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Tushar B.

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Semi-Qualified Chartered Accountant | Certified in Xero & QuickBooks Online | Consultant at BCS With over 5 years of professional experience, I support a diverse portfolio of clients through Bhatt Consultancy Services (BCS), offering end-to-end solutions in Accounting, Bookkeeping, Taxation, and Business Management Consultancy. I am certified in both Xero Advisor and QuickBooks Online, enabling cloud-based, efficient, and compliant financial operations. My approach blends deep regulatory knowledge with practical insights to help businesses streamline processes, maintain compliance, and enhance financial performance. My Services Include: Accounting & Bookkeeping Services — Timely and accurate maintenance of financial records GST Registration & Return Filing — Compliance with GST laws, including regular filings and advisory TDS Compliance — Filing of TDS returns, timely TDS payments, and advisory Income Tax Return Filing — For individuals, firms, and companies Financial Statement Preparation — Including Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Account, Trial Balance, and Cash Flow Statements Tax Consultancy & Planning — Practical solutions for tax optimization and compliance Accounting Advisory Services — Guidance on best practices and regulatory compliance Management Advisory Services — Support for business decisions through financial insights I believe in delivering professional, reliable, and value-driven services tailored to each client's business needs.

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How to hire a great freelance Tax Centre of Excellence Specialist

A Tax Centre of Excellence Specialist is a senior tax professional who centralises tax compliance, reporting, and advisory functions to standardise processes, reduce risk, and improve efficiency across multinational organisations. These specialists combine deep technical tax knowledge with process design, technology enablement, and governance to run a high-performing tax CoE that supports finance leaders across multiple jurisdictions.

What a Tax Centre of Excellence Specialist delivers

A freelance Tax CoE specialist builds and operates the centralised function that handles direct tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, and statutory reporting for businesses with cross-border operations. The role exists because finance teams need consistent tax outcomes, audit-ready documentation, and faster close cycles without duplicating effort in every country office.

The commercial value is concrete. A well-run tax centre of excellence shortens compliance timelines, reduces penalties from late or inaccurate filings, surfaces planning opportunities, and gives the CFO a defensible position during tax authority audits. For groups undergoing ERP migration, M&A, or restructuring, a CoE specialist is often the difference between a controlled transition and an exposure-laden one.

Core services and deliverables

Tax CoE specialists handle a broad mandate that spans operations, technology, and advisory. Typical deliverables include:

Corporate income tax computations, provisions, and return preparation under IFRS and local GAAP

Indirect tax compliance covering VAT, GST, sales and use tax, and e-invoicing mandates

Transfer pricing documentation, master file and local file preparation, and CbCR reporting

Tax provision and ETR analysis, deferred tax calculations, and uncertain tax position reviews

Process design, RACI matrices, and standard operating procedures for the CoE

Tax technology implementation, automation of compliance workflows, and data quality controls

BEPS Pillar Two readiness, GloBE calculations, and safe harbour assessments

Tax audit support, response drafting, and reconciliation of assessments

SOX 404 documentation and internal control testing for tax processes

Tools and platforms

Strong tax centre of excellence specialists are fluent in the technology stack that modern tax functions rely on. Look for working knowledge of ONESOURCE and CorpTax for direct tax, Vertex and Avalara for indirect tax, and SAP S/4HANA or Oracle for ERP integration. Many CoE projects also involve Alteryx and Power BI for tax data analytics, Power Automate or UiPath for workflow automation, and tools like Longview or OneStream for tax provision and consolidation. Specialists working on transfer pricing often use TP Catalyst or internal benchmarking databases alongside Excel modelling.

Industries and use cases

Tax CoE specialists are typically engaged by multinational groups, shared service centres, private equity portfolio companies, and global in-house tax teams. Common industries include technology and SaaS, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial services, energy, and consumer goods. Use cases range from standing up a new shared services tax function, migrating compliance work from local teams to a regional hub, preparing for Pillar Two go-live, remediating a failed audit, or rationalising tax technology after a system upgrade.

How to evaluate candidates

Hiring the right specialist comes down to a mix of technical depth, operational experience, and judgement. Look for qualifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA, ADIT, or a master's in taxation, combined with experience inside a Big Four tax practice or a corporate tax function at a multinational. Portfolio markers include documented CoE build-outs, evidence of process improvement metrics, exposure to multi-jurisdictional compliance calendars, and hands-on configuration of tax engines.

Useful interview questions to copy and use:

Can you describe a tax centre of excellence you built or scaled, including governance structure and KPIs you tracked?

How do you design controls in a CoE so that risk is managed without slowing the compliance calendar?

What is your approach to Pillar Two readiness for a group operating in more than fifteen jurisdictions?

Which tax technology platforms have you implemented end to end, and what data quality issues did you encounter?

How do you handle disagreement between local country tax teams and the central CoE on a technical position?

