Senior Tax Technology Business Analyst

NTT DATA's Client • New York, NY

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About The Position

NTT DATA's Client is seeking a Tax Ops BA with 8+ years of experience and a strong understanding of Tax Operations, including documentation (W-8/W-9 or equivalent), withholding tax (WHT), and reporting. This role involves analyzing and documenting business requirements, partnering with various teams to translate tax regulations into functional requirements, evaluating transaction data, and supporting the implementation of tax determination and reporting solutions. The analyst will also be responsible for developing and validating decision tables and business rules, performing impact assessments, supporting testing activities, writing SQL queries for data analysis, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of initiatives. Maintaining comprehensive documentation is also a key aspect of this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a 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), Tax reporting and 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 with the ability to perform data analysis and validation.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with Business, Tax Advisory, Operations, and Engineering teams.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Drools or other Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS).
• Experience with Signavio DMN or similar Decision Modeling and Notation tools.
• Exposure to FitNesse, UAT, regression testing, and QA methodologies.
• Experience within investment banking, asset management, wealth management, custody services, or financial services organizations.
• Familiarity with regulatory initiatives related to tax reporting and withholding tax compliance.

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 tools such as Drools and Signavio DMN.
• Perform impact assessments for regulatory and process changes.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (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.

Benefits

• Pay Transparency

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior