Senior Tax Product Manager

Brown Brothers Harriman; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown Brothers Harriman seeks a Tax Product Senior Manager in London to oversee tax-focused products and enhance client solutions. Candidates should have extensive tax regulation knowledge and a minimum of 8 years' experience, along with a strong educational background. This role offers a collaborative environment and the opportunity to impact client financial well-being directly.

Benefits

High-quality benefits program

Collaborative working environment

Direct access to clients and experts

Opportunities for professional growth

Volunteer opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years related experience required.
• Extensive understanding of bank, fund legal structures and securities instruments.
• Demonstrated leadership ability.

Responsibilities

• Manages tax focused products across Global Tax Services.
• Drives tax product’s strategic direction and execution.
• Provides response to external client tax inquiries.

Skills

Technical and operational knowledge of tax regulations

Presentation and marketing skills

Leadership and direction

Client communication

Education

BS/BA degrees; JD, LL.M, MST, EA or CPA

Job description

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

At Brown Brothers Harriman , we believe no job is too big or small for any of us to handle if it helps our clients. We value passionate, committed people who enjoy collaborating with others to find new solutions to complex business challenges. We are looking for the type of person who speaks their mind, truly listens and steps outside their role to add value wherever they can. Someone who is driven to get things done and views obstacles as an exciting challenge that demands a creative solution. Above all, we seek someone who takes great pride in their work and is inspired and motivated by their role in protecting and enhancing our client’s financial well-being.

If you are looking for an entrepreneurial environment where you can learn and thrive, Brown Brothers Harriman is the right place for you.

Join us as a Tax Product Senior Manager

The Tax Product Senior Manager is based in London, reporting to the head of Tax Product based in Boston. This role is part of the Global Tax Services. Global Tax Services provides tailored tax expertise and solutions for asset managers and banks across a wide range of investment vehicles in close to 100 markets.

The Tax Product Manager is a client facing role that:

• Manages tax focused products across Global Tax Services.

• Drives tax product’s strategic direction with responsibility for execution and delivering high valued solutions to clients.

• Manages products deployed to support BBH’s European client base, including E U Investor Tax .

• Develops solutions to promotes clients’ needs considering complex regulatory environment.

• Works with business areas across the organization, clients and third parties to communicate changes and implement new tax products and regulatory changes.

• Responsible for improving quality, efficiency and controls.

• Leads and coordinates cross organizational efforts in support of subject matter

• Actively engages with industry associations

• Research specific internal and external client inquiries and responding within the established timeframes.

• Research and publish to internal tax groups risk items pertaining to specific treaty and/or legislation issues.

Functional/Technical Tax Responsibilities

• Performs technical analysis as required to support product management responsibilities

• Manages engagements with vendors, accounting firms, and law firms to support tax initiatives

• Works with internal groups to manage development resources in support of changes to existing systems, and prioritize high level technology and operational deliverables as necessary

Client Servicing

• Provides response to external client tax inquiries

• Ensures all client deliverables and expectations are met on a timely and accurate basis

• Manages client communication and publications

• Lead RFPs and represent Global Tax Services in client pitches and presentations

• Works with outside tax advisors on seeking solutions for complex tax matters

• Provide training to internal and external clients on tax products or tax regulations as needed

• Maintains subject matter expertise to provide ongoing consultation to internal and external clients and may conduct presentations in external industry forums

Education level and/or relevant experience(s)

• BS/BA degrees; JD, LL.M, MST, EA or CPA highly desired

• Minimum 8 years related experience

• Extensive technical and operational knowledge of tax regulations, processes and established relationships with tax experts throughout the industry

• Extensive understanding of bank, and fund legal structures and securities instruments, and broad knowledge of business areas throughout the organization

• Demonstrated presentation and marketing skills

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direction

• Knowledge of Asset servicing or financial services industry in general

What We Offer

• A collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can

• Direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world

• Opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself—without leaving the firm

• A culture of inclusion that values each employee’s unique perspective

• High-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind

• Rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage

• Volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others

We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.

About BBH:

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.

We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.

We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.

Go to BBH.com to learn more about our rewards and benefits, philanthropy, approach to sustainability or how we support you to thrive personally, physically and financially.