Associate Director, Global Mobility Tax
The opportunity
As an Associate Director at Linesight, you will lead highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will build on your vast industry experience which will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
- Lead the Group's Global Mobility Tax Programme and oversee all Global Mobility tax compliance requirements, ensuring compliance with international tax, payroll and social security obligations for expatriates, international assignees, business travellers and remote workers
- Act as the subject matter expert on employment tax, international assignment taxation and social security matters, providing commercially focused advice to the business
- Oversee global employment tax reporting obligations, ensuring compliance with benefits reporting, withholding tax requirements, other employer compliance obligations across relevant jurisdictions
Partner with the wider Tax, Finance, HR and Payroll teams on strategic projects and business initiatives, providing global mobility and employment tax input where required
Collaborate with HR and Finance stakeholders to develop and enhance Global Mobility policies, processes and governance frameworks, ensuring effective compliance, reporting and employee experience
Work with key stakeholders to manage the global independent contractor programme, ensuring robust policies, processes and compliance across relevant jurisdictions
- Advise on tax-efficient compensation structures, assignment packages, relocation benefits and mobility policies
- Monitor legislative developments and emerging risks in employment tax, social security and global mobility, providing proactive recommendations to the business.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Hold a professional tax qualification e.g. CTA/AITI
- Have at least eight years Post Qualified Experience in a Global Mobility Tax or Employment Tax management role
- Have strong technical expertise in international assignment taxation, global employment tax laws & treaties, social security and mobility tax risk management
- Have experience managing a large globally mobile employee population within an in-house environment or advising multinational clients on international assignment and business traveller programmes
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and are able to interact with and explain explain complex technical matters to stakeholders across different jurisdictions and functions
- Are comfortable managing multiple priorities and delivering practical solutions in a fast-paced international environment.
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Corporate Services
An extensive range of corporate services expertise is required for an organisation of our scale and reach to be successful, and we have fantastic teams of professionals across a range of functions such as tax and finance, marketing, operations, and people and organisational development. Whether at the earliest stages of your career, or an experienced professional, we are committed to nurturing, supporting, mentoring, and stretching our people, so that you can maximise your potential and meet your career aspirations in your field of expertise.
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