PrekshaUjjini
Indirect Tax Manager · EMEA VAT Specialist
10+ years turning complex multi-country VAT compliance into clean, on-time delivery — across 19+ EMEA jurisdictions.
About
A decade of VAT, done right
I'm an Indirect Tax Manager at EY Global Delivery Services in Bengaluru, where I've spent the last decade growing from Staff to Manager — six promotions, one specialty: EMEA VAT compliance done right. Today I serve as VAT Controller, signing off 60–70 returns every month and overseeing quarterly reviews of 100+ filings, while managing a 15+ member team and client engagements that each exceed 10,000–15,000 hours of book of business. I care about clean processes, honest deadlines, and teaching what I know — I've trained 30+ professionals across clients and teams. Outside work you'll find me sketching, painting, cooking, or lost in a good book.
Career timeline
- 2015
Staff
- 2016
Advanced Analyst
- 2017
Senior Tax Analyst
- 2019
Assistant Manager
- 2021
Manager
Experience
Where I've grown
Ernst & Young LLP (EY Global Delivery Services)
Bengaluru
Manager, Indirect Tax Compliance
2021 – Present- Manage a 15+ member VAT compliance team delivering return preparation, review, sign-off and filing across 19+ EMEA countries; personally counsel ~10 professionals.
- Serve as VAT Controller throughout the Manager tenure — final sign-off on 60–70 VAT returns per month; quarterly filing-status reviews spanning 100+ returns.
- Own relationships across multiple client engagements, each exceeding 10,000–15,000 hours of book of business.
- Coordinate with EY local offices and clients across nearly all EU jurisdictions plus Switzerland and Norway for submissions, technical queries and corrections.
- Support tax authority audits end-to-end — documentation, corrections, responses.
- Standardizing the Desktop Review procedure through an automated dashboard.
- Manage engagement financials — POs, invoice tracking, internal costing, management reporting trackers.
Assistant Manager, Indirect Tax
2019 – 2021- Dual Reviewer + Assistant VAT Controller role — reviewed EMEA VAT returns for technical accuracy and supported controller sign-off and submission.
- Partnered across domains and countries to build a unified client workspace; led client transitions and engagement-specific trainings.
Staff → Advanced Analyst → Senior Tax Analyst
2015 – 2019- Prepared and reviewed VAT returns for 10 EMEA countries; preparer → reviewer in four years, three promotions.
- Built graphical dashboards for analysis and reporting of VAT return data.
Featured
France Country Champion
As EY's France Country Champion, I own the country-specific knowledge that keeps French VAT compliance sharp — training teams on local requirements, delivering client and engagement trainings on EY tech platforms, and acting as the go-to escalation point for France-specific questions. Across my career I've trained 30+ professionals — clients, peers, counselees and new joiners.
Skills & Tools
What I bring to the table
Core competencies
- EMEA VAT Compliance & Reporting
- Tax Reporting & Statutory Filings
- Team Management & Coaching
- Client Relationship Management
- Transition & Transformation
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Tax Authority Audit Support
- Compliance Automation
Tools
- Power BI
- Alteryx
- Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE
- EY Proprietary Tax Platforms
- Microsoft Office Suite
- B.Com, Presidency College, Bangalore University (2015)
- Business English Certificate, Cambridge (Levels 1 & 2)
- Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada