Senior Vice President, Belgium - Brussels, België - The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

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Brussels, België

4 dagen geleden

Geplaatst door:

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

BNY Mellon is a global investments company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets operating in 35 countries and serving more than 100 markets.

BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team.

Role

The Global Tax Product Management team focuses on tax strategy, development & enhancement of tax services, tax risk management, market presence, client facing tax support and leveraging tax expertise across BNY Mellon ́s Investment Services globally.

The key component for this role is the custody tax knowledge and background for the French and Belgian markets.

This position will report to the Head of Tax Services for Direct markets and will cover all programs and activities influencing custody and securities in the French and Belgian markets where tax is concerned.

This includes amongst other topics especially:

Tax withholding in the French and Belgian market (tax technical guidance to tax operations),
Monitoring of tax changes in the French and Belgian markets and ensuring that these get incorporated in the custody framework timely,
Guidance on US FATCA for the French and Belgian business,
Guidance on Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for the French and Belgian business,
Guidance on DAC6,
European and local Financial Transaction Taxes (FTTs) and
Crossborder withholding tax relief based on double taxation agreements, European Court of Justice claims or tax exemptions provided by local law.

The role also covers the management of tax audits and other tax related requests by the French and Belgian tax authorities, as well as the identification, design and implementation of process improvements for effective tax processing/reporting/planning under French and Belgian law.

Participation in tax working group meetings of industry associations in France and Belgium is also part of the role, as well as attending meetings with clients and speaking at tax conferences.

Qualifications

Preferably qualification as a tax advisor and / or tax lawyer in France or Belgium.
Extensive tax experience in the Investment Services Business (domestic and foreign withholding taxes, systems of global exchange of tax related information, financial transaction taxes, taxation of investment funds) obtained through significant amount of experience gained at a French or Belgium custody bank, financial service provider or investment fund company.
Custody tax knowledge in other markets would be beneficial.
Team player able to work across multiple lines of business with excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Strong analytical and managerial skills. Native speaker (French) and professional skills of the English language

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
**Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.