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India Tax Specialist

Cohesity

Cohesity

Pune, Maharashtra, India · India
Posted on Mar 13, 2025

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

Ready to secure the future of data with Cohesity?

Cohesity is on a mission to radically simplify how organizations secure and manage their data, while unlocking limitless value. As a leader in data security and management, we make it easy to secure, protect, manage and derive value from data—across the data center, edge, and cloud. At Cohesity, we're a group of builders and go-getters who are committed to doing the right thing. We encourage you to come as you are, as our differences make us stronger.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and are prominently featured in the Forbes Cloud 100 and CRN’s Coolest Cloud companies.

Join us and we'll lead the way together.

Want to help us simplify the world of data management?

The tax department’s mission is to ensure compliance with applicable tax laws and to enhance shareholder value by minimizing the Company’s tax obligations while supporting business initiatives.

The Principal Tax Accountant within India will be a member of the Global Tax & Shared Service team and will be responsible for India Direct, Indirect Tax Compliance, Audits, Tax Accounting, Advisory, Transfer Pricing.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE

  • Prepare direct, indirect tax filings for India and arrange tax returns for signing and payment process
  • Prepare advance tax, withholding tax workings
  • Transfer pricing filings including Master file, CbCR
  • Prepare responses to various tax authorities.
  • Support direct, indirect tax audits as they arise.
  • Prepare tax accounting for statutory purposes both for inclusion into financial statements and tax filings to the tax authorities.
  • Reconcile Tax accounts in the specified system.
  • Assist the Tax Lead in merger and acquisition activity including due diligence, integration
  • Implement global and regional tax initiatives including tax projects
  • Support Tax Lead in driving cross-functional tax and business initiatives.
  • Prepare & implement tax advisories
  • Develop and implement tax processes and procedures.

WE'D LOVE TO TALK IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING

8+ years of firsthand experience in India Direct, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing related roles.

Strong to excellent Excel skills to work comfortably with data, complex computations

Required skills include:

o Initiative and ability to work independently.

o Ability to manage external and internal relationships.

o Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Prefer:

o Experience in the software industry

o Experience with a US based multinational company.

o Experience in general and tax-specific technology tools

CA, LLB or equivalent qualification having relevant India direct, indirect tax experience.

  • Process Oriented – excellent process & project management skills, focusing on delivering flawless quality in a highly efficient and timely manner.
  • Team Oriented – a team player possessing strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and nurture cross-functional teams and relationships both within and outside of the tax function.
  • Systems Aptitude – familiarity and comfort using a broad range of systems and applications.
  • Commercial and Technical Competence - strong tax technical knowledge, transactional experience, analytical, creative, and proactive thinker with practical solutions, risk-minded, understands business and is tightly linked to business strategies and priorities.
  • Results Oriented – a high-energy, driven individual with a problem solver mentality, demonstrating a strong bias for self-initiated action and follow through to completion, and a willingness to tackle the most complex and difficult issues.
  • People Oriented – respect for others, tactfully assertive, works well within a culturally diverse climate, sets and achieves stretch goals.
  • Integrity – strong integrity, ethics, and compliance with legal, regulatory, and company rules and policies.
  • Organized – process & project management focused, establishes clear accountabilities, active hands-on style and follow through, quality minded.
  • Adaptability & Flexibility – comfortable working in a fast-paced environment; and processes, policies and procedures are being continually developed and expanded.

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.