Tax Processing Operator

**Job Title: Tax Operations - Manager, Associate**

**Location: Pune / Bangalore**

Operational Tax is part of Margin, Treasury and Tax Operations and is responsible for managing and supporting all operational tax processes for Deutsche Bank AG and associated entities. The Tax operations team is comprised of five sub processes 1) Transactional Taxes (Withholding Taxes, Financial Transaction Tax) 2) Cost Basis 3) Derivative Tax 4) Stamp Tax 5) FATCA 6) Tax Reclaims. The tax process is responsible for managing key regulatory tasks like reporting and payment of various operational taxes e.g. Stamp Duty, French, Italian & Spain Financial Transaction Tax to the Tax Authorities, FATCA & CRS reporting, allocation of incomes, QI Reporting (Chapter 3), Calculation of NRA tax and reconciliation of tax applied between the DB systems and the tax authorities.

**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 child care assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Flexible working arrangements
- 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**
- Managing the day to day processing/deliverables for operational tax processes like Financial Transaction Tax, Stamp Tax, and Transfer Fees Reconciliation etc. for the businesses/regions supported by Operational Tax including the reporting, payment and reconciliations
- The day-to-day processing of functions within pre-defined timelines and ensuring the process is run in a controlled manner
- Ensure that there are no misses in any of the internal/external or regulatory deadlines,
- Advise on the right level of documentation and tax rates to be applied per country/ counterparty status and Ensure continuous maintenance of relevant Tax data on back office systems
- All the relevant Key Processing Indicators are achieved and delivered as agreed.
- Tax reconciliations, payments and reporting / Tax Returns filing and tax audits.
- Knowledge of Equities Trade Life cycle, Reconciliation of Nostro and internal accounts, Exposure to back office systems and Reconciliation systems like TLM, etc. will be an added advantage
- Review the processes undertaken within the team and redevelop and redesign where cost savings/efficiencies can be made
- Drive regulatory changes in partnership with IT and Business within operations.
- Interpretation of amendments to the existing rules and regulations pertaining to the relevant tax.
- Knowledge of Automation Tools such as Alteryx, Python, Tableau will be a plus.
- Mange the Monthly/Annual reporting and relevant payment processes to the regulators
- Ensure all client (internal and external) queries are dealt with in a timely and effective manner. Experience of directly dealing with Clients would be an added benefit
- Produce Tax MIS and maintain full audit trails

**Your skills and experience**
- CA / MBA / Post Graduate with 6-8 years of prior working experience.
- Area of Expertise: Accounts, Taxation, Finance, Reconciliation
- Knowledge of Equities Trade Life cycle, Reconciliation of Nostro and internal accounts, Exposure to back office systems and Reconciliation systems like TLM, etc. will be an added advantage
- Understanding / Knowledge of Tax Concepts - Transaction and Stamp Taxes
- Accounts - Reconciliation, Substantiation, MIS, Payments
- Settlements - Financial instruments, Custody & Asset management
- Exposure to Equities Settlements / Asset Management preferred
- Strong time management, organizational, planning and follow-up skills; ability to multi-task effectively
- Ability to prioritise competing demands
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong capacity to assimilate other stakeholders perspectives and fast learning abilities
- Ability to use sound judgment to meet regulatory standards
- General knowledge of Business Banking product set

**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.