Punitha Ganapathy

About Punitha Ganapathy

An IRS Enrolled Agent with over 14 years of rich experience at Ernst & Young LLP ® Global Delivery Services India, in US business tax consulting and project managing client engagements. The role predominantly required me to – • Specialize in real estate • Manage delivery of tax compliance services for US Corporate and Partnership client engagements. • Integrate on-shore and off-shore centers to function as one EY. • Work with Partners to closely monitor and manage engagement economics. • Forge relationships with internal and external stakeholders. • Building high performance teams, ultimately leading to exceptional client service • Continually strive to enhance leverage of delivery centers. Project management • Manage the client engagements end to end together with the Global Engagement Leaders to ensure we are at par with service delivery. • Responsible for building strong relationships with the corporate client, third parties (e.g. BPO provider, attest provider, etc.), EY network and relevant counterparts. • Execute disciplined management of in-scope services to warrant EY services are consistent with those agreed. • Monitor and report out SLAs, KPIs and service quality. • Manage changes in scope/fee are agreed between EY and Client (and other 3rd party when appropriate) – including contractual and commercial agreement. • Monitor and report out SLAs, KPIs and service quality. • Proactively consider, identify and share with the engagement leader any potential additional needs, service opportunities and efficiency/service level enhancements • People management Tax compliance services • Manage end to end compliance service delivery on client engagements. • Keeping corporate clients informed about the tax regulatory changes globally. • Coordinating with different tax work streams for preparation of returns as agreed in the scope. • Gathering client requirements, providing feasible solutions and ensuring smooth delivery and implementation of client needs. • Reviewing the calculated Book/Tax adjustments • Reviewing Partnership tax returns for quality and accuracy • Training staffs/seniors on tax technical and software tools • Handling client escalations, IRS notices and bringing it to resolution through appropriate delivery team.

Experience

1. Tax Manager

   EY

   Sep 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bangalore

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom

  2005 — 2008