SENIOR TAX ANALYST (M/F) recruitment
RBC Dexia Investor Services offers a complete range of investor services to institutions worldwide. Our unique offshore and onshore solutions, combined with the expertise of our 5,400 professionals in 15 markets, help clients grow their business and sustain enhanced performance through efficiency improvements and robust risk management practices.
Equally owned by RBC and Dexia, the company ranks among the world's top 10 global custodians with USD 2.8 trillion in client assets under administration.
Services offered
RBC Dexia’s innovative solutions include global custody, fund and pension administration, shareholder services, distribution support, securities lending and borrowing, reconciliation services, compliance monitoring and reporting, investment analytics, and treasury services.
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Mission
Under the supervision of the Team Manager, the Tax Analyst will be responsible for providing active support for the different functions performed within his/her team.
His/her mission will be to improve the quality and range of the tax tasks performed by the company and to establish a global center of competence for fund taxation matters within the group.
The mission of a Senior Tax Analyst will consist of the following tasks:
- Performing tax analyzes on regulations and system requirements and working responsible on tax projects in coordination with senior staff
- Analyzing and improving internal processes related to fund taxes
- Acting as contact for internal tax related requests
- Participate actively in the development, testing and implementation of new systems and products
- Preparing tax statements, guidelines and news letters on coordination with senior staff
- Working in sub-working groups of ALFI
- Training, supporting and guiding Tax Analyst
- Performing tax training
- Perform function in line with the departmental procedures
- Maintain highest level of service quality and performance in compliance with Tax Advisory mission and objectives
- Ensure adherence to bank and team procedures
- Ensure clear documentation and filing
- Self-depending working approach under supervision of the senior staff
Responsibilities:
Performing tax analyzes on regulation and system requirements and working responsible on tax projects:
- Perform self-depending researches on tax regulations on fund taxation on available sources within the local tax area allocated to the Senior Tax Analyst
- Analyzing regulation requirements in respect of clients and company needs in coordination with the senior staff
- Preparing written documentation and statements on the analyze and the used information sources
- Working in close cooperation with the supervisor and frequent report to the supervisor
- Responsible and self-depending working approach while respecting review process
Analyzing and improving internal processes related to fund taxes and participate actively in the development, testing and implementation of new systems and products:
- Discuss the details of the mission (goal of the task; range of the work; expectation; way of documentation etc.) in advance with the senior staff and ensure closely working with project leader and senior staff
- Performing overall analyzes of internal tax processes
- Develop correct and reasonable solutions
- Create clear documentations on analyze, solution and implementation process
- Manage the improvement process and perform tests on feasibility and correctness
- Ensure review of any documentation or tax statement before providing it outside the tax department
- Ensure frequent update of the senior staff on ongoing tasks
- Ensure accurate and timely delivery of reviewed documentations and statements
- Escalation in case of any issues
- Responsible and self-depending working approach while respecting review process
Preparing tax statements, guidelines and news letters on coordination with senior staff:
- Providing clear tax statements and guidelines including regulation references and summary for practical use
- Preparing frequently news letters for clients and internal departments summarizing planned modifications in the fund taxation and actions taken by the company
- Frequent update on the process of the task
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of written documentations
- Responsible and self-depending working approach while respecting review process
Working in sub-working groups of ALFI:
- Presenting the company in sub-working groups of ALFI on dedicated tax matters
- Preparing meeting notes of the sub-working group meetings
- Distribute the relevant information to the responsible parties
- Frequent update on the process to the senior staff
Training, supporting and guiding Tax Analyst/
Performing tax training:
- Coaching, guiding and supporting the Tax Analyst on daily working process
- Preparing tax training documents with support of senior staff
- Performing internal tax trainings in coordination with senior staff
Administration Data Management Tools:
IT Related:
- Ensure that adequate IT accesses are provided.
- Ensure that IT access profile is adequate
- Ensure adequate communication in case of IT issue
- Ensure that IT issues are duly logged with precise comments
Audit and Legal Requirements:
- Assist with the provision of data for the internal and external audit process in line with the timeframe set by the Senior Tax Advisor
- Consider professional limitation in respect of legitimacy of tax advice (never performing external legal tax advice as bank)
- Consider in each action high liability risk and providing never final statement to third party without approval by the senior staff
- Ensure that final communication is always done by writing
General Internal Requirements:
- Undertake appropriate housekeeping duties e.g. filing and operation of clean desk policy
- Ensure adherence to all departmental and company wide procedural guidelines (e.g. timekeeping, dress, and holiday cover)
Communication Support:
- Maintain efficient communication channels with managers, coordinators and team members
- Timely resolution of all inter-departmental and cross functional queries
- Forge good communication channels with internal and external parties
- Ensure professional communication towards our internal or external clients
Training courses and expertise:
- Develop reasonable knowledge on fund taxation, fund accounting rules and financial products (Training/Reading…)
- Develop reasonable knowledge on RBC Dexia systems relevant for fund taxes
- In addition, the Senior Tax Analyst will participate in the development of our activity as a discipline within the Bank providing active support for the tax advice on fund taxes regulations within the Group
- Take part to special tax projects