Ronald Kertamendala

Experience

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Oct 1996 - Apr 2018

  US Expatriate Tax Manager

  • Lead a team to deliver high quality US individual income tax return services to a wide variety of multi-national companies including internal PwC partners.• Manages individual US tax compliance services including review and sign U.S. federal and state income tax returns, tax equalization calculations, hypothetical and tax projections. Major clients include ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Brystol-Myers Squibb, Freescale Semiconductors, Royal Bank of Scotland, AIG, Fluor, Siemens, British Petroleum, United Parcel System, Tyco, Procter and Gamble and PwC partners/principals.• Conduct pre/post-arrival consultations with the clients to introduce expatriate tax issues as well as data gathering interview.• Represent clients before the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and various US state tax authorities dealing with tax return audits.• Develop and maintain Lotus Notes databases to store client information, invented some functionalities to streamline the tax preparation process to produce accuracy, consistency and efficiency.• Capable of and accustomed to working in a paper-less environment and possesses multi-tasking skills with the ability to work as a team as well as independently.• Reviewed and signed Japanese individual income tax returns for expatriates working in Japan from 1999 through 2009. Major clients served include Motorola, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers.• Pioneered the birth of the PwC US Tax Data Organizer in 1999 which was used to collate tax information from the clients. The Tax Data Organizer was subsequently used throughout the PwC global network to obtain tax information from PwC worldwide clients.Specialties: IRS Enrolled Agent since 2003 Show less

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  PwC Singapore

  May 2018 - now

  Senior Manager - Cross Border Engagement Services

  Part of a global network of advisors that advise on costs and risks that can arise on cross-border engagements. Provide engagement level consultation on pricing, immigration, contract set-up, taxes and security. Focused on delivering practical solutions to help mitigate risks and maintain project economics.