Tax Service Officer

**Learn. Develop. Grow. But always: Share value**:
Join our international team that drives positive change, united by a spirit of openness and curiosity. We empower you to have an impact and to grow - personally and professionally. With us, you work at the heart of financial systems and evolve the way markets operate. We’re excited about the future because we are the ones shaping it. Let´s do this together by sharing value

**Who we are**:
Tracing its origins to 1585, Deutsche Börse Group has become one of the world’s leading exchange organisations and an innovative market infrastructure provider. In this role, we provide investors, financial institutions and companies access to global capital markets. What’s your part in all this? With your commitment you contribute to the success of our unique business model: offering a wide range of products, services and technologies for security, transparency and integrity on the markets. By creating trust in the markets of today and tomorrow we foster growth and contribute to the prosperity of future generations.

Luxembourg

**Your career at Deutsche Börse Group**:
**Your area of work**:
Joining a dynamic, international & multicultural team of dedicated and experienced people, you will be responsible for strengthening the Tax Services Regulatory Monitoring team. Your role will consist in providing guidance regarding all tax impacts on Clearstream’s services, to assist internal stakeholders Tax Services Regulatory Monitoring team is interacting with, as well as Clearstream customers on all tax matters related to Income and/or Corporate Actions payments. You will act as a strategic internal consultant related to Clearstream business and applicable tax regimes and for the identification of any tax regulatory compliance issues/impacts pertaining to Clearstream acting as a fiscal agent.

In addition, following international market practices and working in collaboration with withholding tax agents, various tax authorities and operational teams, your role is to contribute in identifying any tax issues, prepare written communications, help clients and provide general guidance to the Head of Tax, Responsible Officer and upper Management bodies.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Become familiar with tax practice services, processes, roles and responsibilities
- Be a key member of the Asset Services Governance Department working closely together with processing teams and the tax helpdesk teams cross locations
- Be in contact with relevant local tax authorities, custodians and tax advisors to ensure that (i) Clearstream’s tax roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and complied with, and that (ii) Clearstream’s clients have reliable support and the most updated tax market information
- Conduct relevant tax supervision to support compliance of Clearstream with its operational tax requirements - contractual agreements with local tax authorities (such as QI agreement with the IRS)
- Collaborate closely with other teams within the Clearstream organisation such as Product Management, Legal, Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure tax processes meet the standards of the market
- Review contracts (Statement of Work, Letter of Engagement) and other documents related to Tax Operations
- Anticipate and identify potential tax issues/impacts in relation to Tax services and counselling Head of Tax/Upper Management bodies in order to develop strategies-solutions to achieve effective de-risking
- Build internal and external relationships with relevant suppliers, customers tax authorities and local tax advisors/consultants.
- Provides quality customer care with a focus on potential tax issues/impacts in the offered Tax services
- Provide appropriate reasoning to guarantee rapid and efficient identification of any potential tax regulatory compliance issues/impacts and their related resolution as regards to complex tax related matters
- Execute work assignment in due time
- Report to upper Management any identified potential tax issues/impacts in relation to the Tax services and provide relevant recommendations in relation thereto
- Support a positive mindset and team attitude rather than individualism

**Your profile**:

- Tax background with minimum 5 years of qualified professional experience in the field of international Withholding Tax on financial instruments
- University degree in Finance/Law/Economics/Business/Tax or similar discipline
- Tax knowledge and expertise on the US market (including QI regime, W8/W9 forms, US tax certifications, IRS guidelines) is a strong asset
- Knowledge on collateral and securities lending business area is an asset
- Experience in banking/custody activities in an international environment
- Demonstrate learning ability and a strong analytical mindset
- Confident in ability to deliver the expected level of expertise to the Clearstream organisation
- Customer focused, risk culture, pro-active and able to work under pressure with good