Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of work experience, having exposure to personal tax affairs of internationally mobile executives and related payroll withholding issues
- Strong individual tax technical knowledge
- Advanced Excel skills and working knowledge of Microsoft office suite
- Strong data handling skills for large data sets
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You will be based in our Gurugram office, and will be working with with the Transferee Tax team in Gurugram and London. The Group is responsible for the tax consequences relating to business travelers in more than 20 countries each year. They are led by the Leader of Transferee Tax based in London, and has 24 team members split across Gurgaon and London.
In particular, 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 group also facilitates the international transfer of Partners and other staff by communicating the tax consequences of international mobility to transferees and assisting their transition into the new tax and delivery system. They deliver operational excellence in terms of tax support, approach and services for participants in the firm’s mobility programs and are also involved in monitoring and managing the tax implications of international business travelers. In addition to this, this group 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.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
In this role, your responsibilities will include monitoring the travel of international business travelers and ensuring payroll withholding and compliance in multiple countries. You will be working with the advisors/local payrolls for payment of correct payroll withholding for the impacted business travelers.
The role involves reviewing and reconciling the income tax/gross-up tax calculations and working with the tax advisor for the year-end compliance for each location such as finalizing the authorization list, providing compensation, resolving any compensation related query, timely filing of the tax return, tax reconciliations, etc. In addition to this, you will be managing the foreign tax credit claim in home locations for the business travelers.
You will coordinate with external tax advisor management, including service authorizations and ensuring high standard of advisor’s services and coordinating with different stakeholders including local payrolls, external advisors, Partner Accounting Team, and Compensation group and it also involves communications to impacted business travelers.
