Senior QI Specialist (Russian speaking) - Limassol

  • Location:

    Cyprus, Limassol

  • Discipline:

    Finance

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Benefits:

    Salary based on skills and experience + Medical insurance (30% for employee and family members)

  • Published:

    01-07-2024

  • Expiry date:

    04-07-2024

  • Reference:

    2510

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Our client, a Fintech company in Limassol, is looking to recruit a Russian-speaking Senior QI Manager.

Responsibilities:

  • Keeping check on changes in IRS regulations, double taxation treaties, QDD/QSL regulations, industry practices that may need to be reflected in policies and workflows at the level of FRHC & subsidiaries;
  • Advising management on specific tax compliance needs that should be accommodated at the level of internal policies, workflows, software developments etc within the FRHC & subsidiaries;
  • Providing professional support and advice with respect to any matters that relate to the US tax withholding, tax compliance, tax reporting, and overall performance of QI obligations of the Company;
  • Maintaining and updating registration of TCCs, Q-EINs, FIRE portal credentials;
  • Advising the onboarding teams regarding particulars of specific non-standard client cases, helping validate W8-BENE forms and sort out complex self-certification issues;
  • Advising corporate actions team regarding tax treatment of specific securities and income distributions;
  • Reconciling internal USWT records with those of upstream custodians, communicating with the upstream on all issues related to tax withholding and reporting;
  • Keeping track of reporting deadlines, preparing, validating and filing FATCA, CRS and 1042/1042s reports and following up on those reports with respective authorities as necessary;
  • Analyzing new products and services introduced by FRHC & subsidiaries, and providing recommendations for USWT compliance;
  • Supporting communications with IRS, auditors and tax consultants on any issues related to the performance of QI agreements, audits, advisory and action plans etc by the FRHC & subsidiaries.

Requirements:

  • Strong, hands-on knowledge of QI agreement and respective obligations;
  • Experience of preparing, reconciling and validating 1042s reporting;
  • Experience of 2 years of track record with financial institutions acting in a WHQI or NWHQI capacities;
  • Ideally, experience of successfully managing QI periodic review process;
  • Fluent in Russian and  good command of English language.

Working hours:

  • The working hours are Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm with one hour lunch break (office-based position, not remote).

To apply:

Please send your CV to StaffMatters at admin@smstaffmatters.com and mention that you are applying for the vacancy of Senior QI Specialist (Russian speaking) with reference number 2510.
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