Tax- Italian Speaking, Tax Operations Vice President (m|f|x) Warsaw

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We are recruiting a Vice President in Warsaw to establish a newly created capability within International Tax Operations, supporting Italian Private Wealth Management (PWM) tax reporting, payments, and client certifications. The role will support the transition of these processes from PWM Milan to Tax Operations and help build a controlled, resilient, and scalable operating model.

The Vice President will bring strong technical expertise in Italian tax, taking the lead on operational tax analysis, complex tax treatment issues, and the translation of agreed-upon tax interpretations into calculations, procedures, and controls. The role will work closely with PWM Milan, Corporate Tax, Engineering, and external advisors to embed knowledge, strengthen independent review, and support sustainable process improvement.

OUR IMPACT

Tax Operations at Goldman Sachs is a dynamic and multifaceted core function. Operations professionals are integral to developing and continually enhancing the processes, controls, and systems that ensure accuracy, timeliness, and integrity across business flows, thereby providing essential risk management and preserving the firm’s reputation.

Within this function, Tax Operations operates as a cross-product team that supports the firm’s activities, reporting obligations, and transactions. The team helps maintain compliance with tax reporting authorities, manages tax calculations, filings, payments, and certifications, and partners with business, technology, control, and tax stakeholders to mitigate operational and reputational risk.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

You will help establish the newly created Italian tax capability within International Tax Operations, delivering accurate and timely tax reporting, payment preparation, and client certifications using documented methodologies, clear accountability, and effective independent controls. The role will contribute to the transition, initial implementation, and ongoing improvement of the operating model.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

The role covers seven Italian tax obligations: withholding and investment-related taxes, tax payments, regulatory reporting, and client tax certifications. Responsibilities include supporting tax-specific reconciliations and exception management.

Tasks

• Italian Tax Technical Expertise: Serve as the operational tax specialist for Italian tax obligations, analyzing product classifications, client and account tax status, exemptions, withholding tax and “Gestito” treatment, and Bollo calculations. Resolve technical queries within agreed-upon tax positions and consult with Corporate Tax and external advisors on interpretation or matters requiring specialist advice.
• Technical Preparation and Review: Prepare complex tax analyses and calculations, document assumptions and supporting rationale, and independently review work prepared by others within your area of expertise. Partner with the operational coordinator to ensure each output receives appropriate independent review and approval; do not review or approve your own work.
• Risk, Controls, and Governance: Establish the operational tax control framework, including supervisory procedures, maker-checker requirements, tax methodology documentation, KPIs, KRIs, and escalation standards. Maintain traceability between agreed-upon tax interpretations, calculations, reporting outputs, and controls, with clear ownership of upstream dependencies.
• Issue Management and Assurance: Assess complex tax exceptions, errors, and control gaps; escalate material risks; and drive agreed-upon remediation. Coordinate technical input and supporting evidence for internal reviews, audits, and tax authority inquiries in partnership with Corporate Tax and relevant stakeholders.
• Regulatory and Business Change: Partner with Corporate Tax, PWM Milan, and external advisors to assess changes affecting Italian PWM tax obligations. Translate agreed-upon interpretations into operational requirements, calculation logic, controls, and training, including requirements arising from new offerings and account migrations.
• Technology and Scalability: Define tax logic, data, and control requirements for automation, partnering with Engineering on agreed delivery responsibilities and with Operations on testing and reconciliation. Assess process readiness and capacity implications prior to business expansion; identify where additional tools or resources are needed.
• Transition, Knowledge, and Resilience: Lead the transfer of technical knowledge from Milan to Warsaw, validate tax methodologies and reporting requirements, and support a controlled handover through the first reporting cycles. Develop the Associate’s tax knowledge and maintain cross-training, documentation, and coverage to reduce reliance on key individuals.

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

VICE PRESIDENT – BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Tax Technical Experience: Significant, progressively responsible experience in financial services taxation, tax compliance, operational tax advisory, or a closely related specialist role, with practical expertise in withholding tax, investment income taxation, and reporting obligations relevant to Italian private clients.
• Knowledge of Italian Tax Law: Strong understanding of client and product classifications, exemptions, the tax treatment of “Gestito” and “non-Gestito” accounts, and their application to calculations, payments, and reporting. Ability to analyze complex tax issues, document conclusions, and distinguish between operational decisions and matters requiring corporate tax or external advice.
• Operational Application and Controls: Demonstrated ability to translate tax requirements into calculation methodologies, data requirements, procedures, and effective controls, and to challenge reconciliations, reporting outputs, and manual adjustments.
• Risk and Change Delivery: Experience identifying tax and operational risks, driving remediation, and implementing regulatory or business changes in partnership with Operations, tax specialists, and technology teams.
• Technical Communication and Languages: Professional fluency in Italian and English, including the ability to interpret Italian tax documentation, regulations, and reporting outputs, and to explain technical conclusions clearly to non-specialist and senior stakeholders.
• Leadership and Partnership: Ability to lead specialized workstreams, exercise sound judgment, influence stakeholders, and develop colleagues through structured training and knowledge transfer.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in tax, accounting, finance, law, or a related discipline.

VICE PRESIDENT – PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience applying Italian withholding and investment-related tax requirements, including associated payments, reporting, and client certifications.
• Experience supporting Italian private banking or wealth management businesses, including discretionary portfolios and private equity investments.
• A recognized tax or accounting qualification, or equivalent specialized professional training.
• Experience managing technical engagements with external tax advisors, supporting tax authority inquiries or audits, and transitioning specialized processes into an in-house operating model.
• Experience specifying tax calculation logic and data-quality controls for automation and validating system outputs against tax requirements.

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Location

Spire Plac Europejski 1, PL-00-844 Warsaw