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Operations Associate
Location: Glasgow
Contract: 12 months
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office
Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.
Who You Will Work With
Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and design strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.
What You'll Do
- Execute operational processes and support process management, ensuring efficient delivery across systems, markets and financial instruments.
- Identify operational risks, recommend process improvements, and contribute to strengthening controls and operational efficiency.
- Support operational tax activities, including tax processing, compliance, and the implementation of tax-related policies, procedures and requirements.
- Analyse the impact of tax legislation changes and new business initiatives, preparing reports and communicating findings to senior management and global stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Corporate Tax, Operations and Business Units globally to implement and enhance operational tax processes and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Participate in projects and continuous improvement initiatives, contributing to solution design, timely delivery and process optimisation through automation tools such as Power BI, UiPath, Alteryx and Generative AI.
- Build strong relationships across global teams and stakeholders, sharing knowledge and collaborating effectively to deliver business objectives.
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What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in financial operations, ideally within investment banking or another financial services environment.
- Good understanding of operational processes, with knowledge of operational taxes, including withholding tax, capital gains tax, transactional tax and tax reporting.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills, with the ability to resolve non-standard issues independently.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise with a focus on maintaining robust controls while meeting business and client requirements.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management and project delivery skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities and deadlines.
- Experience with process improvement and automation tools such as Power BI, UiPath, Alteryx and Generative AI would be advantageous.
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What's Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.
We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.
This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
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