Head of Regulatory and Tax Reporting Team for Collective Investment Schemes

Professional experience
The candidate must provide a consolidated track record in
Administration, Taxation, Accounting, and Regulatory Reporting functions of Collective
Investment Schemes, with a deep knowledge of the Administration business of
an Investment Fund Management Company and the associated accounting, tax, and regulatory obligations. Experience developed in leading Investment Fund Management Companies or in organizations with direct specialization in the field of Investment Funds (consultancies or providers with direct dependency on Investment Fund Managers) is required:

• Proven experience in equivalent responsibility positions, leading
  specialized Reporting, Taxation, and Accounting teams for Collective Investment Schemes.
• Practical knowledge of accounting processes, closings, financial statements,
  periodic information, and supervisory reporting of CIS.
• Experience in liaison with the National Securities Market Commission, Depositaries, External Auditors, and control functions of an SGIIC.
• Demonstrable experience leading organizational and operational transformations,
  redesigning teams and processes, and implementing efficiency, automation, control, and quality improvements.

• Bachelor's Degree or Degree in Business Administration and Management, Economics, Actuarial Sciences, or equivalent qualification.
• Postgraduate training in Finance, Financial Markets, Financial Management, Auditing, or Financial Regulation will be valued.
• Training or certification in process management, organizational
  transformation, continuous improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, BPM, or project management will be valued.
• Professional English level, oral and written, sufficient to work with regulations,
  documentation, and international groups.

Technical and regulatory knowledge

• Expert knowledge and practical experience in Law 35/2003, of November 4, on Collective Investment Schemes, and in Royal Decree 1082/2012, of July 13.
• Expert knowledge of Circular 3/2008, of September 11, of the National
  Securities Market Commission, on Accounting Standards, Annual Accounts, and Reserved Information Statements of Collective Investment Schemes.
• Expert Knowledge of Circular 4/2008, of September 11, of the National
  Securities Market Commission, on the content of periodic reports of
  Collective Investment Schemes and the statement of position.
• Knowledge of Directive 2009/65/EC, Directive 2011/61/EU, and Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 231/2013.

Other technical knowledge

• Preparation, review, and control of annual accounts, notes, financial statements,
  periodic public information, and reserved statements of CIS.
• Valuation and accounting of financial instruments and complex operations,
  including derivatives, OTC operations, currencies, and collateral.
• Regulatory data governance, reconciliations, quality controls, traceability,
  control evidence, and incident management.
• Operating models and technological platforms for administration, accounting, and
  reporting of investment funds.

Other Competencies:

• High capacity for leadership, coordination, and influence in multidisciplinary and transformation environments.
• Strategic and organizational vision, combined with an orientation toward execution.
• Consultative profile, with the ability to diagnose problems, formulate recommendations, and lead their implementation.
• Experience and judgment to reorganize teams, redefine functions and responsibilities, and establish new ways of working.
• Orientation toward continuous improvement, simplification, automation, efficiency, and operational excellence.
• Critical thinking, technical rigor, precision, and solid analytical skills.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions and perform in-depth analysis of processes, risks, capabilities, and workloads.
• High oral and written communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and transversal influence skills.
• Empathy, resilience, adaptability to change, and the ability to mobilize the team during transformation processes.
• High level of commitment, responsibility, results orientation, and a vocation for
  internal customer service.

The objective of this call is to fill a position of Head of the
Regulatory and Tax Reporting Team within the Operations Area of CaixaBank Asset
Management. The selected person will assume the functional and organizational leadership of the team and will guarantee the correct execution, supervision, and evolution of the financial, tax, and regulatory information processes corresponding to the financial vehicles of an Investment Fund Manager.

The position requires combining expert technical knowledge of the specific regulations applicable to Collective Investment Schemes with a consolidated track record in team leadership, organizational transformation, continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and the evolution of working models.

The job location will be at the CaixaBank Asset Management office in Barcelona.

Functions:
Regulatory reporting of CIS and Financial and Tax Information

• Supervise the preparation, validation, and submission to the National Securities
  Market Commission (CNMV) of public and reserved statements, periodic reports, and
  other regulatory information required of CIS and the management company.
• Supervise the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting closing processes, as well as
  the review and validation of Annual Accounts, Financial Statements, Notes to the
  Accounts, and Periodic Information of the Collective Investment Schemes.
• Supervise the preparation, validation, and submission of Tax Reporting relating to
  Collective Investment Schemes within the scope of the Management Company.
• Ensure the quality, integrity, consistency, traceability, and timeliness of the
  Accounting, Tax, and Regulatory information reported within the scope of
  Collective Investment Schemes.
• Lead the interpretation, impact analysis, and implementation of regulatory
  /tax changes within the scope of Management Companies with an impact on accounting, Financial Statements, Taxation, and the Regulatory Reporting of Collective Investment Schemes.
• Lead the implementation of new products, interpreting the associated
  accounting, tax, regulatory, and reporting obligations, defining the
  necessary functional and operational requirements, and guaranteeing their correct
  implementation in the manager's information processes and models.
• Coordinate the relationship with the National Securities Market Commission, External
  and Internal Auditors, Depositaries, Service Providers, and internal areas of
  Risk, Compliance, Audit, Taxation, Business, and Technology.
• Coordinate the preparation of information and evidence for audits, inspections, supervisory requirements, and internal control reviews.
• Act as the technical and functional reference for the manager regarding accounting, financial information, tax, and regulatory reporting of Collective Investment
  Schemes.

Transformation, internal consultancy, and continuous improvement.

• Lead organizational and operational diagnostics in the area of CIS Reporting, Taxation, and Accounting, identifying inefficiencies, risks, duplications, manual tasks, and simplification opportunities.
• Define and implement the team's target operating model, including processes, roles, responsibilities, controls, governance, capabilities, tools, and indicators.
• Redesign and standardize end-to-end processes to increase efficiency, data quality, traceability, scalability, and operational resilience.
• Drive automation, digitalization, and elimination of low-value-added tasks initiatives, coordinating their prioritization with the other Areas.
• Define and implement activity, capacity, productivity, quality,
  compliance, operational risk, and service level indicators to facilitate data-driven management.
• Act with an internal consultancy approach, structuring problems, formulating
  recommendations, building roadmaps, and leading the implementation of sustainable solutions.
• Lead the change management associated with organizational, technological, and
  regulatory transformations, ensuring effective adoption by the team.
• Participate in strategic projects of the manager with an impact on Taxation,
  Accounting, reporting, data architecture, fund administration systems, and the operating model.

Leadership, organization, and management of the team.

• Lead, coordinate, and develop the team specialized in taxation, accounting, and regulatory reporting of Collective Investment Schemes, defining objectives,
  priorities, responsibilities, and quality standards.
• Review the team structure, workload distribution, functions and
  responsibilities, specialization levels, and coordination mechanisms.
• Redesign the team's way of working to evolve towards a more
  efficient, homogeneous, scalable, transversal, and control-oriented model.
• Drive the technical and professional development of people, versatility,
  knowledge transfer, process documentation, and the reduction of
  key knowledge dependencies.
• Establish planning, monitoring, and prioritization mechanisms that allow
  for the proper management of closings, regulatory deliveries, incidents, and transformation projects.
  Promote a culture of technical rigor, responsibility, collaboration, results orientation, and continuous improvement.