Nithesh Aravind Mani
Bangalore,Karnataka, India
Summary
Dynamic Expertise and multitalented Tax Manager with 7+ years of employment experience in US Taxation (State and Local Taxes) with professional credential (Enrolled Agent) and demonstrated leadership abilities, strategic planning expertise and problem-solving acumen. Have acquired people skills while I managed Engagement teams during the busy season by balancing the workload and scheduling conflicts of the team members. Skilled at training employees and leveraging organized approaches to handle daily planning, scheduling as per client requirements. A detail and Task oriented professional aiming in timely completion of given tasks with exceptional quality. Have been consistent performer and rated top in all the year-end performance reviews thus far. Coupling deep business awareness with strong technical skills to enhance workflow efficiency and accuracy.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tax Manager
Ernst & Young Bahamas Ltd
01.2023 - Current
- Joined Ernst & Young as a Tax Assistant Manager in Jan 2023. Currently promoted as Tax Manager.
- Leading firm based K-1 preparation tool testing , updates and customization for engagements needs.
- Planning resource schedules and delegating assignments and substantiating the completion of forecasted workflow demands.
- Reviewed 1065 Partnership K-1s, work papers and returns and 1 120 Corporation work papers and returns in the capacity of Manager.
- Conducted training to a group of 30+ employees on tax concepts and tools used in K-1 and return preparation.
- Providing mentorship and professional development opportunities to staffs and seniors to foster growth.
- Career coach for couple of seniors, helping and guiding them in career developments.
- I nteracting with clients over mails, meetings/calls. Assisting with tax related questions and responding back with solutions.
Assistant Tax Manager
BDO RISE
06.2022 - 11.2022
- Reviewed 1065 Partnership K-1s, work papers and returns.
- Leading a team of 8 to 10 tax Analysts and Seniors on multiple accounts.
- Provided classroom trainings on SALT terminology and concepts to new hires.
- · Led, Organized and scheduled Kick off and debrief calls with US teams.
Assistant Tax Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers Kolkata SDC
02.2021 - 06.2022
- Led and Managed 3-4 accounts with team for 10 to 15 professionals and having about 800+ returns with a scheduled hours of 10,000+ hours.
- Reviewed both 1065 Partnership and 1120 Corporation State Extensions, K-1's, Tax Work papers, Returns, XMLs, E-Filing the State returns to the State Departments.
- Apart from State and Local Taxes (SALT) expertise, led and managed various 1042 and 1042‐S Projects. Led a team of 10 to 15 professionals on this project and worked on more tha n 60+ engagements.
- Had been Career coach for Analysts and Seniors.
- Conducted SALT trainings to a group of 20 to 30 experienced professionals.
- Worked on resource planning and delegating assignments by creating employee schedules to meet the forecasted workflow demands.
- Led, Organized and scheduled Kick off and debrief calls with US teams.
- Strengthened operational efficiency to remain cost-effective while maintaining quality service.
Senior Tax Analyst
Ernst & Young
05.2017 - 02.2021
- Senior Tax Analyst with a firm wide experience of 3.5+ years in FSO/WAM SALT.
- Worked on Reviewing both 1065 Partnership and 1120 Corporation State Extensions, K-1's, Tax Work papers, Returns, XMLs, E-Filing the State returns to the State Departments.
- Led teams of 8‐10 tax analysts including overseas team based in US, Argentina on multiple accounts , analyzing & reviewing all the tax related documents to produce timely & reliable State K-1's, Returns.
- Managed the daily responsibilities of maintaining the Trackers, assigning work, and aiding the Manager and Senior Managers in everyday assignments and deadlines.
- Interacting with the client by drafting and sending encrypted mails as per Senior Managers assistance by clearing the doubts or concerns on State tax Work papers, Returns, State K-1's.
- Worked on various State Tax Notices on multiple accounts. Understanding the reason for a notice from a particular state and providing a summary of notice to Managers and Senior Managers. Also providing the solution to a notice to the client with the assistance of Managers and Senior Managers.
- Provided “SALT training” to new hires & experienced tax Analysts and also been part of the Learning & Development team and have conducted trainings with regards to tax tool & technology.
- Been a part of the Tax technology and automation team, where we developed tools to prepare State tax returns to eliminate the manual process and increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Interaction with the client on one of the accounts in presenting a new technology and automation tool over a meeting/call and walking the client over the process and functioning of the tool. Also was a lead in testing the tool and fixing any glitches in the tool with the help of technology team.
- Represented a major Account from India office and managed streamlining the workflow and the Work Schedule of the entire team.
Finance Intern
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)
04.2016 - 05.2016
- Worked as an intern at Bharat Earth Movers Limited and prepared report on “Organizational Study” of the company.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance
St. Joseph's Institution MBA Twinning Programme
Bangalore, Karnataka, India08.2021
Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Accounting And Finance
St. Joseph's College of Commerce
Bangalore, Karnataka, India04.2017
Pre-University: Commerce - Accounting And Computer Science
St. Joseph's Indian Composite PU College
Karnataka, India04.2014
High School Diploma -
Maruthi Vidyalaya
Karnataka, India04.2012
Skills
- Tax Research Abilities, Analytical and Interpretational skills
- Managerial Experience
- US 1065 Tax proficiency in State & Local Taxes (SALT)
- Employee performance evaluations
- Recruiting and interviewing
- Software - Gosystems, Onesource, CCH Intelliconnect, Microsoft Excel, Word, PPT and Adobe PDF
Languages
English
Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
Certification
- EA - Enrolled Agent - Internal Revenue Service (IRS), USA.
Accomplishments
- Honored with “ Happiest Client Award ” for FY2019 at Ernst & Young.
- Honored as “Tax Professional of the Year” in the capacity of Senior for FY2020 at Ernst & Young.
- Awarded with the Certificate of “ Extra Miler Award ” and “ Exceptional Client Service ” at Ernst & Young.
- Awarded with “ Spot Award ” in the month of June 2021 and “ Territory Spot Award ” in the month of December 2021 at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
- Awarded with couple of Bravo Awards in 2023-24 at Ernst & Young, The Bahamas.
Timeline
Tax Manager
Ernst & Young Bahamas Ltd
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Tax Manager
BDO RISE
06.2022 - 11.2022
Assistant Tax Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers Kolkata SDC
02.2021 - 06.2022
Senior Tax Analyst
Ernst & Young
05.2017 - 02.2021
Finance Intern
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)
04.2016 - 05.2016
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance
St. Joseph's Institution MBA Twinning Programme
Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Accounting And Finance
St. Joseph's College of Commerce
Pre-University: Commerce - Accounting And Computer Science
St. Joseph's Indian Composite PU College
High School Diploma -
Maruthi Vidyalaya
- EA - Enrolled Agent - Internal Revenue Service (IRS), USA.
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