Associate Manager - Client Tax

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Requisition Number: 56335

Job Location: Chennai, IND

Global Grade: Band 8

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 10/07/2026

Posting End Date: 11/07/2026

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Key Responsibilities

Business

The Manager – Client Tax Reporting plays a key role in ensuring accurate and timely tax reporting for clients across multiple jurisdictions. The role supports global tax compliance and regulatory reporting requirements for a multinational bank’s client base, working closely with internal stakeholders (Operations, Compliance, Tax, Technology, Relationship Management) and external parties (tax authorities, custodians, and other intermediaries where relevant).

This position is critical in maintaining the bank’s reputation for strong governance, regulatory adherence, and high-quality client service.

Processes

Prepare, review, and validate client tax reports and statements in line with local regulations and internal policies (e.g., withholding tax reports, annual tax statements, interest/dividend reporting, capital gains reports, etc.).

Support reporting under various international tax regimes and local equivalents (e.g., FATCA/CRS reporting support, where applicable and aligned to local regulatory frameworks).

Ensure timely submission of tax reports to clients and relevant tax authorities, adhering to reporting deadlines and service level agreements.

Collaborate with Relationship Managers, Operations, Compliance, and Tax teams to clarify tax requirements and address queries.

Respond to client or internal inquiries related to tax reporting in a clear, timely, and professional manner.

Support internal training and knowledge-sharing sessions on tax reporting processes and regulatory changes.

Monitor regulatory changes impacting client tax reporting and support impact assessment and implementation activities under guidance from senior colleagues or Group Tax.

Participate in tax-related projects (e.g., new product launches, system upgrades, process redesigns, new market entries), providing subject-matter input on operational tax implications.

Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT) for new systems or enhancements impacting tax reporting.

Risk Management

Adhere to the bank’s risk and control framework, ensuring compliance with operational, regulatory, and tax risk policies.

Identify process gaps, control weaknesses, and operational risks; escalate issues in a timely manner and support remediation.

Contribute to the design, testing, and implementation of process improvements, automation, and system enhancements to increase efficiency and reduce manual errors.

Governance

Targets and Budgets

Ownership of the assigned budget and management of across the reporting team

Ensure all queries for submitted reports are reverted within timelines.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.

Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)

Skills and Experience

Client tax Knowledge

Data Skills

Product implementation

Stakeholder Interaction

Analytical Skills

Qualifications

Professional qualifications (or progress towards) in tax, accounting, or finance (e.g., Chartered Accountant, Tax Technician, CPA, ACCA, CTA, or local equivalents)

7-10 years of relevant experience in below areas will be an advantage but not mandatory.

Banking operations, securities operations, or

Tax reporting, operational tax, or

Financial services compliance/operations with a focus on regulatory reporting.

Experience in a multinational or cross-border environment is highly advantageous.

English - Good written and verbal communication skills

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.

Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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