Client Tax Analyst - Team Lead

As a Client Tax Documentation Operations Team Leader, you will be responsible for the verification of reviewing and validating IRS Forms, Tax documents & IDs. Certification of accounts subject to Federal Income tax withholding. You will be responsible to validate of various regulatory documents submitted by the customers, ensure that all customer requests are completed timely by adhering to procedures and guidelines. In addition to this, you will also be performing due diligence of all required processing steps and check parameters defined in the process. You will also be responsible for accurately processing requests for customer’s tax profile on various client systems.

Job responsibilities

• Modify customer information based on daily maintenance requests (address, tax identification number) and Verify that corrections and modifications in data are fed to various systems
• Assist with training documents and training staff on new and revised processes. Implement a control function platform, maintain procedure documents and help drive control-centric environment  
• Liaise with cross line of business partners to achieve business result driven improvements/ system enhancements with emphasis on strategic end state and controls 
• Strong client focus and relationship-building skills across lines of business, act as an escalation point for team and some cross department issues.
• Management of small staff,  assessing each work allocation and areas of capacity to identify bottlenecks, process efficiencies and work towards process improvement activities.
• Responsible for decision making about the handling of various types of scenarios critical for the business and for accuracy and timely completion of the Tax Certification process within the stipulated window. 
• Comply with set guidelines, procedures, rules and regulations; work as a team to achieve SLA’s for the process and individual targets.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with overall experience of minimum 6 years or relevant experience of 2 or more years
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Strong knowledge of bank control policies and standards 
• People management skills with proven ability to develop, manage, coach and motivate the team. 
• Attention to detail and ability to work independently as well as collaborate, partner and work in a team environment
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical, data management and problem solving skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Understanding of US Tax forms  - W8 and W9, US and non-US Regulations (including Tax) preferred
• Understanding of Investment Bank businesses preferred

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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