Associate - Tax - Proprietary Trading Firm (1-4 yrs)

Associate - Withholding tax

A high-frequency proprietary trading firm is seeking an Analyst and Associate to join Post Trade Operations team .

Responsibilities :

- Candidate with hands-on experience in the international taxation domain will be preferred

- Liaise with Tax authorities, Prime Brokers, Custodians and Tax Agencies to reclaim due withholding taxes in a timely manner and follow up regularly with the stakeholders involved

- Coordinate with internal teams to accrue, post and clear reclaim amounts across systems

- Ability to manage large datasets, multiple files with solid analytical skills

- Ability to identify areas of improvement, scope requirements and assist in implementation of automation and create process guidelines for tax reclaims

- The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, have exceptional accounting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, be a quick learner, have excellent attention to detail, and be able to meet tight deadlines

- Perform Daily reconciliation of internal data to participating brokers via position, trades, cash, NAV, and fees

- Investigation of breaks raised by trading desks, other departments, and counterparties

- Candidate must be able to self manage deadlines, due dates and run many requests in parallel

Qualifications

- Master's degree in management, tax, engineering, finance or economics

- 1 to 3 years' experience in a tax department with a focus on operational taxes, withholding tax reclaims, tax reporting, etc.

- High level MSOffice Excel knowledge is a must: Look-ups, Pivot Tables, and Conditional Statements

- Desire for fast-paced environment and "to wear multiple hats"

- Fundamental awareness of global markets, preference to candidates with prior

experience/knowledge of global securities at a trading firm dealing with multiple asset classes