Monday, 30 July 2012

Global Mobility Tax Manager

Details: The Shaw Group provides premier engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to government and private-sector clients in a wide array of industries, including the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets.Summary:Experienced professional to manage assignee tax issues and coordinate HR, corporate tax and global payroll functions for international employees (expatriates, third country nationals, and/or local hire). May also work with third party providers such as relocation, tax service, immigration and other related parties.Responsibilities:•Serve as a central point of contact for assignee issues; answering day to day queries with business lines and assignees•Actively manage external providers to ensure that all assignee tax obligations are met, including approving invoices•Participate in the selection and management of assignee providers•Manage outsourced relocation vendors, global tax provider and global immigration. Liase with HR, tax and in-counsel to consult on international employment compliance as it relates to frequent business travelers and assignees entering new locations.•Coach and mentor team members to ensure global objectives and service levels are met.•Develop, maintain and enhance business relationships with Business unit leads to ensure visibility of the global mobility program.•Perform periodic trend analysis of cost and demographic data and recommend policy and process improvements•Assist in development and monitoring of global assignee policies•Assist Global HR in development of terms & conditions, assignment letters & tracking deviations from Shaw policies•Identifies gaps in current policies and procedures and recommends solutions, keeping current with assignee practices and trends. Advise management on best practices in assignment structure and strategies to minimize taxation for assignees and the Company.•Manage International SOS•Prepare assignee tax estimates for business lines•Coordinate efforts with other functions including HR (Compensation, Benefits, Relocation, Immigration, Business Line HR Global Representatives, etc.), Corporate Tax, Global Payroll and Legal as appropriate to support the assignee program.•Prepare hypothetical tax calculations, review tax equalization calculations, manage global compensation collection process, including year-end projects, and instruct global payroll accordingly•Assist with technology solutions•Participate/lead education sessions at business line level for new projects•Manage tax remediation/audits as appropriate•Position will work a flexible schedule which may include evenings to support the business.Qualifications/Competencies/Experience:•Typically has a Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting, tax or international HR, with 5 - 7 years of international assignment management experience. International rotation a plus but not required.•Must have experience with international HR policies, compensation methods, benefits, tax equalization, payroll and tax issues and other international global mobility issues.•Global immigration experience preferred•Candidate must be analytical, detailed, customer service oriented and able to work with top management professionally and efficiently. Strong leadership skills required.•Ability to work independently and require little instruction on day-to-day work while adhering to the procedures and policies.•Ability to build relationships through indirect communication such as: conference calls and email.•Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.•A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required with the expectation that the individual is focused on continuous process improvement of the assignee program.•EPC experience preferred. EMEA and APAC knowledge preferred.

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