Tax Reporting Manager
About The Position
The Tax Reporting Manager leads Vanguard's shareholder information reporting function for advised wealth management and self-directed clients. The role oversees the production of approximately nine million annual client tax forms and regulatory reporting, including Forms 1099, 1042, and 5498. It focuses on shareholder information reporting and client-facing tax form production rather than corporate tax reporting. The manager leads a specialized team of managers and individual contributors, oversees reporting operations and controls, and partners with business, technology, risk, compliance, legal, and vendor organizations. The role leads annual tax-production planning and execution, resolves complex operational issues, monitors regulatory developments, and drives process and technology improvements. It also contributes to organizational strategy, workforce planning, budget management, and long-term service delivery improvements, and presents recommendations and operational updates to senior leaders and business partners. This position follows a hybrid work model. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are not available.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required.
- Minimum of five years of general management experience and five years of related business experience.
- Significant leadership experience within financial services, operations, tax reporting, brokerage operations, securities operations, or a related regulated environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing both managers and individual contributors.
- Strong operational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to manage complex processes and drive results in a deadline-driven environment.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing abilities.
- Ability to work effectively across business, technology, risk, compliance, and vendor organizations.
- Demonstrated learning agility and ability to navigate unfamiliar systems, processes, and subject matter.
- Ability to lead a highly specialized and experienced team, exercise sound judgment, and influence diverse stakeholder groups.
- Ability to operate in a complex environment with multiple systems, vendors, and regulatory requirements while maintaining client service, risk management, and compliance standards.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CPA, or MS in Taxation.
- Three years of management or supervisory experience.
- Experience in shareholder information reporting, brokerage tax reporting, information reporting and withholding, or related investor tax-reporting functions.
- Knowledge of Forms 1099, consolidated tax reporting, and related shareholder tax-reporting processes.
- Experience in the brokerage, securities, broker-dealer, transfer-agent, or wealth-management industry.
- Experience leading process improvement, change management, or technology initiatives.
- Lean, project management, CPA, MBA, MS in Taxation, or other relevant professional qualifications.
Responsibilities
- Lead the shareholder information reporting function, including production of client-facing tax forms and regulatory reporting.
- Manage and develop managers and individual contributors, fostering engagement, accountability, and professional growth.
- Oversee tax-reporting operations, controls, and processes to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, international, and industry regulations.
- Partner with business, technology, risk, compliance, legal, and vendor teams to deliver operational outcomes.
- Lead planning and execution for annual tax-production cycles and support issue resolution during critical production periods.
- Drive operational excellence through process improvements, technology enhancements, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Manage complex business processes involving multiple systems, vendors, dependencies, and stakeholder groups.
- Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impacts on processes, controls, systems, and client service models.
- Resolve complex operational and client-related issues while balancing client experience, regulatory requirements, and risk considerations.
- Contribute to organizational strategy, workforce planning, budget management, and long-term service delivery improvements.
- Present recommendations, risks, and operational updates to senior leadership and business partners.
- Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
