Global Employer Services Tax Manager

RSMUK; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Birmingham is seeking a compliance and advisory Manager to join their Global Mobility team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in expatriate tax and international social security, alongside strong project management and leadership skills. You'll be responsible for managing client relationships, delivering advisory projects, and ensuring compliance across various client accounts in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Career development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple engagements with cross-border clients.
• Ability to articulate technical matters to non-tax specialists.
• Self-starter in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day client relationships and expectations.
• Deliver advisory projects while ensuring technical excellence.
• Run UK tax and social security compliance programs.
• Co-ordinate global mobility programmes.
• Develop business opportunities and manage financial requirements.

Skills

Expatriate tax knowledge

International social security understanding

Project management

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

ATT or CTA qualified

Job description

About the department

When you become part of our team, you'll discover a culture celebrating individuality, fresh thinking, flexibility and collaboration, whilst not only embracing change but impacting it. We're simply not a one-size-fits-all firm and work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of RSM and our clients. As Ali Sapsford (our Head of Tax) states, "personality and fun are as big a part of our culture as is our passion for delivering a premium service to our clients... That sense of team is what attracts clients and staff alike to RSM, and it's one of the things I love about RSM!"

Within the National Employer Solutions Service Line, you will work with a strong and growing team of Global Mobility experts alongside our UK Employment Tax and Reward specialists. We service clients across a variety of business types and industries, including start-up enterprises, mid-market organisations, public sector bodies and large corporations.

One of the key drivers of our success has been partnering our national network of specialists with the market-based teams. We work closely with colleagues across the firm, especially those within the wider People Advisory Services group, which also covers Employment Law, Payroll Services and HR Consultancy, ensuring we provide a joined-up service, combining all our expertise.

About the role

As a result of the continually growing demand for our specialist services, we are looking for an individual to join our expanding Global Mobility team in the National Employer Solutions department, as a compliance and advisory Manager.

Responsibilities

• Actively working across a number of client accounts simultaneously, ensuring a premium client service is consistently provided by managing day-to-day client relationships and expectations.
• Supporting the successful delivery of advisory projects, ensuring technical excellence but also applying a practical and commercial approach.
• Running day to day aspects of UK tax and social security compliance programs across a client portfolio (tax returns, payroll, tax briefings, social security compliance), ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Co-ordinating UK headquartered global mobility programmes.
• Working alongside Partners, Directors and/or Associate Directors to help develop new business whilst identifying opportunities to expand on existing client work, involving other colleagues, departments and/or services when appropriate.
• Handling day-to-day financial requirements of running a client portfolio, and acting as the first point of management within that process.
• Acting as people manager to more junior staff and being a visible, positive role model, including delegation and taking an active role in their training and career development via on-the-job coaching, delivering formal training, and carrying out requested feedback and career conversations.
• Reviewing personal development and aspirations, and attending career conversations with line manager, ensuring strengths are being harnessed and a strong understanding of the training and support available is gained.
• Carrying out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the role and its grading, as requested by the line manager, Head of Department or any Partner.

About the ideal candidate

This opportunity is suited to a self-starting individual who proactively takes responsibility and wants to work in a dynamic environment. You will possess a strong foundation of experience in expatriate tax and international social security, including an understanding of the complexities relating to a range of clients in both large and small organisations who have cross-border workers. You will be ATT and/or CTA qualified, or equivalent, with the ability to articulate technical matters to non-tax specialists. You will have proven experience of taking the lead on queries and managing multiple engagement with difference teams simultaneously.

Competencies

• Strong organisation with demonstrated project management skills, with evidence of the ability to plan and prioritise work, meeting deadlines.
• Exhibit strong risk awareness with the ability to carry out effective reviews and know when to refer upwards.
• Clearly commercially aware with the ability to monitor and adhere to financial parameters.
• Excellent communication in a range of situations, both written and oral, and the proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Good experience of coaching, supervising and motivating team members.
• Team player, possessing the ability to work within a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture, building effective working relationships at all leaves.

Note: This job description reflects the present requirements of the role. As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment in consultation with the individual.

About the Service Line Head

Anne-Marie Welch, Head of Employer Solutions Tax: "I moved to RSM (Baker Tilly at the time) a decade ago after having spent most of my career up until then at the Big 4, and the difference is huge. At RSM there is a fantastic sense of everyone working to get the best out of each other and support one another's careers, whether they're a new graduate or someone working towards becoming a partner. There is a massive variety of work and clients to get involved in and in my experience of RSM everyone has the opportunity to be part of whatever interests them most and push their career in the direction they want. I am a big believer in developing talent and RSM's grow our own approach resonates strongly with me; it is a point of personal pride to see people I have worked with for years making great strides in their careers as a direct result of the nurturing environment at RSM. It's been an added privilege for me as a national service line head in recent years to see this happening nationally on an even bigger scale. In my mind, RSM has consistently proven it is an excellent place for someone to develop their career, whatever stage they are at or their circumstances."

Diversity and Inclusion at RSM

At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client\'s needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That\'s why we\'re working together to ensure our firm\'s principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.

At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.