5471, 1099 filings in USA etc. This includes quarterly and annual return filings of various returns in India, USA, UK, and Singapore
  • Transfer Pricing : Preparation of Inter-Company Agreements, APA, DTAAs, Filing of Form 3CEB with Govt, choosing Appropriate Method, to calculate ALP, and to calculate differential invoicing
  • Global Accounting and consolidations : To manage accounting globally for the entire group ensuring compliance with IND AS and US GAAPs, tax Laws globally. For MIS with the help of ‘Xero' Accounting Software, we managed global accounting and reporting.
  • Inter-Company Transaction : Inter-company/Inter-country calculations, invoicing, and reconciliations on monthly basis
  • Budgeting and Cash Flow Planning : From management perspective, budgeting and cash flow planning is very important area to deal with. This role includes prepare and publish Budgets for India, USA, UK and Singapore on monthly basis and Cash Flow Plan for them.
  • Payroll Processing and compliances : Payroll calculations and processing for India, USA and UK; payment of all payroll taxes and filing of all payroll tax returns. Taking care of all payroll forms, 1099, 401k, Form 16A etc.

Managing Partner

CA Gateway LLP
03.2013 - 06.2015

Key Responsibilities with CA Gateway―

  • Monitoring Assignments : To Monitor Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Payroll, MIS, Budgetary Control, Inventory Management, AR/AP Management, Fixed Assets Verification and Control with team of 5 members.
  • Financials Statements : Preparation and finalization of financial statements for client enterprises.
  • Statutory Compliance : To look into and timely compliance of various statutory requirements of clients (Including annual/quarterly filings of various returns)
  • Advisory : Providing advisory in the field of Direct and Indirect Taxes including assistance relating to Registration, Return filing and other compliance relating to Service Tax/Excise etc., CENVAT credit refunds, DTAAs etc.
  • Transfer Pricing : Carrying out Transfer Pricing Study and Mark-up calculations by joining hands with SVANS and Associates (a South Delhi CA Firm)
  • Liaison with Statutory Authorities and Auditor : Filing Appeal before CIT(Appeals), getting Assessment done, Refunds processing, Liaison with Auditor and getting the audit done by making available the required details/documents/computation etc.

Manager, Finance and Taxation

Omniglobe Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, Udyog Vihar
02.2011 - 03.2013

Omni is a captive unit of US-based company, Omniglobe LLC (USA). Omni is registered with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI). Key Responsibilities with Omni―

  • Accounting and reporting (the weekly results like profit and loss, cash position, budgets etc.), Payroll processing, Calculations of Salary, ESI, PF, Leave Encashment, Gratuity etc.
  • Transfer pricing, markup calculation and invoicing, maintenance of records as per Rule 10D, Safe Harbour Rules- Application (Form 3CEFA)
  • Foreign Remittances including preparation and filing of Form 2A (RBI), Form 15CA and 15CB
  • Taxation : TDS calculation, Return filing, Generation of TDS certificates at NSDL, Service Tax Registration, Calculation of Service Tax liability, CENVAT credit refunds, VAT, Advance Tax, MAT etc
  • STPI compliance including filing of APR/MPR, Softex Form, De-bonding and taking CENVAT credit
  • Liaison with Income Tax Authorities including Appeal filing before CIT(Appeals).

Senior Team Leader

Mynd Solutions (P) Ltd, Udyog Vihar
12.2007 - 02.2011

Mynd Solutions (P) Ltd Is in the business of K.P.O. It is lead by high-profile chartered accountants with over 1500 employees across India. Working with Mynd was the real beginning of CA profession. With Mynd, four clients (i.e Russell Reynolds Inc, Astadia Inc, Denyo and Daikin) were assigned to me with nearly six employees subordinate and reporting to me. These clients were in the businesses of manufacturing, software/program development and recruitment etc. Key Responsibilities with Mynd―

  • Transfer Pricing (Including computation of A.L.P and preparation of T.P Study)
  • Corporate taxation including Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) and advance tax Service tax, TDS (computations, filing of returns, generation of TDS certificates)
  • Tax exemptions (like section 10A, Lower Deduction Certificates under section 197), and
  • Preparation and consolidation of Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss A/c on Monthly, Quarterly and yearly basis for MIS and Statutory Audit purpose.

Education

CPA (Pursuing) -

AICPA

Chartered Accountancy (CA) -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
2008

B.Com -

MDU
2003

Skills

  • Foreign Reporting and Compliance Management (Direct tax and Indirect tax) for US, UK, Singapore, Australia, Japan and India Return preparations, filing and handling tax enquiries (IRS, HMRC, IRA, ITA)
  • Transfer Pricing, DTAA, Arms Length Pricing, APAs
  • FP&A, Financial Statements, US GAAP, Project profitability, Budgeting and Treasury
  • Auditing (readiness and liaison with auditor)
  • Payroll Management (preparation, processing, payroll taxes, 401k, NPS, Form 1099, Form 16A) for US, UK and India
  • Accounting Tools : Oracle, Xero, Quickbooks, Gusto, Tally, Busy and PeopleSoft
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, highly trustworthy, discreet, and ethical

Certification

G-Suite Certificate by Google

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Full Professional

Timeline

Manager Tax, Foreign Reporting and Compliance

Amazon
09.2021 - Current

Finance Controller

Mediaagility Group of Companies
07.2015 - 06.2021

Managing Partner

CA Gateway LLP
03.2013 - 06.2015

Manager, Finance and Taxation

Omniglobe Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, Udyog Vihar
02.2011 - 03.2013

Senior Team Leader

Mynd Solutions (P) Ltd, Udyog Vihar
12.2007 - 02.2011

CPA (Pursuing) -

AICPA

Chartered Accountancy (CA) -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)

B.Com -

MDU
CA SANDEEP SAHRAWAT