Manager, Tax MasterCard

Key responsibilities are:

• Stewardship & compliance: overall responsibility for tax provision and statutory compliance which includes the following key areas:
• ensuring a robust process is in place for the timely completion of tax provisions and ensuring the provisions are adequate;
• working with the Finance function and external consultants for the timely completion and filing of tax returns and other compliance requirements where opportunities are optimized and tax risks areas are adequately addressed e.g. recommendation of a tax reserve to cover the amount at risk for a position taken in the tax return under both local and US GAAP;
• Responsible for tax accounting under US GAAP including tax provision and tax reserves (ASC 740 and ASC 740-10) for both interim and annual periods;
• Management of tax audits and development of strategies in closing the audits that is in the best interests of the Company.
• Business support:
• Be a business partner with business units and other functions to deliver solutions that are tax efficient and at the same time meet their business objectives. This includes the review and provision of tax input on potential/new business cases, contracts, policies and guidelines. Examples - where the standard tax terms and clauses are not acceptable by the other contracting party, help the business team to craft terms that will be a win-win for both parties; and proposing changes to contracts/structures of deals that will result in tax savings or minimize tax compliance requirements; Participate in due diligence work for M&A initiatives;
• Where regulations are being introduced that have a tax impact, to represent the tax function and work with the business units and other functions to develop and ensure that tax considerations are adequately taken into account in formulating a business plan that will meet the requirements of the regulations.
• Tax Planning: Work with the VP, Tax and Tax Director to develop and implement tax planning projects for the Region and be a major contributor in regional/global projects.
• Providing support to the VP, Tax in keeping the management and business partners abreast of tax developments that may have potential impact on their business objectives including conducting tax training as appropriate;
• Providing support to manage relationship with internal business partners and external parties such as outside counsel and government agencies for the Region.