Job Description

TAX OPERATIONS

Global tax team's Mission is to ensure the firm’s compliance with the tax laws and associated reporting obligations of the countries and local jurisdictions in which the firm conducts business. As part of the firm’s second line of defense, Global Tax analyzes and supports the activities, operations, reporting obligations, and transactions of the firm’s business lines to ensure that tax consequences and reputational risks are evaluated appropriately.

OPERATIONS 

Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted segment that partners with all areas of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the world. Alongside this vital service delivery role, Operations provides essential risk management and control, preserving and enhancing the firm’s assets and its reputation. Operations span all product lines and markets, serving as internal business partners who develop the processes and controls, and help to specify the systems that deliver accuracy, timeliness and integrity to our business. 

YOUR IMPACT

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a growing organization and work as part of a global team to drive strategy in a constantly changing environment?  We are looking for a candidate to lead the Tax Ops Business Intelligence team within the Tax Department.  

OUR IMPACT

Tax analyzes and supports the activities, operations, reporting obligations and transactions of the firm’s business lines to ensure that tax consequences and reputational risks are evaluated appropriately. Our work contributes directly to the firm’s success, and the division is ideal for creative and collaborative individuals who have strong ethics and attention to detail.

The team is responsible for the following:

• Maintaining the integrity of the firm’s compliance with reporting authorities around the globe and managing related inquiries from a variety of the firm’s businesses across established and emerging markets
• Empowering smarter decisions by transforming data into actionable insights through visualization and building low-code solutions to eliminate repeatable tasks
• Complying with the firms’ regulatory tax withholding and reporting requirements by using data analysis to identify inefficiencies as well as areas for improvement in risk reduction & client service
• Ensuring Firm’s and Client’s trading and brokerage account activity is properly consumed, calculated, withheld upon, and prepared for tax withholding reporting through the development of data structures, automation, analyses, workflows, and controls

JOB SUMMARY AND RESPONSBILITIES 

• Provide team oversight, foster team development, and give regular feedback & reporting to senior management
• Develop deep subject matter expertise in relevant tax systems, procedures, and requirements
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of multiple business lines across the firm in a role offering broad exposure to many divisions and groups
• Use your inquisitive mindset to identify control weakness, mitigate risk, improve client experience, and further process automation
• Act as a risk manager through ongoing assessment of Business Intelligence inventory, align with firm business intelligence strategy
• Work with management and teams across regions to drive initiatives and issue resolution. 
• Generate new ideas to create efficiencies and reduce risk
• Be flexible and contribute to other activities as required

Data Analysis of Processes and Procedures:

• Develop workflows to analyze and store process data for our tax operations functions
• Create dashboards and ad-hoc analyses to support management decisions regarding business strategy
• Answer important business questions around execution and risk, using data and data tools
• Create resilient, well-documented assets as part of our business intelligence architecture

Automation of repetitive manual data preparation and creation of structured workflow:

• Use Alteryx (data cleaning and data blending tool with data science capabilities), and workflow tools to automate repetitive data preparation – where identical steps are taken periodically to combine datasets, clean datasets, and filter datasets
• Automate the collection and storage of information to allow long term analysis

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• 7+ years of experience in Business Intelligence/ Digital Transformation
• Manage a team of developers using the agile project management methodology in JIRA
• Develop business intelligence strategy for the organization
• Analytical, self-motivated, detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work within a high-risk environment and meet challenging deadlines and targets
• Ability to communicate clearly with end users, development managers, and other stakeholders
• Proficient in data query languages (e.g. SQL)
• Experience in Data Visualization (e.g. Tableau, Qlik, PowerBI, matplotlib)
• Experience in Data Blending and Data Analysis (e.g. Alteryx, KNIME, pandas)
• Experience with using multi-dimensional data modeling/data warehousing for data analytics and reporting

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Graduate or Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, or Engineering
• Experience working with PostgreSQL RDBMS
• Strong data analysis skills and experience with Microsoft Excel, SQL, Alteryx, Python, User Testing, Visio, JIRA
• Understand the broker/dealer environment and the key associated market risks
• Understand broker/dealer tax regulations
• Experience in gathering and documenting requirements with full testing traceability
• Experience in predictive analytics, machine learning, and/or statistical analytics using tools such as Python, R, or MatLab
• Experience creating and maintaining ETL processes using an array of tools
• Experience with Version Control Systems (e.g. Git, SVN)
• Exposure to programming languages i.e., Java, C++, Python
• Exposure to AI / LLM 
• Knowledge of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, Nonresident Alien, and Backup withholding.
• Prior Tax Operations related work experience or understanding of broker/dealer tax obligations.
• Knowledge of FATCA tax documentation (W-8/W-9) and/or 1099/1042s reporting.
• Ability to translate regulatory guidance and design solutions for risk mitigation and fulfill compliance mandates.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers. 

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer

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