Senior Tax Accountant

Role overview

Senior Tax Accountant at Lattice Semiconductor India

Senior Tax Accountant

Responsibilities

• India Direct Tax & Compliance
• Prepare and file corporate income tax (CIT) returns and computations, including current and deferred tax, evaluation of the concessional tax regime (Section 115BAA), and advance tax instalments (15 June / 15 September / 15 December / 15 March).
• Coordinate transfer pricing documentation and Form 3CEB filings, along with SFT (Form 61A) and responses to assessment, scrutiny, and notice proceedings.
• Ensure timely and accurate compliance with all applicable Indian direct and indirect tax laws (Income-tax Act, GST law, ICDS); maintain the compliance calendar and monitor legislative and regulatory changes for operational impact.
• India Withholding Tax (TDS/TCS)
• Manage end-to-end TDS/TCS compliance, including deduction at the correct sections and rates, monthly challan payments, and quarterly e-TDS/TCS returns (Form 24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ).
• Issue Form 16 / 16A certificates and reconcile deductions with Form 26AS and the books of account.
• India Indirect Tax (GST/VAT)
• Prepare and file monthly and annual GST returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, and GSTR-9 / 9C).
• Reconcile input tax credit per books against GSTR-2B to prevent ITC leakage; manage GST refunds, e-way bills, HSN classification, and vendor reconciliations.
• Tax Reporting & Provisioning (ROW – India Focus)
• Prepare and review current and deferred tax provisions for quarter-end and year-end close for ROW entities with an India focus, including annual tax computations, effective tax rate (ETR) reconciliations, and return-to-provision (true-up) adjustments under Ind AS 12 / ASC 740 / IFRS as applicable.
• Prepare tax journal entries, tax account reconciliations, and tax footnotes/disclosures for statutory financial statements.
• Contracts, Audit & Review
• Review commercial contracts, vendor arrangements, and intercompany agreements across entities from a tax perspective — assessing withholding tax treatment and rates, tax-treaty (DTAA) eligibility including Tax Residency Certificate and Form 10F requirements, GST place-of-supply and reverse-charge implications, and permanent-establishment risk on cross-border payments.
• Monitor and coordinate statutory audit, tax audit (Section 44AB — Form 3CA/3CB and 3CD), transfer pricing audit (Form 3CEB), and GST audit / annual return; manage information requests and liaise with auditors, consultants, and revenue authorities.
• Perform peer / second-level review of tax returns, computations, reconciliations, and other deliverables prepared by team members to ensure technical accuracy, completeness, and alignment with group standards before filing.
• Business Partnering & Support
• Partner with regional and global tax and finance teams, local finance controllers, and external advisors to gather data, align tax positions, and deliver accurate, timely reporting across time zones.
• Support the India Accounting Manager on general accounting and month-end close activities, including tax journal entries, GL reconciliations of tax accounts (income tax, deferred tax, GST, TDS), and statutory reporting.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of tax experience
• Role Summary
• We are looking for an experienced, technically strong tax professional to join our tax team as a Senior Tax Accountant.
• This is an individual-contributor role that combines full ownership of India statutory tax compliance — withholding tax, GST, corporate income tax, and audits — with Rest-of-World (ROW) quarter-end and year-end tax provisioning and close coordination with regional and global tax teams.
• The role suits a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than five years of direct and indirect tax experience, ideally gained at a Big 4 firm in India or within a large multinational.
• Beyond preparing and reviewing deliverables, the Senior Tax Accountant acts as a senior reviewer and coordination point — performing peer review of returns, monitoring audits, reviewing contracts for tax implications across entities, and partnering with the India Accounting Manager on general accounting matters.
• It offers meaningful global exposure alongside deep India technical work.
• Required
• Chartered Accountant (CA / ICAI) qualification.
• More than 5 years of relevant experience in Indian direct and indirect tax compliance and advisory.
• Strong working knowledge of the Income-tax Act, 1961, GST law, and applicable accounting/tax standards (Ind AS, ICDS, IGAAP).
• Hands-on experience managing tax compliance, provisioning, audits, and assessments.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
• Excellent communication, drafting, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work under compressed close and statutory deadlines and across global time zones.
• Experience gained at a Big 4 firm in India (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) or within a large multinational / Global Capability Center.
• Exposure to US GAAP (ASC 740) and/or IFRS tax accounting and provisioning.
• Familiarity with tax technology platforms (e.g., Thomson Reuters OneSource, Corptax) and analytics tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI).
• Experience coordinating with global/regional tax teams and reviewing cross-border transactions.
• Core Competencies
• Technical depth across India direct and indirect tax, with sound judgment on complex positions.
• Accuracy and thoroughness in preparing and reviewing tax deliverables.
• Strong ownership and follow-through across a busy statutory calendar and multiple entities.
• Effective collaboration with regional, global, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to review others' work constructively and mentor junior team members.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Preferred background: Big 4 (India)
• Preferred

Employment details

• Location: India
• Location: Pune [India], Chennai [India]

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-linked rewards.
• Comprehensive medical, life, and accident insurance for you and your family.
• Learning and professional development, including global exposure across multiple jurisdictions.
• An inclusive, collaborative culture with clear paths for career progression.
• #LI-DNP

Additional role details

• Lattice Overview
• There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations.
• It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers.
• Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry.
• Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.
• Energy feeds on energy.
• If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.
• This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in:
• India
• Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry.
• Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry.
• Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions.
• Our global workforce, some 1,000 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win.
• For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com .
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• At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace.
• Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.