Business Analyst - Taxes

Avaloq; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

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Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research-led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world's leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

Our Tax Development Center UK team consists of multiple highly qualified Software Engineers and Business Analysts, closely working together on complex tax-related functionalities. Our products offer a range of features that assist banks and financial institutions across the globe in providing tax-compliance services for both local and global taxes.

Within the scope of our tax modules, our mission is to find and implement solutions in order to keep our customer banks compliant with all relevant tax requirements, on- and off-shore.

As a member of our team, your mission will be to discover and implement efficient solutions that cater to our clients' requirements, whilst ensuring compliance with all pertinent tax regulations. We are a team of agile professionals who place great importance on teamwork and collaboration, and we take pride in delivering top-quality code to our international clients. Working with our team of brilliant minds, you will have the chance to tackle complex issues and contribute towards our mission.

What you will do:

1. Reading, analyzing and processing tax publications and newsletters
2. Requirement analysis and creation of specifications together with software developers, partners and customers
3. Supporting developers during implementation
4. Acting as the contact person concerning functional questions
5. Maintaining product documentation in collaboration with our technical writers
6. Supporting consulting projects, project implementations and sales workshops
7. Follow and understand the end-to-end solution, including the know-how on banking and backend solution

Qualifications

1. Ability to comprehend, summarize, and specify banking processes and requirements
2. An open-minded, team-oriented, and communicative personality with a willingness to learn and take on new challenges
3. Excellent communication skills in English
4. Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail with a structured and independent approach to work

It would be a real bonus if you have:

1. Knowledge of UK tax regulations and guidelines
2. Avaloq ACP certified professional
3. University or college degree in Business, Economics, or equivalent professional education
4. Previous experience within the banking environment
5. Avaloq solutions know-how
6. Experience in software development

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. For this role we are also able to accept someone working at 80% hours.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.