Tax Analyst

About Javelin

Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm with head offices in London and wider global offices in New York, Dallas, San Diego, St Louis, Canada, Switzerland, Poland, Dubai, India, Singapore, China and Australia. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across six continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, softs, and renewables.

Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 200 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic. Our success over the years has been built on our guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.

Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Javelin has a dedicated strategy to support local and meaningful charities through volunteer days, donation matching, a ‘give as you earn’ scheme and other fundraising activities. We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and organise various social evenings, sports clubs and lunchtime activities. Discover more at http://www.javelincommodities.com/.

The Role

We are seeking our first Tax Bookkeeper to be based in our growing, dynamic Bangalore office. As our first local specialist Tax hire in India you will work closely with our local Operations and Finance teams as well as the London based head office to maintain accurate financial records, preparing and reconciling accounts, and supporting the preparation of tax returns and compliance filings. This role ensures that all bookkeeping and tax-related data are recorded in accordance with accounting standards and statutory requirements, enabling timely and accurate tax reporting.

• Review of specified accounts, (e.g. expenses, legal fees, etc) to:
• • Maximising VAT recovery
  • Identify taxable benefits
  • Properly classify expenditure for corporate income tax
  • Identification of items to be recharged within the group

• Review of all purchase and sale data coming from internal systems for
• • validity of invoices for VAT recovery
  • correct classification regarding VAT
  • correct recipient entity
• Identification of purchases to be recharged within the group and liaise with operations teams to repost and resolve any errors.

Requirements

• Competence in bookkeeping
• Awareness of how data flows through financial systems
• Competence with Workday and Business Central ERP systems
• Knowledge of income tax adjustments to accounting profit
• Knowledge of how a VAT system works and the main issues around recovery of VAT
• Knowledge of taxable employee benefits and identification thereof.

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Gym Membership Allowance
• Travel Allowance
• 23 days annual leave
• Discretionary Performance Bonus