Associate Director, Tax

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

We're excited to introduce you to this incredible opportunity to join our team as an Associate Director, Tax. This mission-critical role will provide critical tax operational support to Tax operations.

As an Associate Director, Tax you will be the lead responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and tax expertise across the tax team. You will perform complex operational and technical tax analysis and reporting for areas of responsibility. Your expertise will be essential in providing coaching, work coordination, guidance on issue resolution, and developing team skills. You will use sound problem-solving techniques, facilitate process execution, ensure auditability is maintained, implement plans to address exposures, promote improvements within the tax process area and utilizes the agile methodology.

You will work day-to-day with external tax vendors, ensuring high-quality provision of tax compliance services to the company. Review external vendor work deliverables and output, including tax returns and payments, tax accounting computations, and reporting. Work hands-on. Provide high-quality tax advisory support to Kyndryl's business units and support functions, including working cross-functionally with Kyndryl's Legal, Treasury, Finance & Accounting (including Shared Services Centers) teams to meet Kyndryl's strategic and operational tax objectives and initiatives.

Working in a globally integrated tax function with a strong tradition in innovation, you will possess strong teaming and communication skills and apply a collaborative mindset. In addition, you will continuously seek opportunities for process optimization, including identification of process weaknesses and driving solution implementation.

Your Future at Kyndryl

Every position at Kyndryl offers a way forward to grow your career, from Junior Administrator to Architect.  We have training and upskilling programs that you find anywhere else, including hands-on experience, learning opportunities, and the change to certify in all four major platforms.  One of the benefits of Kyndryl is that we work with customers in a variety of industries, from banking to retain. Whether you want to broaden your knowledge base or narrow your scope and specialize in a specific sector, you can find your opportunity here

Who You Are

You're good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important – you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused – someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you're open and borderless – naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive background in Tax Operations (Corporate Income and Indirect Tax), preferably with a combination of in-house experience with a large multinational enterprise and relevant Big 4 experience 

• Good understanding of accounting principles, including tax accounting, and transfer pricing

• Strong project management skills with the ability to work independently

• Ability to collaborate with internal teams and manage external advisors

• Practical experience in corporate income tax, including preparation and review of corporate income tax returns

• Good understanding of regional tax laws and regulations 

• A hands-on approach with attention to detail and a high degree of flexibility is also required, as well as the ability to work under pressure

• Oustanding communication in English

• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Communication skills in Spanish (written and verbal)

• Master's degree

Being You

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it's how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we're not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you – and everyone next to you – the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That's the Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations.  At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.

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