EME Tax Specialist

Role Overview

The EME Tax Specialist owns operational and advisory work across employment tax, global mobility and employee equity. The role applies compliant payroll and off-payroll tax treatment as employees move across borders, participate in equity programs and support new-country launches. 

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on employment tax, manage payroll tax implications of mobility, benefits and equity events.

• Coordinate shadow-payroll inputs, calculations, reconciliations and reporting with payroll teams and external providers.

• Support tax and payroll workstreams for new-country launches, including registrations, local requirements, controls and operational implementation.

• Maintain compliant tax treatment and payroll reporting for employee equity events and support transition/transformation projects.

• Track filing obligations, deadlines and risk items across relevant jurisdictions, resolving issues or escalating them with clear recommendations.

• Partner with Payroll, People, Legal, Finance and external advisers to interpret requirements and implement practical processes.

• Create and maintain policies, process documentation, employee guidance and audit evidence.

• Review data and controls for accuracy, confidentiality and consistency, and identify opportunities for automation.

Key Qualifications & Experience

Must-have requirements:

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in employment tax, global mobility tax, equity compensation tax or payroll tax.

• Working knowledge of multi-country payroll and shadow-payroll processes.

• Experience applying tax requirements to employee equity and cross-border employee cases.

• Ability to manage external advisers and explain complex tax matters to non-specialists.

• Strong spreadsheet and data-analysis skills, including reconciliations and issue investigation.

• Organised delivery, careful documentation and sound judgment under deadlines.

• Experience supporting new-country or legal-entity launches.

Preferred experiences:

• Experience with an equity administration platforms.

• Global Mobility experience.

• A relevant tax, accounting or payroll qualification.

• Experience in a fast-growing international technology company.

 Competencies & Behavioral Traits

• Clear judgment when requirements are incomplete or differ across jurisdictions.

• Careful handling of confidential employee and tax information.

• Practical problem solving and early escalation of material risks.

• Clear communication with employees, internal partners and external advisers.

• Ownership of controlled, audit-ready processes.