Senior Client Tax Expert | US Withholding, FATCA, CRS & CESOP

About this role

Are you an experienced client tax professional who can turn complex regulations into practical solutions? As Senior Client Tax Expert, you will shape ING’s global approach to client tax compliance, with a particular focus on US Withholding Tax , FATCA, CRS and CESOP. Your assignment will be to apply your expertise, provide authoritative guidance and help strengthen consistent, scalable and customer-focused client tax services across ING.

THE TEAM

Global Client Tax Services (CTS) is part of Global Financial Crime and Fraud Prevention (FCFP) and enables accurate and timely client tax compliance for ING and its customers. We simplify regulatory complexity through consistent standards, a connected global community, centralised activities and increasing automation of tax reporting and controls.

You will join the CTS Centre of Expertise & Oversight (CoE) team, report to the CTS CoE Lead.  You will work with senior subject-matter experts and colleagues across CTS operations, Data & Analytics, ING Hubs, risk, control, legal and country teams. The position is based in the Netherlands and you will bebe part of the global CTS Community.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a senior subject-matter expert, you provide authoritative client tax expertise and help translate complex regulatory requirements into consistent global execution. You will:

• Provide authoritative guidance on client tax regulations, particularly US Withholding Tax and FATCA, CRS , as well as related domains such as CESOP and DAC6.
• Interpret new and changing tax requirements and internally align with operations and tribe how these impact ING’s clients, processes, data, systems and controls, provide advice and input on establishing solutions for the future.
• Translate regulations and policies into clear global standards, operational guidance and practical process requirements.
• Lead complex interpretation questions and cases, enabling countries and business lines to make informed and consistent decisions.
• Identify execution risks, regulatory gaps and inconsistencies, and provide expert recommendations.
• Develop and share client tax knowledge across the global CTS Community, strengthening sustainable expertise across countries and business lines,
• Contribute to the design of way of working of the CoE team including the development of knowledge maintenance methodogoy and tooling
• Build alignment across diverse internal and external stakeholders and represent CTS in senior-level discussions within your area of expertise.

HOW TO SUCCEED

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• A university or postgraduate degree in law, preferably fiscal law, tax law or a closely related legal discipline, providing the foundation to interpret complex tax requirements.
• Extensive, recognised professional experience in client tax, tax law or financial services, with deep practical knowledge of US Withholding, FATCA and CRS and a clear view of upcoming regulations and changes in the regulatory landscape.
• Proven ability to independently interpret complex tax legislation and regulatory requirements and turn these into authoritative, actionable guidance.
• Experience in providing input in the process of translating regulatory requirements into scalable processes, standards, data flows, tooling requirements and embedded controls.
• Experience operating in a complex stakeholder field, working across multiple countries and business lines,
• Strong understanding of non-financial risk, governance, control environments, regulatory expectations and audit processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess regulatory impact, execution risks and dependencies.  
• Applying professional judgement in combination with organisational sensitivity, the ability to influence and create alignment across senior stakeholders without hierarchical authority.
• Excellent written and spoken English, enabling you to communicate complex tax topics clearly to different audiences.

REWARDS AND BENEFITS

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

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