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
Located in Markham Ontario a new position has arisen for a Canada Country Tax Manager. The Country Tax Manager Canada will report to the Global Tax Director of non-US Tax Operations.
As Country Tax Manager for Canada, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of Kyndryl's Tax operations in Canada. This includes overseeing all tax compliance, tax controversy, transfer pricing, tax planning and tax advisory support to Kyndryl's Business Units and Enterprise Support functions.
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More specifically, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing relationships with external service providers, ensuring the provision to Kyndryl of high quality direct and indirect tax compliance services, transfer pricing compliance services and tax accounting services.
The various business units will seek his/her expert advice on tax questions in both a domestic and a cross border context. In the area of tax planning he/she will be part of the Kyndryl Global tax team, supporting major international M&A transactions and other strategic initiatives.
This role will also work closely with the VP of Indirect Tax Operations & Advisory and the Americas Tax Center of Excellence located in Buenos Aries Argentina
More specifically, the responsibilities and skills for this role will include:
- Ensuring Kyndryl's on-going compliance with all taxation laws and regulations in Canada, including timely and accurate tax filings and payments, and ensuring appropriate tax positions are adopted
- Ensuring accurate recording of Income Taxes & Indirect Taxes for USGAAP and Local GAAP reporting purposes
- Providing 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 day-to-day with external tax vendors, including ensuring high quality provision to the company of income tax, withholding tax, income tax accounting, transfer pricing, and indirect tax compliance services;
- Review of external vendor work deliverables and output, including review of direct and indirect tax returns and payments, tax accounting computations and reporting, tax positions adopted, etc;
- Working with Kyndryl's Business Units and Enterprise Support teams to ensure the facilitation and delivery to external vendors of quality data critical for tax compliance execution;
- Managing all tax legislation and controversy developments, including driving lobbying efforts and ensuring legislative and judicial developments are assessed and communicated to internal stakeholders
- Tax Authority relationship management, including coordination of tax audits and liaising with Tax Authorities as required
- Ensuring compliance with Kyndryl's Tax Controls Framework & Tax Policies and Procedures
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 apply a creative approach and continuously seek opportunities for process optimization, including identification of process weaknesses and driving solution implementation.
Who You Are
- The ideal candidate should possess strong skills and have an extensive background in Tax Operations, preferably with a combination of in-house experience with a large multinational enterprise and relevant Big 4 experience.
- You will have in-depth knowledge of corporate income taxes and income tax accounting, indirect taxes, and transfer pricing. You will also hold a working knowledge of Employment Taxes.
- You will have 10+ years relevant tax experience, with an emphasis on tax operations experiences. You will hold formal qualifications in Accounting/Tax and ideally may possess qualifications in Law as well.
- Having a commercial outlook, strong business acumen and an awareness of risk are required. Outstanding communication skills in English is a prerequisite.
- 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.
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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