Global Mobility & Employment Tax Lead

Expedia, Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group in Seattle is seeking a Global Employment & Mobility Tax Manager to lead cross-border payroll and equity tax work and partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and external providers.

This role requires 6–8+ years in employment tax and mobility tax, Workday experience, and a Bachelor’s degree; the team focuses on compliance, reporting, and process improvements to support travelers and employees globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Business, or related technical field.
• 6–8 or more years of progressive experience in employment tax, global mobility tax, equity compensation, payroll tax, or related discipline in an international environment.
• Experience with global equity compensation programs, including RSUs, stock options, ESPP, payroll reporting, and trailing equity taxation.
• Experience managing cross-border tax matters, payroll tax reporting, reconciliations, audits, year-end reporting, compensation data, and tax clearance activities.
• Working knowledge of income tax treaties, certificates of coverage, social security agreements, shadow payroll, foreign tax relief, and gross-ups.
• Proficiency with Workday, equity administration systems, mobility platforms, global payroll systems, Microsoft Office, and advanced Excel functions such as lookups, pivot tables, data validation, and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Lead global employment tax compliance and statutory payroll reporting across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with Payroll, Stock Administration, Mobility & Immigration, Accounting, and external providers to implement taxability, withholding, sourcing, and reporting requirements.
• Manage country-specific filing activities from data collection and validation through review and submission, including diverse country forms and reporting.
• Prepare and review Swiss salary certificate and equity annex filings, reconciling grant- and vest-level equity data with payroll and compensation records.
• Support payroll tax reconciliations, audits, year-end reporting, corrections, statutory filings, and compliance reviews.
• Manage payroll, equity, mobility, and HR data to support accurate reporting, regulatory filings, internal controls, and audit readiness.
• Evaluate tax, payroll, social security, treaty, sourcing, shadow payroll, gross-up, and reporting requirements related to relocations, permanent transfers, temporary remote work, and other cross-border assignments.
• Serve as primary liaison with mobility tax providers, reviewing deliverables, scopes of work, invoices, tax authorizations, trailing liabilities, and employee eligibility.
• Maintain country-specific taxability matrices, process documentation, operating procedures, and reporting frameworks.
• Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and process improvement that strengthen compliance, efficiency, and in-house capabilities.

Skills

Employment tax

Global mobility tax

Equity compensation

Payroll tax

Cross-border tax matters

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Business, or related field

Tools

Workday

Equity administration systems

Mobility platforms

Global payroll systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Expedia Group in Seattle is seeking a Global Employment & Mobility Tax Manager to lead cross-border payroll and equity tax work and partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and external providers.

This role requires 6–8+ years in employment tax and mobility tax, Workday experience, and a Bachelor’s degree; the team focuses on compliance, reporting, and process improvements to support travelers and employees globally.