Roland Walter Schmidt

Open to work

After more than 36 years at Credit Suisse and UBS, I am looking for a new permanent role in securities operations at a bank, custodian, asset manager or financial services provider in the Zurich area, hybrid or on-site. Availability by arrangement.

Target roles

• Corporate Actions Specialist Income, dividends, interest, redemptions
• Business Application Owner (BAO) Securities and corporate actions systems
• Tax at Source Specialist Withholding tax, double taxation treaties, US withholding tax
• UAT / Regression Test Specialist Securities operations, migrations
• Second-Level / Application Support Income & corporate actions
• Subject Matter Expert / Knowledge Partner Training, knowledge transfer, outsourcing

Profile

With more than 30 years of experience, I bring in-depth knowledge of dividends, redemptions, derivative product processing, tax reclaims and corporate actions, most recently as Business Application Owner and second-level support at UBS (formerly Credit Suisse).

I analyse and resolve technical and business queries and work closely with other teams to improve processes. My aim is to keep raising quality and effectiveness through sound problem solving and knowledge transfer.

As a knowledge partner and trainer for outsourcing teams, I actively help improve internal processes and teamwork. At UBS I supported the Credit Suisse corporate actions systems through migration and wind-down.

Skills

Experience

1. 2025 – 2026

   Associate Director

   UBS · Opfikon / Zurich

   • Tax Steward for withholding tax and double taxation treaties: tax system maintenance, knowledge partner between Tax Operations and Income/Corporate Actions
   • Business Application Owner for the capital repayment system, deputy BAO for the dividend/interest system
   • UAT and regression testing for income and redemption events during migration and wind-down
   • Second-level support, client position reconciliation and knowledge transfer to outsourcing teams
2. 2008 – 2025

   Assistant Vice President

   Credit Suisse · Zurich

   • Tax Steward for withholding tax / double taxation treaties (from 2014)
   • Internal second-level support, point of contact for outsourcing, including training (from 2011)
   • Business Application Owner for capital repayment, paying agent and vault systems (from 2007)
   • Business UAT for all treaty countries, US withholding tax and US regulations; SWIFT MT test messages
3. 2003 – 2011

   External Second-Level Support, Income & Redemption

   Credit Suisse · Zurich

   • First point of contact in Global Custody for selected key clients (banks, external advisers)
4. 2002 – 2007

   Subject Matter Specialist, Income, Redemptions, Tax at Source

   Credit Suisse · Zurich

   • Coordinated training of new staff; presentations on dividends, interest and capital repayments
   • Internal documentation (risk manual, department instructions) and intranet content
5. 2001 – 2002

   Team Leader

   Credit Suisse · Zurich

   • Led a team of 5; cash and nominal bookings, client and street side
   • Troubleshooting in settlement and accounting
6. 1994 – 2001

   Operations Monitoring

   Credit Suisse · Zurich

   • Event monitoring and security master data for dividends, interest, capital repayments and derivatives
   • Clarifications with SIX/SIS/Telekurs and custodians worldwide; remittance of treaty withholding tax to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration
   • 1998: fund administration for unit-linked life insurance
7. 1989 – 1994

   Operations Processing, Income

   Credit Suisse · Zurich

   • Processing of dividend events including securities lending & borrowing
   • Street-side cash receipts, FX transactions and reconciliation of payables and receivables

Education

Limania Schulen Baden (now Minerva Schulen Baden)

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