Investor Services Technology - Tax Solutions Lead - Senior Vice President
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Citi's Investor Services Technology group is seeking a transformation focused Tax Reclaim Transformation Technology Lead the end-to-end digitization and automation of Citi's global withholding tax reclaim operations — one of the most complex and high-value operational domains in global custody.
This role will drive the replacement of manual, fragmented tax reclaim processes with an intelligent, automated platform that manages the full reclaim lifecycle — from eligibility determination and documentation management through claim submission, tracking, and recovery reconciliation — across 60+ tax jurisdictions globally.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in tax technology or regulatory compliance platforms, combined with strong engineering leadership and a proven ability to deliver large-scale transformation programs in a complex, global financial institution
Responsibilities
- Transformation Roadmap Define and execute the multi-year technology transformation roadmap for Citi's global tax reclaim operations — prioritizing automation, straight-through processing
- elimination of manual intervention across all reclaim workflows.
- Reclaim Lifecycle Platform Architect and deliver an end-to-end tax reclaim platform covering eligibility assessment, documentation generation, claim submission to tax authorities, status tracking
- recovery reconciliation — with full audit trail and client reporting.
- Regulatory Intelligence Build a regulatory intelligence layer that tracks treaty changes, tax authority requirements
- deadline calendars across 60+ jurisdictions — ensuring the platform remains current and compliant as global tax rules evolve.
- Intelligent Automation Deploy AI/ML and intelligent document processing (IDP) to automate document classification, data extraction, eligibility rules application
- exception handling — dramatically reducing manual processing time and error rates.
- Client Transparency Deliver real-time client-facing dashboards and reporting capabilities that provide full visibility into reclaim status, recovery timelines
- tax recovery performance — differentiating Citi's service proposition in the market.
- Global Team & Delivery Lead a global engineering and transformation team, managing delivery across multiple geographies and time zones.
- Partner with Tax Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Custody Technology to ensure seamless integration and adoption.
- Experience: 10+ years in technology leadership, with experience in regulatory compliance, tax technology
- financial operations transformation 5+ years leading large-scale technology transformation programs in a global financial institution Proven track record delivering automation and digitization programs that eliminate manual processing at scale Technical: Experience with intelligent document processing (IDP), OCR
- NLP for document automation Strong command of workflow orchestration, BPM platforms
- rules engine design Hands-on Proficiency in Java, Angular/React, Oracle
- cloud-native development Experience with regulatory data management, audit trail design
- compliance reporting Domain: Understanding of withholding tax reclaim processes: eligibility, treaty relief, documentation
- submission to tax authorities Familiarity with global tax treaty frameworks and key jurisdictions (EU, US, Asia-Pacific) Knowledge of custody operations, corporate actions
- income processing as they relate to tax reclaim Awareness of FATCA, CRS
- other global tax transparency and reporting regimes Education : Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance
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- Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs.
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