Workforce Compliance & Tax Integration Lead

Sky; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV or NOW package including  

Pension package up to 9%

Private healthcare with mental health支

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Job summary

Sky is seeking a senior specialist to lead workforce compliance, employment tax and payroll activity across major integration programmes. You will drive data-driven reviews of contractor and contingent workforces, build governance and controls, and ensure compliant onboarding of new businesses.

You will collaborate with Legal, Finance, People, Payroll, Procurement and external advisers, delivering actionable recommendations to programme leaders.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in workforce compliance, employment tax, payroll compliance, internal audit, risk and controls, workforce advisory or a closely related field.
• Experience in a large in-house function, professional services firm or specialist consultancy.
• Strong understanding of contingent workforce and worker engagement models with employment tax and payroll knowledge to identify risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead employment tax, payroll and workforce compliance workstreams for acquisitions, integrations and transformations.
• Assess risks from due diligence and translate into integration and remediation plans.
• Develop scalable approaches for bringing acquired businesses into Sky governance and processes.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, People, Payroll, Procurement and advisers to manage dependencies and risk.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations to programme leaders and governance forums.
• Lead data gathering and reconciliation across Workday, accounts payable, payroll and other systems.
• Establish complete worker populations including self-employed, PSCs, freelancers, agency workers and Statement of Work.
• Create data views of worker identity, engagement route, payment history and hiring owner.
• Design sampling for compliance reviews and escalate population gaps or irregular payments.
• Support internal and external audits and HMRC enquiries.

Skills

Workforce compliance

Employment tax

Payroll compliance

Internal audit

Risk & controls

Data analysis

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Professional qualification in tax/accountancy/payroll/audit/risk/project management

Tools

Workday

Accounts Payable systems

Procurement systems

Payroll systems

Job description

Sky is seeking a senior specialist to lead workforce compliance, employment tax and payroll activity across major integration programmes. You will drive data-driven reviews of contractor and contingent workforces, build governance and controls, and ensure compliant onboarding of new businesses.

You will collaborate with Legal, Finance, People, Payroll, Procurement and external advisers, delivering actionable recommendations to programme leaders.