The opportunity: Tax Reporting Senior Officer 80 – 100%

At HSBC, we’re a trusted international organisation with a global customer base of around 39 million customers worldwide through a network that covers 62 countries and territories. In Europe, our ambition is to become the leading international wholesale bank and we need talent like you to help us meet our ambition. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top or in an exciting new direction—we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

The role holder will have to:

• Produce Tax Statements for Bank’s Clients in an accurate and timely manner and ensure Tax statements’ accuracy.
• Produce regulatory reportings required by Tax authorities in an accurate and timely manner (QI, FATCA, CRS, SFTA).
• Produce Tax reclaim documentation.
• Participate to the training of the new joiners and improve efficiency and quality by sharing knowledge and proposing and implementing proper solutions. Act as a specialist in the resolution of complex issues.

Are you interested ? Do you have tax officer experience ? Do you enjoy to be part of a cohesive team ?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you !

What you will do:

Impact on the Business

• Support Front Office on Tax reporting related subjects/issues.
• Support Offshored teams for the production of Tax Statement, follow-up and investigation issue.
• Coordinate with Outsourced Teams and Front Office for Tax Reclaim process.
• Business / Client investigation issues.
• Participate in Tax reporting related projects (Building of adequate Tax reporting solutions, Project related to the Tax reporting accuracy improvement…).
• Support Offshored team on the production of Tax documents for final clients (Generic, Specific).
• Production of mandatory documents required by Tax authorities.
• Ensure that Tax Documents are conform with the rules applicable by Swiss tax Authorities/Foreign Tax authorities (When applicable).
• Provide efficient and timely support to RM's for raised issues/requests.
• Ability to anticipate RM's requirements/new clients’ needs.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Full compliance & respect of the Bank’s values & behaviours at all times.
• Works closely with business areas responsible to drive changes/improvements which impact tax reporting.
• Escalation of potential high risk items, significant events, difficulties and significant delays in issues resolution.
• To manage all HR requirements on a timely basis.
• Make sure all the controls are performed in accordance with the checklists and the level of performance required in order mitigating risks.
• Make sure that all resources needed for the proper execution of above mentioned tasks are available.
• Intervention and ownership on sensitive operations which require specific knowledge.
• Identify and prevent potential risks or errors, communicate these issues and provide solution.
• Support Manager to deliver project on time and to achieve the objectives.

Operational Effectiveness & Control

• Ensuring adherence to Local and Group regulations (PBT FIM).
• Strict adherence to the Bank’s Reporting Policy, maintaining accountability for tax reporting related incidents fixing. To undertake rigorous follow up of open issues and to follow the escalation processes where open issues are not being appropriately actioned.
• To accurately complete all tasks under the team’s responsibility on a timely basis.
• To be familiar with audit reports and comply with recommendations in accordance with deadlines.
• Understands procedures & Desk Instruction Manual documentation.
• Stay alert and stay informed with regards to changes in guidelines and procedures/Regulatory changes which impact the activity.
• Participate in the elaboration of procedures and directives applicable to the team.

You should apply if you have:

• Specific Financial knowledge: Interests, Capital Gain, Corporate Actions, financial products.
• Strong Operations knowledge.
• Tax knowledge.
• Undertakes processes and controls effectively, whilst ensuring accuracy. Works well under pressure and to agreed deadlines.
• Proactive contribution to timely and accurate delivery. Proactive and keen eye for detail.
• Be able to work under pressure and deliver within strict deadline.
• Computer skills : Avaloq, EasyTax, FiTax, MS Office.
• Fluency of spoken and written French and English, German a plus.
• Conscientious, hardworking and result oriented. Motivated to achieve high performance. Methodical and adaptable.
• Enquiring mind, actively seeking information. Proactive, with desire to improve processes.
• A strong team player, working closely with operational areas towards resolving outstanding items.
• Co-operates and builds rapport with others.
• Good communication skills and information sharing.
• Good organisational skills.
• Analytical & Problem solving skills – the candidate should be to analyse and comment on large volumes of data and be able to propose solutions to issues within a short period of time.
• Due to immigration restrictions in Switzerland we will only be able to consider applications from Swiss or EU citizens or from candidates holding a valid Swiss work permit.

Even if you feel you do not meet 100% of our qualifications, we encourage you to apply, if you believe this role is right for you.

What you’ll get in return

We’ll help you progress your career, including access to development programmes, mentoring and coaching, as well as world-class training through HSBC University.

You can work your way and will have a say in when, where and how you and your team flexibly work together.

Our benefits will give you financial security, and can include:

• Health & meal allowance, public transport or (e-)bike allowance.
• Our family-focused benefits can help you to support your loved ones and include: days off for key events (weddings, moving house, adoption). A one-time marriage or registering of a "Civil.
• Partnership" grant. One-time premium for birth or adoption, as "gift" or "voucher. 4 weeks’ paternity leave & 26 weeks’ maternity leave.
• Emergency Childcare with the Red Cross, free of charges for HSBC employees.
• Purchased holidays scheme, unpaid leave, sabbatical, Volunteering Leave.
• Accident insurance (private coverage) paid by the Employer, attractive Pension Scheme.

We’ll give you a huge range of resources that support your mental, physical and social well-being, including:

• Various sports and leisure activities organised by the employees for the employees.
• The Bank offers to the employees and their family members specialised free, confidential service to help them deal with any personal problems – either at work or at home. Unlimited telephone consultations services available 24/7.
• You’ll have opportunities to work internationally - this can be your place to start and branch out to anywhere we have offices.
• You’ll be able to join our Employee Resource Groups that bring together colleagues with shared characteristics and common interests.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

Please apply via our careers website at the following link : https://mycareer.hsbc.com/external

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