Tax Ops

**Job Title**:Tax Processing Analyst**

**Location**:Pune**

The Tax Processing Analyst is responsible for the operational processing of specific tax-related processes, residing within the Tax Utility, including but not limited to: Tax reclaims. Tax reporting, Relief and Source processing. The Tax Processing Analyst has responsibility to complete all daily process activities in line with the Risk and Control framework present in the Tax Utility, escalate where issues are identified or processes are not completed within existing key time lines. The Tax Processing Analyst has direct interaction with internal and external parties including trading desks, counterparties and clients, and must ensure accurate and timely responses.

**What we’ll offer you**

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy
- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

**Your key responsibilities**
- Automation of processes using the tools bank is using.
- Work with/ under the supervision of the senior tax team member for FATCA, CRS, 1099, 1042S and other tax compliance for entities across APAC, EMEA and US region.
- Work closely with the relevant finance, client data, local tax operations team to ensure tax compliance.
- Assist senior team members to evaluate tax risks and implement best practices for risk mitigation.
- Procurement of documentation to ensure treaty tax rates are applied accurately.
- File tax returns, regulatory tax reports and support internal and external tax audits.
- Stay updated on the tax regulatory developments and analyze and plan to control the risk and ensure timely and accurate reporting.
- Manage day to day activities for Chapter 4, CRS (AEOI), 1099 and 1042S reporting
- Manage day to day processing for operational tax processes viz: Withholding Tax, tax on income (dividend/interest)
- Raise technical development requirement with IT with good understanding of Agile delivery.
- Execute and plan UAT to ensure IT readiness for adequate controls and reporting.
- Manage stake holders from different regions and time zones.
- Ensure data quality of Tax data on back-office systems
- Produce Tax MIS and maintain full audit trails
- Review the processes undertaken within the team and redevelop and redesign where cost savings/efficiencies can be made
- Knowledge of Trade, Dividend income corporate actions, settlements and Securities lending along with different types of reclaims forms, statutes etc. will be an added advantage.

**Your skills and experience**

**Skills**:

- Knowledge of Automation tools such as Python, Alteryx etc
- Understanding of Basic Tax Concepts, Knowledge of operational taxes such as Withholding Taxes, Transaction Taxes, Stamp Duty.
- Basic understanding of FATCA, CRS, 1099 and 1042S reporting and working knowledge of IRS forms W9, W8 tax forms, reporting obligations
- Ability to act as a change agent in regulatory reporting
- Strong MS Office skills, particularly in Excel
- Quick learner with excellent communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) and ability to work in different areas of tax operations.

**How we’ll support you**
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

**About us and our teams**

Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.