Kousalya Rajendran

• Manage VAT Compliance for multinational clients, ensuring accurate reporting and filing of VAT Returns/EU Sales Listing/Intrastat reports including final sign off at capacity of VAT Controller for EMEA countries
• Account Manager and Client point of contact for two large accounts from Financial Services and Pharmaceutical Industry driving VAT Compliance for 25 countries
• Responsible for full‐service delivery – Transition, Compliance, Transformation activities, Technology demonstrations and implementations
• Coordinate with international teams to ensure consistency in reporting across jurisdictions, implementation of e‐invoicing and SAFT for multiple countries
• Team lead for 12 plus professionals and coordinate VAT Compliance including time and motion study to bring in efficiency to account
• Perform regular health checks on VAT engagements to comply with reporting requirements
• Review transactional data, documentation, and filing processes to identify potential risks
• Effectively lead client calls to discuss VAT‐related matters, ensuring clear communication and alignment on compliance strategies
• Manage engagement economics, pull through activities, statement of work and billing. Also showed margin improvement of 8 to 10% on assigned accounts
• In depth VAT Compliance knowledge in 4 countries ‐ Poland, Portugal, Spain and Hungary. Also, have working knowledge on another 10 EU countries, South Africa and UAE
• Coordination with country expert teams on VAT advisory support
• Implemented automation tools and solutions to streamline VAT processes, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced errors
• Assist with VAT audits, queries from Tax Authorities, Tax Controversy matters, ensuring compliance with regulations and minimizing risk exposure
• Provide comprehensive training and mentoring to team members on VAT compliance and best practices. Support their professional development through regular coaching, feedback and guidance
• Limited experience in SAP (invoice and report extractions) and GL reconciliations (Balance sheet and sub-Ledger)
• Worked on Tax engines like One Source and EY's Global VAT reporting tool

• VAT Controller sign off on VAT returns, EU Sales and Purchase Listings and VAT Ledgers at VAT Controller capacity for 12 plus EMEA countries of multiple accounts
• Account manager role ‐ spearheaded client relations, serving as primary contact for VAT related queries
• Participate in client demos on EY VAT compliance process and technology
• Plan compliance activities for each period and responsible for work allocation
• Handle VAT audits, notifications and queries from Tax Authorities

I got the opportunity to move from India to Poland on entity transfer with the same roles and position as explained above

• Performed detailed review of VAT Returns, Intrastat, EU Sales & Purchase Listings and VAT Ledgers for EMEA countries of multiple accounts
• Engagement coordinator for account covering 12 countries
• Provided support in handling transition activity for multiple clients
• Specialized in preparing various Ledgers that are country Specific (SAF‐t for Poland, Tax books for Italy, VAT Books for Croatia, Local Sales and Purchase Listing for Romania, VAT Ledger for Slovakia, i‐SAF for Lithuania)

• Prepared and filed monthly, quarterly and annual VAT Returns accurately and timely for EMEA countries
• Assisted with reconciliation of general ledger accounts and invoice extractions from SAP
• Provided support with Compliance Calendar preparation
• Assisted in identifying and resolving VAT discrepancies and issues
• Prepared draft returns using OneSource solution and provided support during audits