Wells Fargo
Senior Assistant Vice President - International Tax Operations, Corporate & Investment Banking (EMEA)
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
About This Role
Wells Fargo is seeking a highly motivated International Tax Operations Specialist to join the Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Core Services Tax Operations team. In this pivotal role, you will help drive the governance, oversight, and execution of tax-related operational processes across international markets, with responsibility for transaction taxes, withholding taxes, capital gains taxes, tax documentation, and regulatory reporting.
Partnering with stakeholders across Operations, Markets, Tax Advisory, Technology, Product, and Risk, you will play a key role in strengthening the firm's tax operating framework, enhancing controls, and delivering scalable solutions that support a rapidly evolving regulatory environment. You will identify opportunities to improve efficiency, mitigate operational risk, and ensure compliance with complex global tax obligations.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced tax operations professional to gain broad exposure across businesses, jurisdictions, and products while working on high-impact initiatives that influence the effectiveness and resilience of Wells Fargo's international tax operations. The successful candidate will bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills, operational risk management expertise, and a deep understanding of tax operations within a global financial services environment.
In This Role, You Will
- Execute current tax operating models and identify opportunities for increased efficiency, control enhancement, and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure operational processes remain aligned with evolving tax regulations and business requirements, predominantly across EMEA jurisdictions including German MikaDiv and EU FASTER.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to review and assess international tax obligations, perform analysis, control risks and suggest remediating measures for applicable Wells Fargo entities.
- Recommend and implement improvements to tax-related workflows, procedures, controls, and operating practices.
- Ensure accuracy, and timely completeness of tax payments to relevant tax authorities in relation to Financial Transaction Taxes.
- Support strategic projects aimed at enhancing the tax operating model across International.
- Partner with CIB Markets Front Office teams to address tax impacts arising from trading activity and collateral movements.
- Review New Business Initiatives for potential International Tax processing impact and partner with relevant stakeholders for implementation.
- Review tax changes proposed by tax authorities across international markets and ensure effective compliance with the new regulations as applicable.
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to facilitate effective execution of tax operational objectives.
- Assist in managing internal audits of international tax processes whilst maintaining appropriate governance documentation, procedures, and audit-ready evidence.
- Review collateral-related tax flows and analyse withholding tax implications associated with collateral receipt, return, and substitution activities.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Required Qualifications:
- Strong experience within Tax Operations, Investment Operations or Custody/Asset Services Operations.
- Knowledge of US IRS tax documentation and reporting requirements, international withholding tax, tax reporting, transaction taxes, and regulatory tax compliance requirements.
- Experience with Tax Documentation, Financial Transaction Taxes, Stamp Taxes, Withholding Taxes, and Capital Gains Taxes would be beneficial.
- Experience performing process reviews, control assessments, and operational risk management activities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to identify and mitigate operational risks.
- Proven stakeholder management skills across multiple business functions and geographic regions.
- Experience working within Corporate & Investment Banking, Asset Servicing, Securities Services, or Capital Markets environments is highly desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a complex, regulated environment.
Posting End Date:
13 Aug 2026
Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada:
Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples, and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
Applicants With Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug-free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment And Hiring Requirements
Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
Reference Number
R-562059
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills