(Senior) Consultant - Tax Financial Services - Geneva

The company seeks a Senior Consultant for its Tax Financial Services team in Geneva. The role involves advising financial institutions on complex tax matters, regulatory compliance, and optimizing business structures within domestic and international environments.

This position allows professionals to join a specialized Tax Services team handling intricate tax challenges across various jurisdictions. The role focuses on advising major financial institutions to refine their business and legal frameworks while strengthening the practice in Geneva through collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in interpreting and applying regulatory and operational tax principles, especially regarding transparency frameworks like FATCA, QI, and automatic information exchange.
• Manage tax reporting duties, review client documentation, apply calculation rules, classify securities, and support operational tax functions for regulators and clients.
• Develop comprehensive solutions by collaborating with internal teams across Legal, Audit, and Consulting, as well as international colleagues in other jurisdictions.
• Participate in client secondments and on-site assignments regularly.
• Enjoy international exposure with opportunities to work across different countries and language regions.

Requirements

• Hold a recognized diploma in law, economics, finance, or an equivalent federal, bachelor's, or master's degree.
• Demonstrate excellent proficiency in both French and English.
• Exhibit fast learning capabilities, strong analytical and numerical skills, adaptability, flexibility, and a collaborative team spirit.
• Maintain an agile, growth-oriented mindset that embraces innovation and keeps pace with a rapidly changing environment.
• Approach work with curiosity and purpose, seeking opportunities over challenges and asking better questions to find better answers.
• Foster inclusivity by embracing diverse perspectives, valuing differences, and building safety and trust within the team.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with tax transparency topics such as FATCA, QI, and CRS.
• Prior experience in Swiss and international tax law within a consulting firm or financial institution.
• Proficiency in German and/or Italian.

What the company offers

• Access to a flexible and comprehensive learning journey, including technical tax training and opportunities for external qualifications like a Swiss certified tax expert, LLM, or other relevant diplomas.
• Empowerment through the latest technology, support from high-performing teams, and exposure to a global scale with a diverse and inclusive culture.
• Coaching and training programs designed to develop skills that remain relevant today and in the future.

About the company

Ernst & Young AG operates as a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams dedicated to building a better working world. The organization focuses on creating new value for clients, people, society, and the planet while fostering trust in capital markets. The culture emphasizes an agile, growth-oriented mindset, innovation, adaptability, curiosity, purpose-driven work, and inclusivity to build safety and trust.

• Embraces an agile, growth-oriented mindset, innovation, and adaptability.
• Values curiosity, purpose-driven work, and asking better questions.
• Promotes inclusivity by embracing diverse perspectives and building safety and trust.
• Aims to build a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, and the planet.
• Fosters trust in capital markets.