Global Mobility Manager

Your new role

• Reporting to the Group Compensation and Benefits Director, this role will partner with the HR and business teams across the company to deliver international mobility services
  • In-house expert on mobility
  • Covering tax, social security and immigration requirements
  • Broad rather than deep knowledge required, knows when to involve external experts and the right questions to ask of the experts
  • Work with business teams and HRDs's to act as central coordinator and to build up in house expertise

• Coordinating cross-border HR processes
  • International assignment and expatriate management including advising on policy, practise and tax and social security implications
  • First point of contact for work permits and immigration queries
  • Advise on social security compliance, liaising with local teams to ensure correct documentation obtained, hold central database (e.g. A1's, S1's in Europe)
  • Advising on medical provision for movers
  • Supporting UK inbound Short Term Business Visitor data reporting process, including advising businesses and provision of data to KPMG
  • Advising on compliance for business travellers post Brexit
  • Advising local HR on payroll requirements for movers
  • Ensuring provision of modified/shadow payrolls as required by businesses as efficiently as possible
  • Ensuring tax liabilities / refunds end up with right business

• Documenting and managing mobility policies
  • Expert resource for international mobility with the Group HR team
  • Maintain database of assignment letters, external advice notes
  • Ensure consistency in application of mobility policies, and that there are documented approvals for any deviations
  • Create and operate a diary management system for key dates
  • Advising local HR teams on work permit applications, residency requirements, visas etc
  • Managing the immigration processes for key location pairings (e.g. Austria <--> UK)

• Liaising with external experts (largely KPMG)
  • Coordinate all interfaces between company and KMPG (and other advisors)
  • Create/coordinate standard processes and advice papers where required
  • Responsibility for manage the central billing process from KPMG
  • Responsible for signing off global tax compliance support list annually
  • Reduce the external service cost (cost reduction expected to at least pay for annual salary)

What you'll need to succeed

• Numerate with excellent organisational skills
• Qualified to degree level, preferably STEM as this job involves numbers and complexity
• Exposure to HR, finance and tax relating to international moves. This role will be the 'in house expert' that business HRDs will turn to.
• Gravitas and sufficient experience to make/ recommend business approach to HRDs
• Thrives on good quality work, delivery to businesses and continuous learning
• Resilient, a good team player and good sense of humour helps.

• International mobility experience in a large multinational - minimum 5 years in mobility, on top of general HR background.
• Alternatively, minimum 8 years' experience in relevant consultancy firm, most likely tax consultancy with desire to move into HR community and roll up sleeves and get stuck in.

What you'll get in return

• Be the standalone, lead authority on Mobility within this hugely significant multinational firm, providing advice and guidance across business divisions.
• A flexibility in approach, supporting creativity.
• A demanding, ambitious, and rewarding environment.
• Highly competitive salary
• Annual bonus up to 20%, plus individual performance related spot bonuses.
• Car cash allowance of £7,500, and inner London allowance of £4,000.
• Generous benefits package: pension matching up to 9%, life assurance, income protection scheme, holidays (26 days plus bank holidays).

What you need to do now

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