Goldman Sachs Tax Operations – Documentation Vice President Salt Lake City 

United States, Utah, Salt Lake City 

765852413

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Help 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.
• Engage internal and external advisors for interpretive guidance on new regulation impact or new business integrating with Tax Ops.
• 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 and awareness of the tax regulatory environment and the firm’s adherence to applicable tax reporting obligations.
• Work with management and teams across regions to drive initiatives and issue resolution.
• Create workflows and solution designs for technical systems and applications.
• Generate new ideas to create efficiencies and reduce risk.
• Be flexible and contribute to other activities as required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years relevant work experience in Operations, Taxation, Finance or related field leading teams, functions and managing projects.
• Understanding of FATCA and NRA withholding and reporting requirements.
• Knowledge of change in circumstance (CiC) processing.
• FATCA, NRA
• Collaborate with other tax operations professionals, within the firm, to coordinate efforts, resolve client issues, and ensure accurate reporting.
• managing functional teams and providing coaching and mentorship.
• Proven ability to prioritize workload to drive results, solve problems and take accountability for deadlines / outcomes.
• Excellent organization and requirements management skills.
• Comfortable presenting to executive leadership.
• Thrives in a team environment, possesses strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Remains composed under pressure, prioritizes, and makes decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Track record of accuracy and attention to detail; flexible, proactive, self-starter.
• Analytical thinker with the ability to generate innovative ideas and translate strategy to execution.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 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.