Employment Tax Manager

A great in-house opportunity for an employment tax professional to join a well-established tax team of a leading Irish group. An advisory focused role with a commercial focus, close to business operations, you will gain excellent experience.

You will join a friendly, supportive team and be part of a flexible working environment with excellent benefits.

About the position

• Provide tax advice to the business on Irish and UK tax treatment of remuneration, expenses and benefits and on ad hoc requests such as staff assignments, cross-border working and voluntary severance.
• Advise and support business on the employment tax aspects of projects / transactions including due diligence, guidance on legal documentation including tax warranties and indemnities, and provision of employment tax support for post-acquisition integrations.
• Analyse and interpret tax laws, regulations, case law and guidance to support advice to business and interactions with tax authorities.
• Analyse new legislative proposals and changes to Revenue guidance. Identify implications for business and work with them to implement the relevant changes to processes / systems to ensure compliance with the new tax requirements.
• Communicate effectively with non-tax personnel on technical tax topics to ensure that tax compliance requirements and tax risks are understood and necessary actions are implemented.
• Negotiate with tax authorities on employment tax matters for the Group. Manage Revenue interventions relating to employment taxes.
• Involvement with the tax team on other areas of tax outside of employment taxes, if desired

About the person

• Chartered Tax Advisor
• Strong knowledge of Irish employment tax issues and appreciation across other major tax areas relevant to a business
• Good communication and influencing skills. Ability to communicate effectively on tax issues to non-tax people.
• Experience of managing and dealing with diverse workstreams and delivering to specific deadlines.
• Self-starter who can lead out on tasks with some support from more senior team members.