Tax Advisor Investment Funds / International Transactions (EU/US)

coni + partner, established 1993, is a consultancy company with headquarters in Zurich and subsidiaries in Düsseldorf and Shanghai. We are specialised in custom-fit staffing in tune with the corporate culture by ensuring a perfect match of professional skills, references and personal as well as social skills of successful candidates.

Our client is the asset management of an international Swiss bank in Zurich. We are looking for a tax individual (m, f, d) as

Tax Advisor Investment Funds / International Transactions (EU/US)

As an international tax manager in a fund product development team, you manage product projects from a legal, regulatory, operational and project management perspective / Advising specialists and managers in the development of product regarding tax issues / Advising on tax efficiency in financial transactions and investments / Manage client's investment needs, negotiate terms with client's law firms, draft side letters, write memorandums, etc. / Ongoing analysis of financial transaction tax for existing investments, launching transaction tax initiatives and monitoring the tax structuring of financial transactions / Work on documentation relating to a variety of fund structures and the compliance regarding onboarding of investments / Coordinating tax projects, processes and procedures with tax firms and authorities worldwide / Develop a service catalog and define relevant interfaces with (operational) teams / Investigating legal and regulatory considerations relevant to particular clients, products and jurisdictions / Conducting trainings on tax issues and best practice for transaction-based tax / Commissioning and managing external legal advisors and other service providers / Ad hoc situational projects.

Master in Tax or Legal / MBA, LL.M., as an advantage / Professional experience as a tax expert or tax lawyer at a BigFour, international top law firm or asset manager with fund investments / Knowledge of investment funds and transaction regulation e.g. UCITS, UCITSD, AIFMD, MiFID / Knowledge of EU and US Tax regulations / Knowledge of private equity, private real estate, private debt and private infrastructure funds and tax structuring / Knowledge of global fund jurisdictions, including Luxembourg, Delaware and Cayman Islands. etc. / Interested with different fund structures / Ability to manage tax issues successfully with both internal and external stakeholders / Ability to consider varying tax considerations / Ability to work with product development teams on new fund strategies / Ability to manage external stakeholders and to meet ambitious timelines / Analytical, detail-oriented individual with skillful communication / Team player / Proficient in MS Office.

coni + partner ag

Ivano Coni

Managing Director

Klosbachstrasse 107

CH-8032 Zürich

Tel.: +41 44 254 90 10