Operational Tax Officer

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal is fully integrated in the global organization of Natixis, a French multinational financial services firm specialized in Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Payments. A subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, Natixis counts nearly 16.000 employees across 38 countries.

Based in Porto, Natixis Centre of Expertise mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the bank’s business, operations and work culture worldwide, as a key driver of the company’s culture of agility and innovation. Teams of IT and Banking Support Activities work in an integrated, inclusive and transversal way, supporting all the business lines and country platforms.

Natixis in Portugal is the best combination of a “start-up mindset” with a large, solid structure. Its unique culture gives true meaning to a “beyond banking” personality: to be a real entrepreneur, self-challenging, ever striving to excel and go that extra mile.

**Job Description**:
**Team presentation and main goal**:
The COO CIB provides middle and back-office functions as well as Third Party administration for the activities of Global Markets, Financing, Investment Banking and Trade and Treasury Solutions, serving Commercial Banking.

The Operational Tax and Regulatory unit in the Business Management of COO CIB oversees operational taxation, securities custody account keeping and the coordination of regulatory changes impacting the OPS department.

The supervision of operational taxation (Op Tax unit) is a new activity that is gradually being put in place, with a progressive ramp-up. The OpTax unit is gradually taking over a wide range of tasks covering all CIB businesses (market operations, financing operations, etc.).

The mandate of the team is to
- Manage all operational processes related to tax regulations (20 regulations to date),
- Provide a control and monitoring framework for all processes related to tax regulations,
- Provide operational expertise on regulations within its scope,
- Perform regulatory watch.

**Main tasks and goals**:
The Operational Tax Officer will take over the parts of the processes that are centralized in the team, as they cannot be delegated to the Operations teams due to the level of tax expertise required.

The processes covered are notably DAC6, processes contributing to US taxation (documentation, reports), VAT processes, Taxes on Financial Transactions, processes of withholding tax, etc.

**Main missions**
- Perform operational activities. Some examples of activities
- Detect transactions potentially reportable for DAC6
- Ensure weekly and monthly controls on Equity Policy
- Ensure EAI/Fatca/QDD controls prerequisite to declarations
- Prepare reports and payments for certain type of withholdings, in cooperation with other stakeholders in the process (Global Market Operation, Finance (Tax), Compliance, IT )

The scope of these activities will be completed as part of the OpTax Unit deployment project
- Participate to the definition and implementation of control plans. These controls may consist of checking transactions (checking the tax treatment applied to a sample of transactions), or checking level 1 controls performed by other teams.
- Write / update operating procedures associated with operational or control tasks
- Contribute to tax projects involving the implementation of operational processes
- Contribute to the sharing of knowledge within the scope of operations / between operational tax advisors on tax issues
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of key activities and processes related to operational tax tasks

**Qualifications**:

- Degree/Master in Law, Taxation, Economy, Management Business School (or any similar area)
- +3 years in CIB business (Processes; products) mandatory
- ** Fluency in English; at least a B2 of French (mandatory)**:

- Source Deductions Regulations and Tax Credits (preferred)
- U.S. Tax Returns (QI/QDD/Fatca) (preferred)
- Tax documentation (preferred)
- Office tools (notably excel - expertise level)
- Access (advanced knowledge)

**We will only consider English CV's.**

Additional Information

Early morning. Campo 24 de Agosto. In 4 minutes, you are clocking in at the office. After grabbing a cup of coffee and fresh fruit, pick up your laptop and choose your spot for the day. It's going to be a busy one: French class before lunch and, just after, quick medical appointment at Natixis doctor's office. Lunch break. Outside in the big terrace (look at your crops at the Urban Garden; ready to harvest) or, if you feel like stretching your legs, walk downtown to grab lunch.

Back inside. Quick sprint review (working together anywhere means virtual happy birthday to that colleague in Paris that just turned 35). The afternoon went flying (tasks, reports, calls, some jokes with your teammates). End it on a high note: just one PlayStation game or the final match for that ping-pong tournament.