Wealth Client Tax Operations, Vice President

The Wealt Client Tax Operations is a senior tax subject‑matter authority within Citi Wealth, purposefully positioned at the intersection of tax regulation, client experience, data, technology, and operational governance. This is not a traditional tax operations role. The position serves as the primary tax leader for the Wealth business, operating as the connective tissue between Enterprise Tax Operations and Citi Wealth Client Services. In this capacity, the role owns the Wealth interpretation, execution strategy, and client alignment for global tax regulatory regimes impacting UHNW clients, including FATCA, CRS, CARF, IRS Chapters 3, 4, and 61, NRA and backup withholding, tax documentation, and information reporting (1099 and 1042‑S). The role acts as a trusted advisor to the Wealth business, supporting client messaging, regulatory positioning, complex issue resolution, and reputational risk management. This position is intentionally designed to go beyond execution and oversight. You will define how tax is governed, architected, operationalized, communicated, and scaled across the Wealth platform. Success requires deep technical tax expertise combined with system‑level thinking, data fluency, transformation leadership, and executive judgment. You will lead people, shape operating models, guide technology and data design, influence enterprise decision‑making, and ensure tax compliance is embedded seamlessly into the UHNW client experience.

Tax Subject Matter Leadership & Business Advisory Serve as the primary tax SME for Citi Wealth, providing authoritative guidance across FATCA, CRS, CARF, IRS Chapters 3, 4, and 61, W‑8/W‑9 documentation, FATCA, NRA and backup withholding, and 1099/1042-S information reporting. Own Wealth‑specific tax interpretations and positions, ensuring consistency with enterprise standards while addressing Wealth client needs and risk tolerance. Act as a senior advisor to Wealth Client Services, Front Office partners, Legal, Risk and Compliance on client communications, disclosures, regulatory explanations, and sensitive tax‑related inquiries. Represent Citi Wealth in enterprise tax governance forums, regulatory discussions, and cross‑business working groups. Operations Excellence, Strategy, & Execution Provide end-to-end strategic Wealth‑level oversight and governance across the full tax lifecycle for UHNW clients, ensuring accurate interpretation, transparency, and issue resolution related to tax documentation, withholding, and reporting performed by Enterprise Tax Operations and third‑party providers. Identify, analyze, and govern systemic tax exceptions and risk themes (e.g., undocumented accounts, changes in circumstances, expiring forms, invalid TINs), partnering with Operations, Technology, and Data teams to drive sustainable remediation and prevent recurrence. Develop scalable business intelligence, analytics, and AI‑enabled strategies to proactively detect emerging issues, improve data quality, accelerate resolution timelines, and reduce manual intervention across the Wealth platform. Ensure operational readiness and flawless delivery of cyclical tax events through disciplined planning, control alignment, and execution playbooks. Serve as a Wealth business escalation authority for complex client, operational, regulatory, and systemic tax issues. Design and oversee exception management and remediation strategies, including root‑cause analysis, thematic issue identification, durable corrective actions, and governance of aged or recurring issues. Regulatory Change & Remediation Leadership Own the end‑to‑end regulatory change management lifecycle for Wealth tax obligations: Regulatory horizon scanning and impact assessment Gap analysis across policy, process, systems, and data Prioritization, execution, and post‑implementation validation Lead large‑scale remediation initiatives stemming from regulatory change, control failures, audit findings,