Internship - Tax Reclaim & Relief (12 months)
Publiée le 17/04/2024
Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG, succursale de Luxembourg
Pictet is an investment-led service company, offering wealth management, asset management and related services. We are a partnership of eight owner managers and our principles of succession and transmission of ownership have remained unchanged since founding in 1805.
Our purpose is to build responsible partnerships with our clients, communities, and the companies in which we invest, in order to safeguard and transmit wealth, of all kinds, in the service of the real economy.
With more than CHF 612 billion in assets under management or custody at 31 December 2022, Pictet is today one of the leading Europe-based independent wealth and asset managers.
The Group is headquartered in Geneva, where its activities began, and employs more than 5000 employees. With 30 offices, it is also present in Amsterdam, Basel, Barcelona, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Monaco, Montreal, Munich, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stuttgart, Taipei, Tel-Aviv, Tokyo, Turin, Verona, Shanghai, New York and Zurich.
Your team
The Pictet Group is one of the world’s leading independent wealth and asset managers. Founded in 1805 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Group is represented at 30 offices in financial centres worldwide, and currently employs over 5200 people. Pictet has been present since 1989 in Luxembourg, where it employs over 700 people.
Technology & Operations design and integrate software applications ranging from portfolio management systems, trading platforms to banking and corporate solutions. The division is responsible for some of the Group’s key innovations while sustaining business operations and developing custodian and funds administration services.
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 months
Employment rate: Full-time or Part-time (80% - 1 school day per week)
Prerequisite : a tripartite internship agreement signed with your school
Your role
- Understanding how double taxation treaties work ;
- Understanding the full tax reclaim process :
- Analysis of the recoverable amount’s potential, derived from incomes ;
- Understanding differences between legal structures of our clients (e.g., individuals, companies, trusts, etc.), from a tax point of view ;
- Understanding the links between all counterparties (sub-custodians, tax administrations, internal counterparties) ;the possible by completing and gathering the relevant documentation in due time and follow-up the process until acceptation on sub-custodian or Tax administration side ;
- Managing the tax recovery process :
- Preparing tax reclaim requests ;
- Reconciling and crediting the tax recoverable amounts refunded ;
- Ensuring all datas is up to date in the tax tool, to avoid production errors ;
- Working in close collaboration with the different teams of the Tax department ;
Your profile
- Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, management, or law fields ;
- Meticulous, detail oriented and organized with highest quality deliveries ;
- Dynamic, proactive in problem solving and entrepreneurship spirit ;
- Able to meet deadline, prioritize and multitasks ;
- Proficiency in MS Office standard products ;
- Written and spoken fluency in French ; good level in English.
Note
We will not accept any CVs from agencies.
In accordance with the provisions of the Luxembourg law of 23 July 2016 amending the law of 29 March 2013, candidates may be required to provide an extract from their criminal record. This document, issued by the authorities, must not be older than three months. Such a document will be requested with the aim of carrying out a character check on candidates, bearing in mind the area of activity of our establishment and, more particularly, the tasks described in the job description.
Flexible and modern ways of working
As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote the well-being of our employees through a set of flexible working arrangements, ranging from a work-from-home policy for eligible functions to opportunities for annualised part-time leave and extended parental leave.
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Diversity & Inclusion
Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.
