Tax Reporting Lead Specialist Fund Accounting

Tax Reporting Lead Specialist Fund Accounting

My client manages £200 + billion on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of active strategies across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives and real estate.
They are looking for a Tax Reporting Lead Specialist Fund Accounting.

Team Overview

The Tax Reporting Lead Specialist- Fund Accounting will report into the Head of Fund Operations

NAV oversight

• Manage and execute daily operational oversight activities
•  Ensure the daily NAV release is performed in a timely and efficient manner
• Coordinate fund events and activities in relation with the oversight activities
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders
•  Investigate and resolve validation exceptions and queries

Equalisation

• Review and validate monthly equalisation calculation from fund administrator
• Publication of equalisation factors

Tax operations

• Ensure the deadline of investors and fund tax reporting & filing are met
• Coordination, review and validation of Outsourced Investors tax reporting
• Provide support and quality assistance in the decision making process
• Follow up of tax developments and new tax regimes implementation
• Ensure applicable operational tax regimes are up-to-date
• Ensure market filing and documentation requirements are satisfied
• Assess need and opportunity to file tax reclaim, or to litigate adverse Tax Authorities’ decision if appropriate.
• Main contact for query resolution

Essential Skills

Minimum 5 years documented professional experience in investment fund/investments related company or Big4 with exposure to Investors taxation,

• Good understanding of the investment fund industry
• Ability to communicate efficiently and professionally with both internal and external stakeholders including senior management
• Good analytical and problem solving skills, supporting the identification of issues and the suggestion of appropriate solutions
• Fluency in English, both orally and written
• Excellent command of Excel and other standard IT tools
• Excellent organizational skills
• Attention to detail