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19/10/10
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  Employee Taxes Manager - Grade Ex3
BAE Systems
Southern Portsmouth

Employee Taxes Manager - Grade Ex3
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Employee Taxes Manager to Provide leadership to the Group and expert advice on all UK and international expatriate income tax and social security matters, providing full tax technical support and ad hoc advice to leadership teams within HR, payroll, finance and legal functions throughout the Group, and also external service providers including XHRS International assignment managers; XHRS remuneration and benefits; XHRS payroll, with a view to strengthening the Group's tax compliance in all aspects of employment tax, whilst having to carefully navigate through an unusually complex organisation. As a Employee Taxes Manager your main responsibilities will involve:

Working with corporate and indirect tax managers to provide a complete in-house tax service, helping to manage tax compliance and contract structuring, delivering optimal solutions by influencing teams in tax, HR & finance throughout the business.

Key contact with HMRC with respect to all employee, self-employed consultant and Construction Industry Scheme related issues. Establishment and maintenance of close working relationship of trust with HMRC, particularly in response to compliance enquiries, paying careful attention to managing the associated risk placed on the business. Also responsible for managing any compliance failures that may have occurred across the Group, with ownership of all voluntary disclosures to HMRC and any consequential settlement negotiations required.

Ownership and maintenance of the Group dispensation agreements held with HMRC, conducting intermittent analysis of scope for change, then managing the process for amendments and communicating news of any uplifts/decreases to stakeholders within the businesses.

Responsible for management of day to day relationship with key external advisors and also for analysing any UK and international tax and social security planning opportunities which are suitable for presenting via a business case to stakeholders within the Group and then assisting with implementation where ideas are adopted.

Sole in-house technical tax advisor for a global expatriate population, working closely with internal and external HR and assignment management functions to focus on payroll obligations and appropriate assignee and compensation & expense record keeping and reporting to tax authorities. Drawing on experience of external tax advisors and Group tax resources to ensure employee and employer compliance in all cross border environments from beginning to end.

Advising on international assignment policy development and management, challenging established processes and making recommendations for change and supporting the key stakeholders with implementation where processes are either non-compliant or fall short of best in class. .

Management of the Group's modified payroll for all inbound tax equalised assignees, working closely with International Assignment Managers in the UK and overseas. Preparation of all calculations at the start of the year, year end, and also mid year where exceptional circumstances arise. Provision of monthly payroll advice to all businesses for payment of PAYE and NIC gross ups. Preparation and submissions of related year end P35/P14s and forms P11D to HMRC annually.
Qualifications: Bachelors
Experience: 7 years +
Languages: English : Speak / Write Fluently
Job-Type: open-ended
Remuneration: unspecified
Permit Type: EU National
Region: Southern Portsmouth
Broad experience specialising in employee taxes in-house in a significant international organization or private practice.
Expat experience.
Experience of board level stakeholder consultation.

BAE Systems is a global defence, security and aerospace company with approximately 107,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services.

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