BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consultancy. Owned and operated by its Partners throughout Europe, BearingPoint is offering its clients the best possible value in terms of tangible, measurable results by leveraging business and technology expertise. The company currently employs 3.000 people in 14 European countries and is serving commercial, financial and public services clients. BearingPoint offers its clients a seamless cross-border approach, strong focus on results, an entrepreneurial culture, profound industry and functional knowledge as well as solutions customised to clients’ specific needs. The firm ranks high in client satisfaction, has long-standing relationships with reputable organisations and is seen as a trusted adviser. BearingPoint has European roots, but operates with a global reach.
Tax Reporting Specialist France / Belgium
For our Zurich office we are looking for an experienced, highly-motivated Consultant Tax Reporting France/Begium to help strengthen the EasyTax Team with his/her knowlegde of French tax legislation. EasyTax is a mature software product launched in 2002, developed, distributed and maintained by BearingPoint Switzerland AG. EasyTax produces Tax Reports for Private Banking Clients. By evaluating transaction data of private investor deposits, EasyTax calculates income and capital gains according to applicable tax law. Thus banks and financial services companies are able to format the necessary information regarding taxable income and capital gains to enable their private banking clients to comply with the relevant tax requirements.
Responsibilities:
Today, EasyTax covers German tax law. However, BearingPoint will develop new country modules to produce tax reports for private individuals taxable in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The tax concepts of our tax advisor, one of the Big4 companies, are the basis on which BearingPoint will build these new tax modules. With your communication skills and your tax know-how you will be the interface between our external tax advisor and the internal technical development. To ensure the quality of the development, you will also take responsibility for testing the results with our internal regression test solution. Moreover, you will often have to evaluate and solve challenging questions from a tax point of view in the growth area of financial instruments and derivatives.
Required competencies:
• Minimum 2-3 years financial industry experience related to French tax legislation, ideally combined with experience at a major consulting firm
• Experience in tax related IT projects; banking operations; requirements analysis and specification; testing of software
• Analytical approach; a problem-solver with a sound knowledge of financial instruments and their tax treatment
• Project management skills and presentation skills
• Interest and basic understanding of technical subjects like XML and relational databases (SQL) an asset
• Written/spoken fluency in French and English; German an asset
• Willing and able to travel
• University degree or equivalent in related field (e.g. French tax legislation, financial business)
• MBA or similar graduate degree highly desired
Perspectives:
Our Zurich office provides an innovative and dynamic working environment featuring challenging national and international projects, together with excellent potential for both personal and professional development in order to help you build your career with an international consultancy.
Interested? Please send your complete dossier by email to: talents@bearingpointconsulting.com
