Tax Specialist - 9 months
- Office
- Geneva
- Start Date
- 01.10.2024
- Working hours
- 100%
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
Description
The Bank’s entire operations are managed by COO Division and are headed up by the Chief Operating Officer. It strives to provide both in-house and external clients with a first-rate service to ensure our business operates efficiently and at the best possible cost. The COO division comprises Operations, Finance, Information Management, Human Resources and Logistics. COO employees are committed to providing, with professionalism and enthusiasm, an efficient, proactive, high-quality service that meets the needs of clients within the context of the Bank’s overall strategy.
Mission
The Tax Specialist is a key element to ensure the quality and the accuracy of the clients’ tax statements. The employee main mission is to make sure the best quality of service is provided and coordinate the work between the different departments.
Main responsibilities
Main duties
- Handle all the controls of the fiscal reports for various countries (Switzerland, Germany, Russia, France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey…).
- Manage, follow up and make sure that any problem raised with the various Bank departments and/or external providers is solved in a timely manner.
- Perform regular and ad-hoc reporting related to statistics for internal and external parties.
- Act as a business partner by bringing his/her expertise and the relevant support and input to the other departments of the bank (Front Office, Compliance, Legal…) when required (on a complex situation, on the implementation of new regulations or bank’s decisions, new projects)
- Perform data reconciliation among Bank systems and Providers systems
- Participate in the projects as required
- Make sure any issue is raised appropriately to the Management depending on the risk
- Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of the Fiscal Reporting team for the Front Office and other departments of the Bank.
- Handle all queries addressed to the Fiscal Reporting main mail box, either directly or by dispatching it to the relevant team(s).
- Handle all phone calls to the Fiscal Reporting hotline. If the queries cannot be answered immediately ensure that they will be handled in a timely manner and follow up until resolution
- Make sure an accurate feedback is provided to the requestor on any error, late document and answering in a timely manner to any query related to his/her mission and duties
Core competencies
Innovation and development:
- Propose and seek improvement of the current tools and processes.
- Be positive towards change and seek opportunities to improve the quality of the working environment.
- Continuously work on knowledge improvement.
Personal skills
Education
- Education: Bachelor Degree
- Certification: Degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax (or equivalent)
- Technical skills: good knoledge with Excel, pivot table
- IT Tools: Ms office
Experience
- Years of experience: 3-7 : intermediate
- Experience required: Client reporting experience is a plus Knowledge of Financial instruments (Equities, Bonds, Structured products, Derivatives Listed or OTC…), their features and specific characteristics Minimum of 2 years Banking experience in Tax services
- Experience in private banking: Mandatory
Language
- English: Fluent
- French: Fluent
OTHER
- Swiss resident: Mandatory