UK Employment Tax Manager

Overview

In this role you lead UK employment tax for the UK entities, ensuring accurate PAYE, NIC and HMRC reporting, and strong controls. You act as the main HMRC contact and guide colleagues on legislation and policy to keep payroll compliant. You will own UK employment tax compliance from payroll processing to governance, reporting and HMRC engagement, partnering with payroll, P&O, HRBP, Finance and Global Mobility. Your work shapes risk management, process improvements and reliable tax outcomes at scale. This is a strategic, high-stakes position with significant cross-functional impact.

Responsibilities

• Own UK employment tax compliance from payroll processing through to governance, reporting and HMRC engagement
• Lead HMRC enquiries, reviews and audits with clear owners and deadlines
• Maintain payroll controls, audit trails and risk registers; perform periodic health checks
• Keep policies, guidance and SOPs current and translate changes into payroll requirements
• Oversee timely filings and statutory submissions (RTI, PSA/P11D, ERS, STV and director emoluments)
• Provide expert guidance on benefits, salary sacrifice, pensions, termination payments, IR35, mobility and expenses
• Support new tax initiatives and payroll enhancement projects
• Coordinate with external advisers (EY) and act as main point of contact for HMRC

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years of proven UK employment tax experience (ideally in consultancy or large multinational)
• ATT or CTA qualification
• HMRC-facing experience with queries, deadlines and escalations
• Experience building employment tax controls, audit trails, reconciliations and governance outputs (SAO, RAG reporting, risk registers)
• Excellent written and verbal communication with cross-functional collaboration
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing ability
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities and deliver under pressure

• collaboration
• stakeholder management
• attention to detail
• RTI
• P11D
• SAO reporting

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