Rakesh Narayan

• Managed end-to-end state and local tax compliance for large investment partnerships (1065-SALT).
• Reviewed partnership and corporate state tax workpapers, extensions, estimates, returns, and K-1s at manager level for accuracy and timely delivery.
• Coordinated with cross-functional and offshore teams to track status and meet deadlines.
• Led and coached a team, providing technical guidance and resolving issues.
• Tested and implemented firm automation tools to streamline workflows and reduce manual tasks in preparing and reviewing workpapers, returns and e-filing.
• Assisted resource management in planning and allocating resources for compliance work

• Reviewed state tax workpapers, returns, extensions, estimates, K-1s, and XMLs at senior level
• Coordinated with onshore teams.
• Trained staff and conducted new hire training.
• Resolved tax notices and rejections.
• Reviewed withholding, composite, and corporate state/local returns.
• Reviewed state matrices.
• Standardized deliverables and improved processes.

• Prepared state and local tax returns for partnership firms.
• Handled filings for blocker corporations.

• Developed detailed workpapers and analyses.
• Assisted automation team with tool testing.

• Managed payments, collections, and reconciliations.
• Monitored accounts and resolved irregularities.
• Issued past-due notices and improved collections.
• Coordinated to reconcile discrepancies.