Tax,Data Analytics & Reporting, Associate, London

Candidate Experience Site - Lateral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a highly motivated data analytics professional for the Tax Transformation team in London. You will identify opportunities to leverage technology to drive transformation, coordinate requirements across Tax, Finance, Engineering and Controllers, and manage end-to-end data projects.

The role requires 4–6 years of relevant experience in financial services or large accounting firms, strong SQL and BI skills, and proven project management ability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above is required.
• 4–6 years of relevant work experience in Financial Services or large accounting firms preferred.
• Experience with tax and accounting products such as Thomson Reuters, Corptax, Longview, Vertex, HFM and SAP.
• Familiarity with Bots, RPA and ETL solution development is expected.
• Proficiency in Alteryx, Power Query, Power BI/Tableau, Excel, data modelling, dashboarding, data pre-processing and SQL.
• Strong communication, problem solving and analytics skills for technology implementations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Tax and transformation teams to document systems, data flows, and data architecture.
• Use advanced analytics to build and deliver large structured and unstructured data sets from multiple sources.
• Collaborate with Tax, Finance Controllers, Engineering and external consultants to implement tech solutions.
• Support data architecture decisions and align tax data strategies with firm-wide data strategy.
• Document data dictionaries, assess risks, design data controls, and monitor data quality.
• Manage project workstreams, track milestones, and report progress to leadership.

Skills

Data analytics

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

SQL

Excel

ETL development

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

VBA

SSIS

Data modelling

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above

Tools

Thomson Reuters

Corptax

Longview

Vertex

HFM

SAP

Alteryx

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

VBA

SSIS

SQL

Job description

OUR IMPACT

We're a team of specialists charged with managing the firm’s worldwide taxes. We are responsible for tax compliance, financial reporting of taxes, tax planning, business advisory and management of taxing authority examinations. Our work contributes directly to the firm’s success, and the division is ideal for creative and collaborative individuals who have strong ethics and attention to detail.

YOUR IMPACT

The Tax department is seeking a highly motivated individual with experience in data analytics and transformation. The candidate would use their analytical skills to identify opportunities to leverage technology tools and engineering solutions to drive transformation. This role will entail coordination within Tax and across Finance, Engineering, Controllers and Operations divisions for requirements gathering, development, testing and execution. Project management and communication skills are critical to the role.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with our Tax professionals and the tax transformation team to understand and document business systems, data flows and the architecture / processes that consume data
• Utilize advanced analytical tools to build, control, maintain and deliver large structured and unstructured data sets from various data sources in the most effective and efficient way
• Work with Tax, Finance Controllers, Engineering, business units, and outside consultants to leverage technology solutions for the Tax department
• Participate in data architecture decisions and partner with engineering teams to implement solutions and ensure alignment of tax data strategies to business and firmwide data strategies
• Liaise with business partners to document data dictionary, assess risks, design data controls, and review the results for data quality and anomalies
• Manage relationships to track and monitor workstream(s) progress, ensure timely reporting of milestone and dependency status, monitor risks and issues to elevate to leadership, and execute day‑to‑day project management activities across the transformation lifecycle

Requirements/Experience/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or above
• 4-6 years of relevant work experience, Financial Services industry or big accounting firms experience helpful
• Experience with tax and accounting products such as Thomson Reuters, Corptax, Longview, Vertex, HFM and SAP
• Familiarity with Bots, RPA, and experience developing ETL solutions
• Proficiency in Alteryx, Power Query, Power BI/Tableau, Excel, data modelling, dashboarding, data pre-processing, application integration techniques, VBA, SSIS, Knowledge of Relational Database Model, SQL
• Demonstrated communication, problem solving, quantitative and analytical abilities for technology implementations and process improvements
• Experience in project management

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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