Chartered Accountant

About this job

Chartered Accountant (Product Lead), Income Tax Filings

• Company: IndiaFilings Pvt Ltd
• Location: Chennai Function: Product Reports to: Head of Product / CPO / Founder
• Experience: 2-3 years post-qualification (CA)

About IndiaFilings

IndiaFilings is one of Indias leading online platforms for business registrations, compliance, and tax filings, helping entrepreneurs, professionals, and individuals stay compliant with ease. We combine technology with deep regulatory expertise to make complex filings simple, accurate, and affordable.

About the Role

Were looking for a sharp, tech-curious Chartered Accountant to own our Income Tax Filing product end to end. You’ll be the bridge between tax law and software: translating the Income Tax Act, CBDT notifications, and ITR utility changes into product features that make filing accurate, fast, and painless for taxpayers across India.

What You’ll Own

• Product strategy and roadmap for ITR filing across salaried, business, professional, capital gains, and NRI segments
• Tax logic and rule engine: define, validate, and maintain computation logic, deductions, regime comparison (old vs. new), and schedule-wise mapping for ITR-1 to ITR-4 (and beyond)
• Regulatory readiness: track Budget changes, CBDT circulars, the Income-tax Act 2025 transition, and annual ITR form and utility changes, and ship updates before every filing season
• Product requirements: write clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria that engineers and designers can build from
• Data integrations: work with AIS/26AS, Form 16, bank, broker, and TDS data flows, plus e-filing portal APIs and JSON schema validations
• Quality and accuracy: build test cases and edge-case scenarios, and own UAT before every release
• User experience: simplify complex tax concepts into intuitive flows, and reduce drop-offs, errors, and notices
• Metrics: own filing completion rate, error and rejection rate, time-to-file, NPS, and support ticket trends
• Cross-functional leadership: work with engineering, design, support, and CA/tax-expert teams, and guide the filing-season war room
• Voice of the customer: analyze support queries, notices, and user feedback to drive continuous improvement

Must-Have Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (qualified), with 2-3 years of experience in direct tax, tax tech, or a tax advisory/Big 4/ITR filing environment
• Strong command of Indian income tax law, especially ITR filing, TDS, capital gains, house property, and business/professional income
• Demonstrated interest in technology: you’ve built, used, or worked closely with software, automation, or data tools
• Excellent analytical and structured problem-solving skills
• Clear written and verbal communication, especially in turning complex rules into simple specs
• High ownership and comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Good to Have

• Exposure to product management, tax-tech, fintech, or ERP/accounting software
• Working knowledge of SQL, Excel/Sheets automation, or basic Python
• Familiarity with APIs, JSON, and Jira/Notion/Figma
• Experience with AIS/TIS reconciliation, notices, or faceless assessments
• Additional certifications (DISA, Data Analytics, Product Management)