Custody Tax Product Manager (Senior Vice President)

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Job Title and Location Custody Tax Product Manager (Senior Vice President) – Frankfurt, Germany.

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Technology Lead on execution of tax platform modernization, including: Immediate focus on German tax law changes – MikaDiv system developments. Ability to team, build networks and relationships internally and externally.

Job Purpose & Overview Tax Product is one of the key products within Custody Services, a leading provider of global custody and local custody services to cross‑border institutional investors and intermediaries. The product is responsible for defining and executing on a roadmap for tax services delivered to cross‑border institutional investors.

The roadmap includes defining tax reclaim, reduction at source, and CGT services; managing production costs across global hub and country locations; defining and executing a global technology strategy; tracking and responding to regulatory changes; and implementing a risk and control framework.

The Tax Product Manager has a tax risk, commercial and client remit. The manager is expected to understand relevant tax law so that Citi can remain compliant and provide clients with best‑in‑class services.

Duties include contributing to short‑ and long‑term objectives for Citi’s tax product offerings, technology and operations strategies, and driving change with global, regional and country stakeholders. Success requires a strong understanding of cross‑border institutional clients and global market tax practices and regulations.

Key Responsibilities Product Monitor tax changes (focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland) for impact on clients or services and, when necessary, implement strategic solutions. Define tax servicing and client delivery standards for global and local custody services in partnership with Regions, Operations, Corporate Tax and other stakeholders.

Execute the tax strategy in partnership with Technology and Operations. Follow market, industry and client trends to further develop Citi’s products and solutions platforms. Manage client and competitor market research and develop the product innovation roadmap.

Provide an enhanced client services function within Tax Product and support key clients on tax‑related issues. Develop a market advocacy program for tax services that demonstrates industry and local market leadership. Participate in industry initiatives related to tax services and the application of new technologies.

Risk & Control Act as a tax technical expert on German tax law interpretation; liaise with tax advisors if required. Actively identify and remediate existing and potential tax risks. Prepare responses to tax authorities’ inquiries. Focus on tax system solutioning for strategic Custody projects.

Contribute to tax solutioning for tax authorities’ data demand within tax systems (focus on Germany, Austria, Switzerland) – transaction analysis, monitoring, approach to EU FASTER data gathering and reporting requirements. Partner with global shared services utilities that provide centralized tax related services such as FATCA processing.

Support defining, prioritizing, and managing an annually defined technology book of work with Regions, Operations and Technology. Experience, Skills and Capabilities Relevant experience in tax/custody in a financial organization or consulting company. Expertise in German tax regulations applicable to taxation of securities.

Both German and English language fluency. Understanding of global tax regulations relevant to a custodian. Understanding of tax‑related operational processes such as reduction at source and tax reclaim processing. Ability to work unsupervised and adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate. Attention to detail and a process/analytic mindset.

Comfortable performing data investigations that require a high degree of accuracy with tight timescales. Ability to create business analysis, troubleshoot data quality issues, and conduct exploratory and descriptive analysis of business datasets. Ability to structure and break down problems, develop solutions, and drive to results.

Familiarity with product development methodologies. Project management skills with experience leading large cross‑functional initiatives. Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual thinker. Proactively seeks and develops new opportunities.

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