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Job Details

Title: Senior Associate, Tax Compliance & Reporting

Location: United States – EST or CST (Remote)

We are looking for an experienced tax senior to assist our North America Tax team. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations, handling complex tax matters related to partnership structures, preparation of tax workpapers, reviewing tax returns, making tax payments, and providing strategic tax analysis through effective use of technology and data-driven tools. The Senior Associate collaborates with internal teams, external tax providers, external auditors, and regulatory agencies to minimize tax liabilities, ensure compliance and efficiently handle tax risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with external tax provider to prepare, review, and file U.S. federal, state, and local income tax returns for partnerships and corporations.
• Calculate quarterly U.S. tax distributions for investors and coordinate payment of funds, as well as make quarterly state withholding and tier level payments.
• Calculate quarterly corporate tax estimates and make tax payments.
• Work with external tax provider to prepare, review, and file Canadian federal and provincial tax return, along with preparing quarterly tax estimates and make tax payments.
• Calculate annual tax provision and input provision data to financial reporting system.
• Conduct research on tax laws and regulations to ensure compliance and identify opportunities for tax savings.
• Handle research on and resolve federal and state tax notices.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of changes in tax legislation and communicate relevant updates to tax team.
• Assist with special projects, such as mergers, acquisitions, and international tax matters.
• Assist with indirect tax matters as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting – Master’s degree or CPA certification strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 3-4 years of tax accounting experience, preferably in a public accounting firm or corporate tax department.
• Strong understanding of federal, state, and local tax laws and regulations.
• Experience with tax research software, depreciation software (Sage), Microsoft Office Suite and emerging AI-enabled tools.

Key Skills

• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to support tax analysis, research and process efficiencies.
• Excels at collaboration and teamwork.

Work Environment

The Senior Associate position is fully remote with minimal, occasional travel. The position may require extended hours during peak tax seasons and involves collaboration with internal departments, external tax providers, and investors. You must be able to stay on task and operate efficiently in a full-time, remote environment.

Kantar Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

• Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services
• Health Savings Account/FSA
• Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs
• Wellness Program
• 401k with match
• Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits
• Unlimited PTO

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

The salary range for this role is $76,800-$95,200 USD Annual. Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.