Corporate Tax Accountant (80% - 100%)

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

As a Northern Trust employee (Partner), you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve.

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you would benefit from adjustments for any part of the employment process, please inform the recruiter to discuss your individual requirements.

We recognize the value of inclusion and diversity in culture, in thought, and in experience, which is why Forbes ranked us the top employer for Diversity in 2018. 

Role/ Department:

The successful applicant will work as part of a diverse and international team of five partners. This team is a center of competence for all Swiss tax matters for fund administration and custody. The responsibilities are expanding due to additional business models to leverage our international expertise as well as growing the service with cross-locations projects mainly with Luxembourg and Ireland. This role offers the opportunity to work in cross-functional projects with subject matter experts across EMEA.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Establishing income resolutions according to Swiss Tax law.
• Reconciliation and supervision of withholding tax reclaims.
• Ensure correct fund accounting bookings as per fund year end closing.
• Supporting ad-hoc requests.
• Responsible for reporting and analysis as per client requests.

Skills/ Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Practical experience in an operations administration function or in an accounting area 
• Swiss tax expertise is a distinct advantage
• Very good knowledge of accounting in general with a flair for numbers.
• Good IT user knowledge (especially MS products); 
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of the English language (written and oral) and ideally the same in German

Working with Us:

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and ethical companies. In return, we will support you with your personal and career goals in a number of ways:

Financial – Life Assurance, Disability Plan, Pension/ Gratuity, Annual Pay Review

Work Life Balance – Flexible Work Options, Incremental Annual Leave, Community Volunteer Days

Health & Wellbeing – Private Medical Insurance, Active Sports & Social clubs (lunchtime and after-work groups), Employee Assistance Program

Professional Development – Clear Career Path, Education Assistance, Recognition Programme, NT University (wide range of online, virtual & in-house training options) and employee-led Business Resource Councils dedicated to diversity and inclusion initiatives.

And Finally 

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us.
We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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