Overview
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:
Want more jobs like this?
Get Accounting and Finance jobs in Brussels, Belgium delivered to your inbox every week.
- 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
- Cross-border withholding tax relief based on double taxation agreements, European Court of Justice claims or tax exemptions provided by local law.
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
For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.