Transferee Tax Manager

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Tax Manager to lead and manage the complexities of Partner and Non-Partner mobility. This role involves providing expert counsel on tax implications for international transfers, optimizing tax positions, and ensuring compliance with regulations. You will work closely with a diverse team to deliver strategic mobility programs and enhance client service. If you have a strong background in personal taxes and excellent communication skills, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in managing personal tax affairs of mobile executives.
• Strong understanding of compliance risk and efficiency improvements.

Responsibilities

• Interact with Non-Partner transfers and key stakeholders on mobility.
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver excellent client service.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Personal taxes management

Problem-solving skills

Project management

Client service delivery

Education

Recognised tax or accounting qualification (ACA, ATT, CTA)

Job description

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Transferee Tax Group, the firm’s Tax Group, is led by the firm’s Tax Leader based in London. The Tax Group has three functional areas: Corporate Tax, Partner Tax and Transferee Tax. The Transferee Tax Group is responsible for the tax considerations of all cross-border activity, including international business travel, remote work and Partner and Non-Partner mobility across any combination of the 70 countries in which McKinsey operates.

The Transferee Tax Group is led by the Leader of Transferee Tax, who is also based in London, and has 24 team members split across Gurgaon and London.

As a team, the Transferee Tax Group provides counsel to firm leadership and to individual transferees and ensures that tax expertise is used to deliver a high-value strategic international mobility programme to the firm.

The team facilitates the international transfer of Partners and other staff by communicating the tax consequences of international mobility to transferees, assisting their transition into the new tax and delivery system, and where possible within the firm’s tax risk standard and other policies, optimising the tax position of the transferee. It provides a fully integrated tax service to our Strategic Partner moves with proactive, executive-level tax support, creating a global overview of their tax position on transfer. The team delivers operational excellence in terms of tax support, approach and services for participants in the firm’s mobility programs, and monitors and manages the tax implications of international business travellers. Seamlessly, the team collaborates with other firm functions in a close virtual team (e.g., with Mobility, Benefits, Payroll, Accounting and Finance, Legal and Human Resources) as well as with sending and receiving offices and external advisors.

As the Tax Manager, you will work with the Tax Directors and Senior Managers on Partner mobility transfers and global/regional mobility projects.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day interaction with both Non-Partner transfers and key stakeholders in both local offices and firm functions who manage complexities of Partner and Non-Partner mobility.

• An excellent academic background, including a recognised tax or accounting qualification (ACA, ATT, CTA)
• Very strong skills in oral and written communications
• Expertise in personal taxes, including at least 6 years’ experience in the management of the personal tax affairs of internationally mobile executives and related social security/payroll withholding issues, gained either in accounting practice or in-house in a large multinational corporation
• Managed employer compliance risk and efficiency improvements for employee tax, social security, immigration, and other regulations
• Outstanding tax and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as part of a global team to deliver excellent client service
• The ability to work independently managing a number of projects at any time
• Design and implement workable tax operational processes
• Exercise intellectual agility and apply excellent tax and problem-solving skills
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels within the organisation and in a wide range of countries around the world
• Deliver objectives within a large and complex organisation that operates on a consensus basis
• Provide excellent and valuable client service, whilst protecting the firm’s reputation and assets
• Build engaging relationships with people to whom you are explaining complex technical issues
• Deal with detail while maintaining an overview