Akhila R Krishnan
Kerala
Summary
Tax professional with 8 years of experience in individual US tax returns. Demonstrated knowledge on US tax best practices and operations. Proficient at interfacing with others at all levels to ensure organizational goals are attained
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Tax Associate
Vialto Partners
09.2023 - Current
- Review of the Individual Tax filing process (1040s), state tax returns and the tax
equalization process. - Interacting with taxpayers and client to gather information required to complete the
tax return process. Including answering their queries with related to the tax process
through writing e-mails and scheduling calls. - Act as point of contact for 100 plus taxpayers for each tax season and guiding them
through the end-to-end process of tax related activities. (Which includes form W-4,
form W-7, tax equalization) - Interacting with IRS and state tax authorities to resolve notices on behalf of taxpayers.
Managing the book of business allocated and ensuring 95% of tax returns allocated to
the bob, are pushed to next level within the set deadline. - Worked on the additional projects other than the tax return specified by the team like
Gross Up calculation, gross to net calculation, hypo tax calculation, estimate tax
calculation, shadow payroll calculation. - Training and guiding analysts and advanced analysts to perform better. Helping them
by clarifying performance expectations and providing balanced and constructive
feedback. - Proactively seeking opportunities in different teams for exposure and new learnings.
Worked with different teams/clients in a year and was able to switch between different
team specifics and contribute to meet the team goals. - Always on top of the KPIs set by expressing a sense of priority in responding to clients
and team's needs by responding to all queries/concerns promptly. - Have built a positive relationship with internal professionals and client personnel by
demonstrating integrity and genuineness. - Adhering to practice protocols and other internal processes consistently, upholding the
quality of the work done.
Assistant Tax Manager
Ernst & Young GDS
10.2015 - 07.2023
- Managing day to day operations and global
co-ordination of assignee tax services and
worked in client accounts for both large and small proving U.S. Tax Services for US Inpatriates,
Expatriates and Foreign Nationals. - Preparing and reviewing complex tax returns,
drafting of e-mails to the assignee's and clients,
taking assignee calls and interacting with the
assignee's on a regular basis, preparing & filing of
1040 tax return along with 1120-C and 1120-S; tax equalization calculations of International Individuals and Small Businesses and
non-Profit entities in coordination with the EY
Standards. - Extensive experience in managing the tax
compliance process and reviewing US tax returns
on a Fortune 500 Engagement. - Expertise in both Inbound and Outbound
population of the individuals and experience in
conducting expatriate tax consultations.
Managing a team of analysts, advanced analysts
regarding overall career development. - Managed work during the crunch of the
resources to make sure the deliverables will not
hamper due to uncertain situations and the
business will run smoothly. - Performed calculations on Tax Equalization,
Foreign Tax Credit and Filed Foreign Reports such
as FBAR, FinCen 114 and managing various tax
issues including Health Savings Accounts, IRAs,
PFICs, Alternative Minimum Tax calculations and
other Income Tax Matters. - Involved in dealing with notices sent by IRS and
contacting IRS and respective state authorities
for resolving the tax issues, notices and queries.
Involved in providing advisory services in relation
to expatriate taxation matters and other taxation
matters related to individual taxation. - Involved in sending out welcome emails to the
assignee's for providing them US tax return
services and assisted the taxpayers in terms of
any queries. - Dealt with the client professionally, making them
aware of the capabilities of the team, bring more
volume of work and to increase the scope of the
work and thus to increase the organization's
revenue. - Utilized advanced Excel tools i.e. Pivot Table,
V-Lookup, H-Lookup, Conditional Formatting, etc.
and functions to create Tax allocations and
created US Workpaper Support Files. - Thorough Knowledge of Software's like
Go-System, Agility, Retain Tool, CCH ProSystem
Tax, Sure Prep, EY SharePoint,etc.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
Madras University
Chennai01-2015
Skills
- CCH ProSystem Software
- Sure Prep
- Agility
- Microsoft excel
- Microsoft Word
- Communication and E-mail
Additional Information
- Individual Tax Return (Form 1040)
- Handling Tax Notice
- Calls with tax authorities
- Interacting with clients
- Interacting with taxpayers
- Tax equalization
- Supervising analysts
- Managing Book of business
- Adhering to the current
technology
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Tamil
Proficient
C2
Malayalam
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Reference
Will be made available as required.
Timeline
Senior Tax Associate
Vialto Partners
09.2023 - Current
Assistant Tax Manager
Ernst & Young GDS
10.2015 - 07.2023
Bachelor of Commerce -
Madras University
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