Nikhil Saluja
London,United Kingdom
Summary
Tax Consultant (4+ years of experience in the Big 4) to some of the largest banks, insurers, insurance brokers, asset managers and businesses operating in the financial services space. I excel in using my strong analytical, strategic and problem solving skills to deliver high-quality service to clients. ACA qualified (with one exam remaining to also be CTA qualified), equipping me with excellent financial analysis expertise.
Now eager to leverage my skills and experience in a new dynamic tax role that challenges me to deliver value-driven and innovative solutions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Tax Consultant (Manager)
Deloitte
London
2021.02 - 2025.05
- Tax Consultant (Manager) specialising advising clients in the financial services sector on indirect tax
- Extensive advice on partial exemption special methods for input tax recovery.
- Advice on VAT liabilities and associated input tax recovery for clients.
- Undertaken thorough indirect tax reviews for clients.
- Identified opportunities to streamline clients' indirect tax activities, resulting in them become more efficient and effective.
- Indirect Tax due diligence advice on M&A transactions.
- Review and preparation of complex clients' VAT returns.
- Day-to-day handling of clients.
- Responsible for organising the annual FSI Global Indirect Tax Conference.
Finance Intern
Whitbread
Dunstable
2019.07 - 2019.09
- Used excel to help deliver insightful reporting to understand key performance risks and opportunities for the business.
- Tracked weekly costs e.g. Laundry and Consumables vs target and previous years spend.
- Supported Operations Finance team in ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
Tax Compliance Analyst (Industrial Placement year)
Xerox
Uxbridge
2018.07 - 2019.07
- Worked closely with the Accounting team to perform monthly tax accounting processes.
- Produced monthly tax journals, cash tax forecasts and analysed movements on tax accounts.
- Supported preparation of tax computations by using tax compliance software 'Alphatax'.
- Collected, validated and analysed tax related data from international accounting contacts for reporting and compliance purposes.
Customer Assistant
Marks and Spencer
Welwyn Garden City
2015.10 - 2015.12
- Worked in food and men's section dealing with customer enquiries during the busy Christmas period.
- Responsible for stock management.
- Operated on the tills taking cash, card or gift voucher payments, as well as dealing with refunds.
Work shadowing
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bromley
2015.07
- Gained an insight into the Bank's processes.
- Shadowed change managers to understand how business changes convert into technology solutions.
Education
ACA - Qualified -
ICAEW
2021.02 - 2024.11
CTA (Indirect Tax) - undefined
Chartered Institute of Taxation
2022.11 - 2025.05
BSc (Hons) - Accounting and Finance
University of Kent
2016.09 - 2020.06
A-Levels - A,B,C
Monks Walk School
2014.09 - 2016.07
GCSEs - 3AS, 4As, 2Bs, C, Distinction and Merit
Monk's Walk School
2012.09 - 2014.07
Skills
- Numerical Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Data Analysis
- Financial Accounting
- Statistics
- Account Reconciliation
- Financial Reporting
- Microsoft Power BI
- Organization Skills
- Leadership
- Interpersonal Skills
- Teamwork
- Client - handling
- Indirect Tax advisory
- P&L Analysis
- Tax Compliance
- Strategic Analysis
- Problem solving
Timeline
CTA (Indirect Tax) - undefined
Chartered Institute of Taxation
2022.11 - 2025.05
Tax Consultant (Manager)
Deloitte
2021.02 - 2025.05
ACA - Qualified -
ICAEW
2021.02 - 2024.11
Finance Intern
Whitbread
2019.07 - 2019.09
Tax Compliance Analyst (Industrial Placement year)
Xerox
2018.07 - 2019.07
BSc (Hons) - Accounting and Finance
University of Kent
2016.09 - 2020.06
Customer Assistant
Marks and Spencer
2015.10 - 2015.12
Work shadowing
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2015.07
A-Levels - A,B,C
Monks Walk School
2014.09 - 2016.07
GCSEs - 3AS, 4As, 2Bs, C, Distinction and Merit
Monk's Walk School
2012.09 - 2014.07