Careers Head of Employment Tax

Reporting to the Global Tax Director, the Head of Employment Tax will have responsibility for leading the business' approach to UK and international employment tax issues. This includes: demonstrated expertise to drive the development of strategy; contributing to business policies (within and beyond the tax team); and continuous development of processes and/or checks to ensure consistency in the way we approach employment tax issues. The role will oversee an Employment Tax Manager and, working as a team, will liaise with payroll, people/reward and legal functions at a senior level to promote awareness of tax issues and changes. Key areas of responsibility are outlined below. Employment Status of Contingent Workers

• Monitoring, identifying, and signing off employment status reviews, including issuing Status Determination Statements for PSC contractors
• Working to ensure Assessment Specialist engagement and tax status is monitored and reviewed, working to improve systems capability and wider operation
• Managing business queries and challenges on contractor status, point of escalation for status challenges/appeals factoring in business criticality
• Input and review of onboarding system design improvements and performance
• Play a leading cross-business role in developing strategy and policy, along with the design and implementation of new systems to improve business agility and overall compliance
• Maintaining awareness of evolving tax case law in this area
• Rolling awareness and education of business stakeholders
Global Mobility
• Lead tax discussions regarding business and personal mobility requests including the transition of role or individuals overseas for temporary or permanent moves
• Liaison with people, legal, tax, payroll, and finance to ensure smooth operation of mobility requests and management of risks
• Development of Mobility policy and processes in line with continued expansion of global footprint of business
• Continued monitoring of mobile employees to ensure ongoing compliance, including tax, social security, short-term overseas visitation
• Engagement of advisors, where required, to ensure advice appropriate advice is sought, relevant to the facts of each individual case
Lead on other key areas of employment tax
• Annual PAYE settlement agreement (PSA) reporting
• Oversight of p11d reporting
• Other benefit compliance and reporting (UK and International)
• US reporting, including form 1099 reporting
• Short Term Business Visitor tax returns (ties with mobility)
• Assistance with termination/settlement agreements
  
  You will be a leader and expert in employment tax (preferred) and/or global mobility tax issues. You will have demonstrated ability to brief and influence stakeholders at all levels on employment tax/mobility matters, clearly articulating complex issues and their impact on business approach.
You will have an understanding of operating practices that would be required by an international group, such that you can lead or support business-wide strategy and policy. You may also act as a link between other business areas to identify risks and empower solutions. Specifically, you will have:
• 10-15 years of experience in employment taxes (preferred) or global mobility taxes
• Professional tax or accounting qualification (CTA or similar), or similar knowledge demonstrated by experience.
• Knowledge of latest developments in employment status and/or international tax issues impacting international mobility
• Proven ability to manage multiple project or workstreams, and to work to demanding deadlines in a complex environment
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the organisation, including with senior stakeholders
• Excellent organisational skills. You will be self-motivated individual, who is able to manage and co-ordinate multiple assignments
  
  We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge., Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holiday