Finance Compliance, Accounting Specialist

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🕒 6 days ago

🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

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Koantek is a data intelligence company that specializes in maximizing data value through innovative solutions built on the Databricks platform. They offer tailored services such as data migration, advanced analytics, and cloud infrastructure modernization to help organizations unlock actionable insights and drive strategic growth. As a recognized Databricks partner, Koantek collaborates with businesses to develop customized data strategies that align with their unique objectives, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.

📋 Description

• Lead cleanup of historical state payroll tax issues, including notices, unapplied payments, registrations, and prior-period filing gaps • Own state withholding, unemployment, and local tax accounts across all active states • Register new state and local tax accounts and close dormant accounts • Maintain a master tracker of state accounts, filing frequencies, SUI rates, portal access, and POA status • Review annual SUI rate notices and update payroll system rates • Validate payroll-provider filings and payments and reconcile state tax liabilities to the general ledger • Apply correct withholding for remote and multi-state employees, including reciprocity, convenience-of-employer rules, leave programs, and local taxes • Research and resolve federal, state, and local tax notices, including calls and correspondence with agencies • Request and track penalty abatements and escalate to the CPA firm when needed • Respond to state unemployment claims and wage verification requests • Monitor state nexus and flag new filing obligations • Manage foreign qualifications, annual reports, and franchise tax filings • Track sales/use tax obligations for services and SaaS revenue • Review Forms 941, 940, and W-2/W-3 prepared by the payroll provider • Coordinate 1099-NEC/1096 reporting and W-9 collection • Prepare tax workpapers and apportionment data for the CPA firm • Process vendor invoices, including coding, approval routing, and scheduled payment runs • Maintain vendor records and respond to vendor inquiries • Prepare bank and credit card reconciliations and journal entries • Support month-end close and reconcile payroll, payroll tax, and balance sheet accounts • Review expense reimbursements and payroll registers • Provide documentation to auditors and the external CPA firm

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce (B.Com, M.Com, MBA Finance) • 4+ years in accounting • At least 2 years of hands-on US multi-state payroll tax work • Experience with US accounts payable and general ledger • Knowledge of SIT/SUI registration, multi-state withholding, reciprocity, nexus, and notice resolution • Knowledge of US GAAP fundamentals, accruals, reconciliations, and month-end close • Experience with ADP, Gusto, Paylocity, Rippling, or QuickBooks Payroll • Experience with QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Xero, or Zoho Books • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP, and reconciliations • Ability to work a permanent night shift aligned to US Central business hours • Clear, professional written and spoken English, including phone calls with state agencies, US managers, and the CPA firm • Highly organized, deadline-driven, and comfortable owning issues to resolution without close supervision • Preferred: Experience at a US-based IT services, consulting, or SaaS company • Preferred: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Enrolled Agent (EA), earned or in progress • Preferred: Experience with AP automation tools such as Bill.com or Ramp • Preferred: Experience with India–US intercompany accounting

🏖️ Benefits

• Permanent night shift aligned to US Central business hours • Opportunity to work directly with US finance leadership, payroll provider, and external CPA firm • Real-time collaboration with US teams and state agencies during US business hours

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