Description
The EME Tax Specialist owns operational and advisory work across employment tax, global mobility, and employee equity. You will apply compliant payroll and off-payroll tax treatment as employees move across borders, participate in equity programs, and support new-country launches.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise on employment tax, manage payroll tax implications of mobility, benefits, and equity events.
- Coordinate shadow-payroll inputs, calculations, reconciliations, and reporting with payroll teams and external providers.
- Support tax and payroll workstreams for new-country launches, including registrations, local requirements, controls, and operational implementation.
- Maintain compliant tax treatment and payroll reporting for employee equity events and support transition/transformation projects.
- Track filing obligations, deadlines, and risk items across relevant jurisdictions, resolving issues or escalating them with clear recommendations.
- Partner with Payroll, People, Legal, Finance, and external advisers to interpret requirements and implement practical processes.
- Create and maintain policies, process documentation, employee guidance, and audit evidence.
- Review data and controls for accuracy, confidentiality, and consistency, and identify opportunities for automation.
Key Qualifications & Experience:
- 5 or more years of relevant experience in employment tax, global mobility tax, equity compensation tax, or payroll tax.
- Working knowledge of multi-country payroll and shadow-payroll processes.
- Experience applying tax requirements to employee equity and cross-border employee cases.
- Ability to manage external advisers and explain complex tax matters to non-specialists.
- Strong spreadsheet and data-analysis skills, including reconciliations and issue investigation.
- Organised delivery, careful documentation, and sound judgment under deadlines.
- Experience supporting new-country or legal-entity launches.
Competencies & Behavioral Traits:
- Clear judgment when requirements are incomplete or differ across jurisdictions.
- Careful handling of confidential employee and tax information.
- Practical problem-solving and early escalation of material risks.
- Clear communication with employees, internal partners, and external advisers.
- Ownership of controlled, audit-ready processes.
Benefits & Perks:
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams