Senior Tax Analyst

Gigamon; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Gigamon is seeking a Senior Tax Analyst based in Chennai to support U.S. federal, state, local, and international tax activities. You will partner with global teams to ensure accurate tax compliance, tax accounting, and timely reporting while coordinating with external advisors.

The role requires CA qualification or equivalent, 3–6 years of tax experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with US tax regimes. Hybrid work with three days in Chennai office, coordinating across time zones.

Qualifications

• CA qualification or semi-qualified CA with accounting bachelor’s degree.
• 3–6 years of progressive accounting and tax experience, including corporate tax.
• Experience with US sales & use tax, income tax compliance, tax accounting, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and support state and local tax returns.
• Prepare tax accruals and reconcile related accounts.
• Maintain tax data in tax systems (Avalara AvaTax).
• Prepare responses to tax notices in coordination with stakeholders.
• Support tax audits with documentation and schedules.
• Assist with US federal, state, and international income tax compliance.

Skills

Detail oriented

Organized

Clear communicator

Decision making

Collaborative

Time zone coordination

Hybrid work

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Avalara AvaTax

Job description

Description

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.

Description

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.

The Senior Tax Analyst will join Gigamon’s global tax function and support U.S. federal, state and local, and international tax activities. Based in Chennai, this role will partner closely with the Director, Accounting Operations, the Senior Director of Tax, Accounting teams in the U.S. and India, external tax advisors, tax authorities, and business stakeholders. The position will contribute to accurate and timely tax compliance, tax accounting, reconciliations, audits, notices, and related projects. Success in this role requires strong technical knowledge, careful attention to detail, and effective collaboration across U.S. and India time zones.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare, review, and support state and local sales, use, commercial activity, and other indirect tax returns.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly sales and use tax accruals and support related account reconciliations.
• Maintain taxability and product-mapping data in sales tax systems, including Avalara AvaTax.
• Prepare and submit responses to federal, state, and local tax notices in coordination with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
• Support tax audits by gathering documentation, preparing schedules, and tracking open items through resolution.
• Assist with U.S. federal, state, and international income tax compliance, including preparation of supporting workpapers and responses to information requests.
• Support the annual income tax provision process under ASC 740 by gathering data, preparing provision schedules and journal entries, reconciling tax accounts, and maintaining documentation.
• Assist with estimated tax payment analysis and review tax-related general ledger activity.
• Maintain organized, accurate, and review-ready tax workpapers and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to accounting and other tax-related special projects as needed.

What You’ve Done

• Earned a Chartered Accountant qualification or are a semi-qualified Chartered Accountant with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• Gained approximately 3-6 years of progressive accounting and tax experience, including meaningful corporate tax experience.
• Developed experience with U.S. sales and use tax, income tax compliance, tax accounting, or a comparable combination of tax disciplines.
• Demonstrated strong Microsoft Excel skills, including experience working with large data sets, reconciliations, lookups, pivot tables, and supporting schedules.
• Worked with an enterprise resource planning or general ledger system; experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is preferred.
• Supported tax compliance, provision, audit, notice-response, or reconciliation activities in a corporate, public accounting, or comparable environment.

Who You Are

• A detail-oriented professional who takes ownership of work and maintains high standards for accuracy.
• An organized and dependable collaborator who can manage recurring deadlines and multiple priorities.
• A clear written and verbal communicator who can explain tax matters to finance and non-tax stakeholders.
• A sound decision-maker who uses good judgment when reviewing data, resolving issues, and escalating risks.
• An adaptable team member who works effectively with colleagues, advisors, and business partners across functions and geographies.
• Willing and able to work during overlapping U.S. and India business hours when required.
• Comfortable working in a full-time hybrid arrangement, with three days per week in the Chennai office.

As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, and/or local law. For more information, please refer to Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

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