YOUR IMPACT
At Goldman Sachs, joining the Tax Operations team offers a compelling opportunity to contribute significantly to critical regulatory implementations within a challenging and evolving financial landscape. This role is designed for a dedicated professional eager to advance their career while engaging in a diverse and highly rewarding function.
This position is integral to a global team, where you will actively drive strategic initiatives in a continually transforming environment. We seek an energetic, enthusiastic, and driven individual who thrives on dynamic challenges and is committed to realizing their full potential.
OUR IMPACT
The Tax Operations at Goldman Sachs is a dynamic and multi-faceted core function. Operations professionals are integral to developing and continually enhancing the processes, controls, and systems that ensure accuracy, timeliness, and integrity across all business flows, thereby providing essential risk management and preserving the firm's reputation.
Within this critical division, Tax Operations functions as a cross-product team, directly contributing to the firm's success. This team is responsible for analyzing and supporting the firm's activities, operations, reporting obligations, and transactions, meticulously evaluating tax consequences and mitigating reputational risks. Key responsibilities include comprehensive Tax Reporting, Documentation, and Withholding support on a global scale, maintaining the integrity of the firm's compliance with reporting authorities worldwide, and managing inquiries from various business lines.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
- You will act as a risk manager for the firm through ongoing assessment and awareness of the tax regulatory environment and the firm’s adherence to its regulatory obligations.
- Industrialise and automate processes and ensure effective controls are implemented.
- Perform review of EMEA documentation such as CRS.
- Review and interpret market updates to evaluate tax impact and outline operational proposals as to how we should adapt to that change.
- Partner with key stakeholders within Sales,Corporate Tax and Technology.
- You will have excellent opportunities to develop your career as regulatory change management is at the forefront of the firm’s strategy and the industry.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR - BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Operations Experience: A minimum of 6 plus years of proven post graduate experience in a similar operations role, preferably within a financial services institution or a dedicated tax operations function.
- Superior Analytical & Problem-Solving Capabilities: Proficiency in identifying root causes, developing innovative solutions, and meticulously documenting procedures and outcomes to ensure accuracy and compliance. Strong aptitude for navigating intricate workflows within a demanding tax environment.
- Results-Driven Project Management & Efficiency: Proven capacity to balance and successfully execute multiple, time-sensitive projects simultaneously while maintaining a strategic, long-term focus with strong prioritization skills.
- Influential Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a track record of effectively presenting complex information, influencing decisions, and building strong relationships with diverse stakeholders across all levels of the organization, including senior business leaders
- Collaborative Teamwork & People Acumen: Highly collaborative individual who excels at fostering strong working relationships across peer groups, and both vertically (with management and senior leadership) and horizontally (with other departments and global teams.
- Advanced Technical Proficiency: Essential intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for complex data manipulation, reporting, and automation. Strong command of other Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required.
- Adaptability & Rapid Learning Agility: Possesses a high degree of flexibility and intellectual curiosity, with the capacity to quickly learn and adapt to new proprietary systems in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- EMEA Regulatory & Tax Expertise: Direct experience or a strong foundational understanding of tax regulations, withholding requirements, and financial market operations specifically within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region.
PREFERRED QIALIFICATIONS- AEOI
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or business administration
- Basic understanding about Taxation and financial products (Equities, Derivatives, Bonds etc.)
- Strong command in Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Alteryx, SQL and Advanced Excel functions.
- Prior experience in primary team functions- Common Reporting Standard (CRS), FATCA/CRS Reporting, UK-ISA Individual saving accounts, Building Society and Bank Interest (BBSI), OI and other Income reporting to HMRC of client income and balances, France-IFU and Netherland- Rensagag etc.
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 6+ years post-graduate experience in a similar operations role, preferably within financial services or tax operations
- Superior analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including root cause analysis and documentation
- Proven project management skills with ability to manage multiple time-sensitive projects and prioritize effectively
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and stakeholder engagement with senior leaders
- Highly collaborative teamwork skills and strong people acumen across global teams
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex data manipulation, reporting, automation)
- Strong command of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new proprietary systems and changing environments
- Direct experience or strong understanding of EMEA tax regulations, withholding requirements, and market operations
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration
- Basic understanding of taxation and financial products (equities, derivatives, bonds)
- Experience with BI tools such as Alteryx and SQL and advanced Excel functions
- Prior experience with CRS, FATCA/CRS reporting, UK ISA, BBSI, HMRC income reporting, France IFU, Netherlands Rensaag etc.
Goldman Sachs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Goldman Sachs and has not been reviewed or approved by Goldman Sachs.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life and accident insurance, with multiple plan options and most premiums subsidized; coverage often starts on day one. Wellness resources, on-site health centers in some locations, and EAP access reinforce the depth of health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Family care includes on-site childcare in some offices, expectant parent resources, and transitional programs for returning parents. Feedback suggests parental leave is very generous, with reports of around 20 weeks paid leave and stipends for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility-related services.
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Retirement Support — The firm provides a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions and broad financial education to help employees plan for retirement. Resources also support saving for education and preparing for unexpected events.
Goldman Sachs Insights
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, we believe progress is everyone’s business. That’s why we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices in all major financial centers around the world. More about our company can be found at www.goldmansachs.com
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