Director Global Employment Tax - Global Payroll
About the job
- 12–15+ years of progressive employment tax experience within a large, complex multinational organization and/or a Big Four or global advisory environment.
- Demonstrated success leading global employment tax or mobility tax programs.
- Proven experience resolving complex employment tax accounting issues, including historical imbalances and audit findings.
- Experience partnering with senior stakeholders, including the Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Head of Tax, and Internal Audit.
- Deep knowledge of global employment tax regulations and frameworks.
- Strong understanding of payroll and finance systems, including data flows between payroll, tax engines, and the general ledger.
- Experience with equity compensation taxation and cross-border payroll considerations.
- Executive-level communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to translate employment tax issues into clear financial risk assessments and remediation plans.
- Strong judgment, prioritization, and decision-making skills in high-risk environments.
- Ability to lead through influence within a global, matrixed organization.
- Define and execute the global employment tax strategy, balancing compliance, risk mitigation, financial accuracy, operational efficiency, and cost optimization.
- Establish and maintain a global employment tax governance and control framework, including policies, standards, reconciliation requirements, and escalation protocols.
- Serve as the enterprise lead for employment tax matters, including audit readiness, regulatory inquiries, and remediation planning.
- Advise senior leadership on employment tax implications related to workforce strategy, mergers and acquisitions, entity expansion, global mobility, and evolving operating models.
- Oversee country-specific domestic employment and payroll tax compliance requirements, including United States federal, state, and local tax account management; United Kingdom annual tax obligations; and other jurisdiction-specific obligations as required.
- Ensure timely filings, accurate remittances, and complete statutory reporting across relevant jurisdictions.
- Provide subject matter leadership across expatriate and cross-border employment taxation, shadow payroll and mobility-related tax obligations, and equity and incentive taxation, including restricted stock units, performance stock units, employee stock purchase plans, and bonuses.
- Interpret and operationalize complex global employment tax legislation in alignment with internal policies, controls, and processes.
- Partner with Payroll Accounting to establish and maintain global standards for employment tax general ledger account setup, mapping, and usage across regions, legal entities, and payroll vendors.
- Collaborate on monthly, quarterly, and annual employment tax account reconciliations to ensure timely clearance of employment tax liabilities, resolution of reconciling items, and alignment across payroll systems, tax filings, and the general ledger.
- Monitor global regulatory developments and proactively assess business impact, compliance readiness, and control requirements.
- Audit, controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley experience is strongly preferred.
- Certified Public Accountant credential is strongly preferred.
- Juris Doctor, Master of Laws in Tax, or equivalent credentials are valued.
- Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, global expansion, or large-scale payroll and finance transformations.
- Experience in a public company environment and under external audit scrutiny.
About the company
BNY Mellon provides global financial services that help asset owners, investment managers, banks, insurers, corporations and individuals move, safekeep, and manage assets across markets. Its offerings—custody, fund and investor servicing, payments, clearing, collateral and liquidity management, asset and wealth management, credit and lending, digital assets, and analytics—are delivered through a mix of transaction, servicing, investment-management and advisory services, supported by technology. It differentiates itself through its global scale and breadth of custody and asset-servicing capabilities, established market and wealth services, and its integration of digital assets, data analytics, and AI with traditional finance. Its goal is to provide secure, efficient, and trusted asset movement and management worldwide by leveraging technology to improve operations and client service.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1784
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q1 2026 revenue rose 13% to $5.4 billion, with pretax margin reaching 37%.
- Q2 2026 revenue reached $5.7 billion, and BNY raised full-year 2026 growth guidance.
- The Treasury selected BNY for Trump accounts, adding a new government platform by 2026.
What critics are saying
- Fee pressure from fintechs and smaller custodians can compress BNY's servicing margins by 2027.
- Headcount fell 7% year over year, signaling continuing restructuring and execution strain into 2026.
- A digital-asset custody misstep or anti-money-laundering failure would damage trust and trigger existential franchise loss.
What makes BNY unique
- BNY controls $62.6 trillion AUC, making custody and servicing its deepest moat.
- Eliza 2.0 and 218 AI solutions embed automation across BNY's 47,000-person workforce.
- June 29, 2026 Circle partnership made BNY the first institutional USDC custody and minting bridge.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Paid Vacation
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Company News
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BNY Mellon, the world's largest custody bank, oversees $62.6 trillion in client assets, primarily from pension funds, mutual funds, and other institutional investors. The bank generated $5.7 billion in revenue in the second quarter, up 13% year over year, with 70% derived from asset custody and servicing fees. Custody banks hold and service assets for large institutional customers, operating with a fee-based business model that generates reliable earnings across market cycles. BNY Mellon's fees increase as asset levels rise through appreciation or net inflows. The bank also earns revenue from investment management and interest income from sweep accounts, where idle client cash is invested in high-yielding instruments. As one of a handful of major custody banks, BNY Mellon benefits from a competitive moat and has been the best-performing bank stock over the past five years.
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