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

 As a Tax Professional at Kyndryl, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring our tax operations are not only efficient but also strategically aligned with our business objectives. Your role will encompass a diverse range of responsibilities, from providing support for tax compliance to managing tax risk with precision and foresight.

You'll also have the opportunity to take the lead on day-to-day tax advisory matters, offering invaluable insights that drive informed decision-making across the organization. Your expertise will extend to tax accounting support and seamless coordination with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that our tax strategies are executed flawlessly.

At Kyndryl, we recognize the critical importance of our Tax Professionals. You'll be entrusted with the responsibility of analyzing tax laws within specific jurisdictions, ensuring that our tax returns are not only accurate but also submitted in a timely manner. Additionally, you'll have the chance to shape our corporate tax policies, devising innovative strategies to minimize tax liability while remaining fully compliant with regulations.

If you're ready to make a tangible impact in the world tax operations, then Kyndryl is the place for you. Join us and become part of a team where your skills are valued, your contributions are recognized, and your career aspirations are limitless.

Essential Skills, Duties & Responsibilities: 

This role encompasses all aspects of US international tax compliance and reporting, quantitative modeling, and forecasting.

• Compute and/or review the actual and forecasted net US tax cost of income earned by controlled foreign corporations, foreign branches/disregarded entities, and foreign partnerships.

• Work with Kyndryl Accounting and Kyndryl Finance/FP&A to gather data necessary to facilitate seamless, timely and accurate US international tax reporting and compliance.

• Work with our International Tax Operations and Accounting teams to ensure timely and accurate submissions of information for foreign legal entities, branches and partnerships to our outsourced tax service provider.  

• Review the calculations of foreign branch income flowing into the US federal tax return, Subpart F income, GILTI, FDII, E&P/PTEP, foreign tax credits, allocations/apportionments of expenses -- for the US tax return, short-term and long-term forecasts, and the quarterly/annual tax provision process. 

• Manage the tax compliance outsourcing engagement as it relates to US tax reporting for the foreign subsidiaries, branches and partnerships, including coordination of information requests and review of US international tax filing requirements including, but not limited to, Forms 5713, 8858, 8865, 5471, 1118, 8990, 8991, 8992 and 8993, as well as UTP disclosures, dual consolidated loss positions, and other required statements/elections.

• Manage the tax compliance outsourcing engagement as it relates to other aspects of US reporting, including US income tax withholding, FBAR and FATCA.

• Review of the items referenced above as they relate to the consolidated tax provision prepared in accordance with US GAAP, as well as any relevant tax disclosures in SEC filings.

• Collaborate in connection with the Pillar 2 compliance and provision process from a US perspective, collaborating with our Tax Accounting, International Tax Operations, Tax Planning and Transfer Pricing teams.

• Monitor US international tax developments and work closely with Senior Tax Leaders on analyzing the impact of proposed and/or new tax legislation and rulings for Kyndryl.

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