Senior Client Tax specialist
Who we are
flatexDEGIRO operates one of the leading and fastest growing online brokerage platforms in Europe. Based on modern, in-house state-of-the-art technology, we offer our customers of the flatex and DEGIRO brands a wide range of independent products with execution on top exchanges. Our technological edge, high efficiency and strong economies of scale enable us to continuously improve our service offering for clients and set leading standards in terms of product, price and platform quality.
With around 3 million customer accounts and around 57 million securities transactions processed in 2023, flatexDEGIRO is one of the largest retail online brokers in Europe. In times of bank consolidation, low real interest rates and digitalization, flatexDEGIRO is ideally positioned for further growth. Further information can be found at https://www.flatexdegiro.com/en.
The department is a joined team operating in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, led by the Head of Client Tax and dealing with local and international tax requirements and reporting. In the role of a Senior Tax Specialist (Manager Client Tax), you will be part of the Client tax team located in Amsterdam, where we are currently 4 tax specialists with international tax background. You will be closely cooperating with Tax Technology team, Operations, Brokerage and other stakeholders. As a Tax manager you will be ensuring timely and accurate tax reporting, supporting business initiatives with respect to operational taxes and assisting the team with day-to-day activities.
What you will be doing
- Identifying and managing risks in the area of product and client taxes (Dutch personal income tax, Dutch and foreign withholding taxes, FTT, etc.) and reporting
- Supervising and controlling Dutch tax reporting (for example “Renseignering-Reporting”), also with regard to pension/savings products and regulatory requirements
- Implementation of regulatory-driven, tax law requirements, including development of technical specifications for IT teams
- Participating in preparation of international tax reporting; in particular CRS, FATCA and QI (QDD, QSL) as well as reporting of financial transaction taxes
- Collaboration in product and services approval processes and independent preparation of tax law requirements; for example, crypto currency trading
- Supervision of withholding tax concepts and their procedural optimization within the bank, including relief at source and tax reclaim services development
- Supporting Service Desk in responding clients’ requests related to tax topics
- Developing and documenting of new procedures in connection with product and client taxes
What you bring us
- Academic tax degree (e.g. master in tax law or tax economics). A lower level of education possible with an extension of required experience
- 4+ years of recent and relevant working experience in an international tax advisory firm or/and in the banking or financial market sector and preferably in a comparable in-house tax position
- Experiences in the responsibilities described above
- Very good understanding of the Dutch personal income taxation and reporting
- International tax experiences, understand of OECD and European DAC concepts
- Data management skills (searching, analysis, extracting, formatting, etc.)
- Readiness to develop skills in the area of IT systems and Data Bases
- High analytical skills as well as a reliable and independent way of working
- Project-Management skills can be an advantage
- Very good presentation and communication skills in Dutch and English (German is considered a plus)
