Global Employer Services Senior Manager-Employment Tax

Job Summary

The GES Senior Manager is responsible for overseeing a team of professionals to support in assisting clients with managing global payroll liabilities, minimizing compliance risks, and identifying and recovering overpaid global payroll. This position provides review of written global payroll advice to clients, evaluates alternative courses of action to lessen global payroll burden and cost of compliance, and identifies potential changes in global payroll policy and regulations.

Job Duties

• Researches all situations when research is necessary and reviews staff write-ups on investigations on identified topics.
• Analyzes researched facts and the sources utilized.
• Prepares studies of global payroll implications and outlines alternative courses of action to clients.
• Partners with other Core Tax and Specialized Tax Services professionals to resolve complex and contentious matters.
• Ensures clients comply with applicable authorities while identifying options for managing client's global payroll and reporting burdens.
• Manages engagements to ensure engagement metrics are achieved.
• Collaborates with Business Development team and other strategic parties to drive global payroll compliance service offerings.
• Works with the Core Tax Principals and Directors to provide global payroll expertise to their clients.

Tax Compliance

• Ensures clients comply with applicable authorities while identifying options for managing client’s global payroll and reporting burdens.
• Manages engagements to ensure engagement metrics are achieved.
• Collaborates with Business Development team and other strategic parties to drive global payroll compliance service offerings.

Tax Consulting

• Oversees staff handling all inquiries from federal and state agencies regarding all global payroll issues and questions.
• Reviews responses to examiner questions and challenges.
• Maintains monitoring of implementations of work plans for global payroll consulting projects.
• Provides recommended solutions by combining global payroll knowledge and knowledge of business / industry.

Tax Controversy

• Represents clients before any global payroll authority on contested issues.
• Responds to all questions from federal or state agencies.
• Coordinates responses to questions from global taxing authorities.

Tax Specialization

• Acts as an industry expert in Global Payroll Services.
• Identifies cross-selling opportunities with other tax specializations.
• Manages Global Payroll Services provided to assigned clients.
• Develops tools and/or improvements allowing for the enhancement and efficiency of the Global Payroll Services practice.

Strategy Development

• Develops new or improved ideas to advance the position of clients, the firm or firm personnel through the management of global payroll.
• Participates in relevant industry groups.
• Led marketing campaigns and external Global Payroll Services initiatives.
• Reviews payroll related templates and process flows for global use.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervises the day-to-day workload of tax GES Managers, Senior Associates and Associates on assigned engagements and reviews work product.
• Evaluates the performance of tax GES Managers, Senior Associates, Associates and Interns and assists in the development of goals and objectives to enhance professional development.
• Delivers periodic performance feedback and completes performance evaluations for tax GES Managers, Senior Associates, Associates and Interns.
• Affords acting as Career Advisor to tax GES Managers, Senior Associates and Associates, as appropriate.

Education

• Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Bachelor’s degree, required; with a focus in Accounting, Finance, or Business, preferred.
  • Master’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, or Business, preferred.
  • Juris Doctorate, preferred.
• Experience:
  • Eight (8) or more years of prior experience in employment tax experience, required.
  • Experience supervising employment tax professionals on a project or engagement basis, required.
  • Experience with corporate taxation, preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications:
  • CPA certification or Enrolled Agent certification, preferred.
• Software Proficiency:
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and Word, preferred.
  • Exposure to and familiarity with standard global payroll applications and research tools, preferred.