A Chartered Accountant turned Tax Technology Specialist with expertise in software ideation and development. I leverage extensive tax domain knowledge to create and deliver impactful cross-platform products for GST compliances, reconciliation, data analytics, data transformation and automation.
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A Chartered Accountant turned Tax Technology Specialist, blending domain rigour with software craft to ship products that meet real business objectives.
Expertise in developing cross-platform solutions for GST compliances, reconciliation, data analytics, data transformation and automation.
I thrive on constantly acquiring new skills and adapting seamlessly to diverse projects and roles, an integral part of my professional journey across BDO India and Ernst & Young LLP.
Experience also extends to go-to-market strategies and launch plans, working with marketing and business teams to drive product adoption and revenue growth.
I love using the latest technology stacks to ship projects end-to-end. From type-safe React & Next.js frontends with polished micro-interactions, to Python and Node backends serving REST APIs via Flask & FastAPI. Ideate, design, develop and maintain several enterprise-level applications for the Tax Domain.
One idea, three surfaces. I ship to browsers, desktops and phones without re-thinking the mental model.
Over a decade across Direct & Indirect Tax, including GST Audits, VAT implementation in Saudi Arabia and appellate representation. CA-grade compliance, engineer-grade delivery.
Reconciliations, dashboards and pipelines that turn messy Excel into signals worth acting on. I identify automation opportunities and replace repetitive workflows with pragmatic tools.
Docker, Nginx, Azure, Firebase. Reproducible builds, observable services, boring-in-production, delightful-in-dev deployments.
Software doesn't live in isolation. I work across teams within the domain for integrations, ideate product design and architecture, and turn ideas into rolled-out reality.
Ideated, designed, developed, deployed and maintained enterprise-grade scalable software for tax compliance and reporting. Ran sprint planning and code reviews, defined product roadmap and vision, managed the backlog, and collaborated with infra, design, infosec, legal, independence and sales to deliver high-quality products on time.
Working closely with product specialists and sales to streamline processes and deliver customized solutions tailored to specific client mandates. Leading solutions enablement and product demonstrations, providing leadership to ensure successful implementation, and implementing best practices to optimize product performance.
Ideated, designed, developed, deployed and maintained enterprise-grade scalable software for tax compliance and reporting. Ran sprint planning and code reviews, defined product roadmap and vision, managed the backlog, and collaborated with infra, design, infosec, legal, independence and sales to deliver high-quality products on time.
Single Point of Contact for GST Audits and certification for Mumbai Region clients. Developed the overall plan, approach and SOPs for conducting GST Audits. Created presentations, manuals and delivered countrywide trainings on legal, technical, process and documentation aspects, and supported client teams in preparing and reviewing GST returns and forms.
Deputed to EY Saudi Arabia to help clients with VAT implementation. Prepared training material, ran client training sessions, addressed queries, coordinated with client IT teams on VAT implementation and Go-live preparedness, and attended meetings with tax authorities. Post go-live, supported onboarding, return preparation and drafting of replies to tax notices.
Supported clients with GST implementation in India: analyzed impact on businesses, prepared tax opinions, and advised on remedial measures. Built training material, ran sessions, addressed queries, coordinated with client IT teams for a smooth Go-live, and provided post-implementation support including return preparation and notice replies.
Ensured client compliance across Direct Tax by preparing and reviewing tax audit reports, computing and paying advance tax liabilities, and filing quarterly and annual returns. Drafted responses to notices, represented clients before tax authorities, and successfully represented clients at various tax appellate authorities, tribunals and courts, achieving favourable outcomes.
Supported clients in complying with tax regulations, filing quarterly and annual returns, computing and paying advance tax, and preparing and reviewing tax computations and audit reports. Drafted replies to tax notices, gathered documentation and conducted legal and technical research to inform client opinions.
Ingests raw client data in any shape and normalizes it into audit-ready formats. Removes hours of manual Excel wrangling from every engagement.
Client-specific GST reconciliation reports with configurable rules, tolerances, and drilldowns. Turns compliance from a chore into a decision surface.
End-to-end tooling for GST Annual Return & Audit, computing summary schedules, catching mismatches, and generating filing packs.
Fuzzy-matches GSTR 2B against the client's purchase register to identify eligible Input Tax Credit, flags mismatches, and exports action lists.
Batch generates Invoice Reference Numbers directly against the government portal, with retry, throttling and clean status reporting.
A desktop Invoice Registration Portal client that lets tax teams generate, cancel and reconcile e-Invoices offline-first, with signed QR generation and bulk operations.
On-the-go IRP companion for field teams: authenticate, generate IRNs, print/share signed QR invoices, and sync with the desktop app when back online.
WYSIWYG invoice designer with drag-and-drop layout, live preview and PDF export. Ships pixel-perfect tax invoices in seconds.
Point your phone at a printed e-invoice, decode the signed QR, OCR the fallback, and validate against the IRN registry.
Interactive dashboards over tax, revenue and reconciliation data. Turns pivots and spreadsheets into decision-ready cockpits with drilldowns, filters and export.
My inbox is open for all :) Whether it's a bug in a spreadsheet or an idea for the next big tax-tech thing, I'd love to hear from you.