Vice President, EMEA & APAC Employment Tax Specialist

BNY; Manchester; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

BNY is seeking an EMEA & APAC Employment Tax Specialist to provide expert advisory across multiple jurisdictions. You will support payroll taxation, mobility, benefits and reporting obligations, while collaborating with Payroll, People Team, Finance, Legal and Risk to implement regulatory changes.

The role requires translating complex regulations into practical actions, maintaining governance, and mentoring less experienced colleagues as part of a regional, cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in employment tax across multiple EMEA and APAC jurisdictions.
• Strong understanding of employment tax compliance, reporting obligations, controls and risk in a complex international environment.
• Experience partnering with Payroll, Finance, Legal, People Team and Risk functions.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical guidance and actions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate, timely outcomes.

Responsabilités

• Provide employment tax expertise and advisory support across EMEA and APAC.
• Monitor legislative/regulatory developments and assess impacts to processes and obligations.
• Partner with Payroll, People Team, Finance, Legal and Mobility to implement regulatory changes.
• Identify and mitigate employment tax risks through governance and controls.
• Support tax authority inquiries, audits, reviews, and information requests.
• Drive process improvement and scalable, well-controlled solutions across the region.
• Maintain documentation of tax positions and risk assessments.
• Contribute to delivery discipline through planning, prioritisation and escalation of risks.
• Share expertise and promote best practice to less experienced colleagues.
• Build cross-functional relationships to ensure tax considerations are understood in business activity.

Connaissances

Employment tax

Payroll tax

Expatriate tax

Regulatory interpretation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication

Multijurisdictional

Audits & regulatory change

Formation

Professional qualification in tax, accounting, payroll or related

Degree or equivalent

Description du poste

Job Description

Role Summary

The EMEA & APAC Employment Tax Specialist is responsible for providing subject matter expertise, oversight and advisory support on employment tax matters across multiple jurisdictions within EMEA and APAC. The role supports compliant, accurate and efficient delivery of employment tax obligations, while helping to identify, assess and mitigate tax-related risks affecting payroll, employee mobility, benefits, expenses and broader people-related processes.

This role is expected to operate as a regional specialist and trusted partner across Payroll, People Team, Finance, Legal, Risk and other stakeholders. The role requires strong technical judgement, disciplined execution and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical business actions. The successful candidate is expected to model BNY s leadership behaviors by being Client-Obsessed, Owning It, Staying Curious and helping teams Thrive Together, while reinforcing a strong risk culture through ethical conduct, accountability, transparency and timely escalation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide employment tax expertise and advisory support across EMEA and APAC, covering matters such as payroll taxation, employee benefits, expenses, equity-related tax considerations, mobility-related employment tax impacts and employer reporting obligations.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments across relevant jurisdictions and assess potential impacts to BNY processes, controls and obligations.
• Partner with Payroll, the People Team, Finance, Legal, Mobility, Risk and external advisers to support compliant and consistent employment tax treatment and implementation of regulatory changes.
• Identify, analyse and help mitigate employment tax risks through strong governance, documentation, control design and issue resolution.
• Support tax authority enquiries, audits, reviews and requests for information, ensuring responses are accurate, timely and appropriately coordinated.
• Drive process improvement and operational efficiency by identifying themes, simplifying activity where appropriate and supporting scalable, well-controlled solutions across the region.
• Maintain clear documentation of tax positions, processes, risk assessments and stakeholder decisions in line with governance and control requirements.
• Support delivery discipline through effective planning, prioritisation, follow-through and escalation of risks or issues where needed.
• Contribute to the development of less experienced colleagues by sharing knowledge, providing guidance and promoting best practice.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure employment tax considerations are understood and incorporated into business activity and change initiatives.

Experience / Qualifications

• Significant experience in employment tax, payroll tax, expatriate tax or related areas, ideally across multiple EMEA and APAC jurisdictions.
• Strong understanding of employment tax compliance, reporting obligations, controls and risk considerations in a complex international environment.
• Experience partnering with multiple stakeholders across Payroll, Finance, Legal, People Team and Risk functions.
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into practical, business-relevant guidance and actions.Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate, timely outcomes in a controlled environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders effectively.
• Experience supporting audits, reviews, regulatory change implementation or process transformation activity is advantageous.
• Relevant professional qualification in tax, accounting, payroll or a related discipline is preferred, or equivalent practical experience.

Leadership Expectations

At VPR level, the role holder is expected to demonstrate leadership through expertise, judgement, influence and execution.

This Includes

• Client-Obsessed: delivering practical, high-quality guidance that supports employee, business and stakeholder needs.
• Own It: taking accountability for outcomes, exercising sound judgement and ensuring issues are managed through to resolution.
• Stay Curious: keeping current with regulatory developments, challenging existing approaches and identifying opportunities to improve processes and controls.
• Thrive Together: building strong partnerships across teams, encouraging open communication and contributing to an inclusive, high- performing culture.

In Addition, The Role Holder Is Expected To

• Act ethically and in the best interests of clients and BNY.
• Reinforce a strong risk culture by identifying, assessing and escalating risks promptly and partnering effectively with control functions.Demonstrate disciplined execution through planning, prioritisation, documentation and follow-through.
• Connect day-to-day activity to broader strategic, operational and control objectives.
• Share expertise, support capability development and contribute positively to team effectiveness.