Our client is an investment bank, with operations in Asia, Europe and America. The scope of business in London covers Global Markets, Investment Banking, Merchant Banking and Asset Management. This makes for an interesting and challenging environment for someone to make their 1st move into a front office environment.
The head of the team is now looking to add a further resource and is looking for bright tax trained individual to assist with tax structuring and ideas generation. Other responsibilities for this role will include:
? Assist in identifying and developing new trading structures and strategies;
? Working with external tax advisors to obtain local market advice and tax opinions where necessary;
? Analysing/advising on tax consequences of capital market events;
? Liaising with marketing teams to understand clients requirements and review/approve external presentations;
? Understanding/communicating the impact of changes in tax rules and regulations on the desk's trading activities;
? Running various ad-hoc projects that impact the trading desk, including liaison with internal departments/resources and presenting to internal committees for approval;
? Handling day to day tax-related queries from the equity floor;
? Interface for the desk with various internal departments, including the internal tax department, compliance, legal and operations
Candidate Summary: ACA/CTA Qualified (or similar) tax trained professional; Strong tax technical knowledge (including a good understanding of international tax aspects and the operation of double tax treaties); Strong interpersonal skills with the proven ability to develop and maintain strong internal/external relationships; Flexible work ethic with the desire to take responsibility for personal deliverables; Strong team orientation.
For more information on this role please contact Gerry Monaghan
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