Trainee - Tax Reclaim & Relief (12 months)

Your team

The Pictet Group is one of the world’s leading independent wealth and asset managers. Founded in 1805 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Group is represented at 30 offices in financial centres worldwide, and currently employs over 5200 people. Pictet has been present since 1989 in Luxembourg, where it employs over 700 people.

Operations provide secure and efficient processing of Pictet’s banking transactions and investment funds. Our teams ensure all activities follow regulations and manage risks.

By developing and maintaining a modern, robust infrastructure, we guarantee reliable, high-quality services for Pictet wealth management, asset management and real estate clients.

Start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 months
Employment rate: Full-time or Part-time (80% - 1 school day per week)
Prerequisite : a tripartite internship agreement signed with your school

Your role

• Understanding how double taxation treaties work ; 


• Understanding the full tax reclaim process : 
  
  
  
  • Analysis of the recoverable amount’s potential, derived from incomes ; 
  
  
  • Understanding differences between legal structures of our clients (e.g., individuals, companies, trusts, etc.), from a tax point of view ; 
  
  
  • Understanding the links between all counterparties (sub-custodians, tax administrations, internal counterparties) ;the possible by completing and gathering the relevant documentation in due time and follow-up the process until acceptation on sub-custodian or Tax administration side ; 
  
  
  
  

• Managing the tax recovery process : 
  
  
  
  • Preparing tax reclaim requests ; 
  
  
  • Reconciling and crediting the tax recoverable amounts refunded ; 
  
  
  
  

• Ensuring all datas is up to date in the tax tool, to avoid production errors ; 


• Working in close collaboration with the different teams of the Tax department ; 

Your profile

Education:

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, management, or law fields

Skills:

• Meticulous, detail oriented and organized with highest quality deliveries


• Dynamic, proactive in problem solving and entrepreneurship spirit


• Able to meet deadline, prioritize and multitasks


• Proficiency in MS Office standard products

Language skills:

• Written and spoken fluency in French ; good level in English

Note

Diversity & Inclusion

Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.