Tax Specialist

Job Title: Tax Specialist
Job Type: Contract (12 months)
Location: London
Hourly: £55.05 - £60.55

Opportunity Overview: A fantastic opportunity has arisen to temporarily join my client as an Operations Specialist / Tax Advisory.

My client is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

Role Objective: The profile of Operational Taxes has seen an exponential increase in recent years as governments globally react to the financial crisis and as the focus on tax revenue collection increases. This increase in tax activity requires the Operations division to implement new processes to support these taxes. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to make a direct contribution in managing operational tax risk within the Firm. This role is unique in setting the standard for how firms will manage operational tax risk in the future.

Key Responsibilities:
* Monitor and review tax policy - regulation changes that affect current tax processing and communicate the operational tax implications to various key stakeholders Work with the Corporate Tax.
* Provide cross Operational and Business Unit tax support in regard to operational taxes hence knowledge of the banking sector and ideally experience of working in an operational taxes environment or supporting operational taxes from a tax technical perspective.
* Demonstrate good knowledge of Stamp Duty, Transaction Taxes, Withholding Tax or Capital Gains Tax regimes and how they impact operational processing and infrastructure.
* Detailed tax technical knowledge of transactional taxes (e.g. Italian, French, Spanish Transaction Taxes, UK SDRT, Irish Stamp Duty or Swiss Stamp Tax), withholding tax or capital gains regimes, and international reporting regimes such as EUSD, UK CDOT or T18/ BBSI.
* Have a strong understanding of Operations, with knowledge of trade booking / settlement flows and an understanding of one or more business areas, e.g. Equities, Stock Lending or Financing, Fixed Income, or Derivatives.

Requirements:
* Have a good understanding of transactional and/or withholding tax issues including identifying tax issues as they impact processes and the ability to read, understand and relay tax regulations.
* Be analytical, good at problem solving, very close attention to detail with a record of identifying and dealing with issues as they arise.
* Be motivated, self driven and excited by an operational role with changing priorities and objectives often with tight deadlines.
* Possess strong team working skills, willing to put forward ideas and challenge current practice.
* Be a strong communicator with good organisation skills as it will involve communicating to a large variety of people at many different levels within the firm.
* Be strong and proficient in influencing and impact in order to enact change within the division and across a large stakeholder group.

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