Tax Ops BA: Rules-Driven Data & Compliance Expert

NTT DATA North America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 96,432 - 110,208; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Tax Ops Business Analyst with 8+ years of experience in tax operations, including documentation (W-8/W-9), withholding tax, and regulatory reporting. You will analyze requirements, translate regulations into system logic, and validate data across multiple platforms.

You will collaborate with Business, Tax Advisory, and Engineering teams, develop decision rules using Drools and Signavio DMN, and support UAT, testing, and data quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, IS, CS or related field.
• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Tax Operations Analyst, Tax Technology Analyst, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of Tax Operations, including W-8/W-9 documentation, Withholding Tax (WHT), and tax reporting/compliance processes.
• Proven experience analyzing financial transactions and working with large datasets.
• Ability to identify patterns, anomalies, and relationships within complex data environments.
• Experience defining business rules, data mappings, and functional specifications.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and document business requirements related to tax operations, withholding tax, and regulatory reporting.
• Partner with Business, Tax Advisory, and Engineering teams to translate tax regulations into functional requirements and system logic.
• Evaluate and analyze transaction data to identify patterns, anomalies, and data quality issues.
• Define and document data mappings, business rules, and decision logic across multiple systems.
• Support implementation of tax determination and reporting solutions through rule engines and decision modeling frameworks.
• Develop and validate decision tables and business rules using Drools and Signavio DMN.
• Perform impact assessments for regulatory and process changes.
• Support UAT, regression testing, and defect resolution activities.
• Write and execute SQL queries to perform data validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of business and regulatory initiatives.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of business processes, decision models, requirements, and testing results.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Requirements gathering

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Drools

Signavio DMN

FitNesse

Job description

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Tax Ops Business Analyst with 8+ years of experience in tax operations, including documentation (W-8/W-9), withholding tax, and regulatory reporting. You will analyze requirements, translate regulations into system logic, and validate data across multiple platforms.

You will collaborate with Business, Tax Advisory, and Engineering teams, develop decision rules using Drools and Signavio DMN, and support UAT, testing, and data quality initiatives.