Adjacent skills worth considering

Many tax CoE engagements benefit from blended skill sets. Adjacent capabilities include international tax advisory, transfer pricing economics, indirect tax consulting, tax technology architecture, finance transformation, and SOX compliance. For larger programmes, consider pairing a tax CoE specialist with a data analyst or a finance process consultant.

Why hire Tax Centre of Excellence specialists on Freelancer.com

Freelancer.com gives you access to a global pool of qualified tax professionals who have run CoE functions across regions, industries, and ERP environments. You can compare proposals side by side, review verified profiles, examine ratings from previous clients, and shortlist candidates whose experience matches your jurisdictional footprint. Clients set their own budgets and receive competitive bids, so you control scope and cost without compromising on technical depth. With millions of freelancers on Freelancer.com and Milestone Payments protecting every engagement, you can hire on Freelancer.com with confidence whether you need a short diagnostic review or a multi-month CoE build-out.

Ready to centralise and strengthen your tax function? Post a project on Freelancer.com today and connect with experienced Tax Centre of Excellence specialists ready to deliver.

What are the steps to hiring a freelance Tax Centre of Excellence Specialist?

Hiring a tax CoE specialist works best when you treat the brief as a scoping document rather than a job advert. The clarity of your post directly determines whether you attract candidates with genuine multinational tax operating experience or generalists who lack the depth needed. The three steps below walk you through posting, reviewing bids, and awarding the project.

Step 1: Post your project on Freelancer.com

Your project post is the single biggest determinant of bid quality, because it filters for specialists whose tax CoE experience genuinely matches your scope. Head to the post project page , where you fill in the brief, scope, timeline, and budget before publishing the project for freelancers to bid on. A strong brief for this skill is concrete about jurisdictions, taxes in scope, technology in use, and the deliverable format you expect.

List the countries and entities in scope, and the taxes covered (corporate income tax, VAT or GST, transfer pricing, withholding tax, Pillar Two)

Describe your current ERP and tax technology environment, including any planned migrations

Specify deliverables such as operating model design, SOPs, RACI, provision workpapers, or technology configuration

State the timeline, key milestones, and any audit or filing deadlines driving the work

Indicate the level of seniority required, language needs, and whether onsite or remote engagement is expected

Step 2: Review bids from freelancers

Bids are short proposals, not just price quotes. They reveal how the specialist interprets your brief, what approach they would take, and whether their assumptions about scope and timeline are realistic. Read each proposal carefully and use chat to ask clarifying questions before shortlisting.

Look for proposals that reference your specific jurisdictional and technology context, not generic templates

Check whether the freelancer raises sensible scoping questions about data availability, governance, or stakeholder access

Assess timeline realism against the volume of entities, returns, or process areas in scope

Look for references to recognised methodologies, frameworks, and tools such as ONESOURCE, Vertex, SAP, Alteryx, or OECD guidance

Use Freelancer.com's chat to ask targeted technical questions, such as how they would structure a Pillar Two calculation or design a tax control framework

Step 3: Evaluate freelancers and award the project

Your final decision should combine proposal quality with profile evidence. Look at the consistency of past work rather than just the strongest single example, since CoE engagements reward steady delivery across long compliance cycles.

Review portfolio depth across multiple jurisdictions, tax types, and technology platforms

Check star ratings, the volume of completed projects, and the freelancer's completion rate

Read written client reviews for signals about communication, accuracy, and on-time delivery

Confirm verified payment method, identity, and any listed professional qualifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA, or ADIT

Award the project and use Freelancer.com's Milestone Payments to release funds against agreed deliverables, protecting both sides during the engagement

What is the difference between a Tax Centre of Excellence Specialist and a general tax consultant?

A general tax consultant typically advises on specific technical issues or transactions. A Tax CoE specialist designs and operates the centralised function that delivers tax compliance, reporting, and advisory at scale, combining tax technical knowledge with process, technology, and governance expertise.

Can I hire a Tax CoE specialist for a one-off project?

Yes. Many engagements are project based, such as designing a CoE operating model, implementing a tax engine, preparing Pillar Two calculations, or remediating a process gap before audit. You can scope a defined deliverable and timeline when you post a project on Freelancer.com.

How long does a tax centre of excellence project take?

A focused diagnostic or process review can be completed in a few weeks. A full CoE design and stand-up, including technology selection and migration of country compliance, typically runs across several months and is delivered in phases tied to milestones.

Do I need a Tax CoE specialist or an entire advisory firm?

If your scope is defined and you need senior, hands-on delivery, an experienced freelance specialist is often the more efficient choice. Larger transformation programmes that need cross-functional teams may benefit from a hybrid model where a freelance specialist leads workstreams and brings in additional support as needed.

What information should I share before the engagement starts?

Share your group structure, jurisdictional footprint, current tax compliance calendar, ERP and tax technology stack, and any pain points or audit findings driving the project. The more context the specialist has up front, the faster they can produce a useful work plan.