Job Description

Global Employment Tax Manager

At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.

About the Role

As the Global Employment Tax Manager in Dallas TX, you will perform analysis and advise on employment tax issues, and support new employee compensation and benefit implementations in partnership with Payroll, T&E, People Ops, PeopleApps, Global Benefits, Stock, Compensation, Global Mobility, Strategic Finance, Accounting, Tax, Internal Audit, Legal, and external consultants. You will also participate in employment tax audits, and advise on paycode and deduction code configuration to the pay-slips and year-end wage statements to ensure local compliance and appropriate recording of accruals.

• Provide employment tax support for payroll, share based compensation, global mobility, executive compensation and other benefit in kind issues
• Provide support in managing withholding tax and social tax compliance from a payroll perspective including end of year reporting requirements and updates of agreements with tax authorities
• Manage and review/research employment tax implications and issues regarding the Travel and Expense policies and processes, including state to state and international business travel
• Coordinate due diligence on employment tax issues for acquisitions
• Partner and advise on the expat tax program, working closely with Global Mobility
• Advise on and improve processes to ensure all employment tax and social security implications of cross-border moves are considered and planned appropriately
• Partner and advise on Global employment tax and payroll implications of all stock schemes, including Stock Options, ESPP and RSUs
• Coordinate advice on changes in Global stock option tax legislation resulting in new opportunities or adverse employment tax implications
• Advice on employment tax implications of new benefits or changes to existing benefits
• Liaise with regional tax departments on the management of employment tax audits and negotiation of settlements/mitigation of interest and penalties arising as a result of such audits
• Support regional and global projects for improvements to payroll, stock administration and employee benefits programs which meets jurisdictional compliance requirements, delivers outstanding employee support and enables our global expansion programs
• Support an employee-centric culture in the organization with highly collaborative relationships across Uber’s key global and regional stakeholders
• Identify and implement ongoing efficiency opportunities in end-to-end business processes
• Build and maintain a relationship with key stakeholders both within Finance and the business operations and continuously optimize service delivery
• Other duties and special projects as assigned

• 5 - 10 years of Employment tax and/or accounting experience in payroll, stock compensation and/or global mobility from organizations which value the delivery of best-in-class employee services
• Strong customer service orientation with excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical or financial information to a non-technical audience
• Good understanding of Finance, Tax, Accounting, HR and Operations/Customer Service --- understanding of shared services within the context of the broader business enterprise
• Experience with one or more of the following processes:
  • o Accounting and Taxation of Employee Fringe benefits programs
  • o Global Mobility and Business Travelers programs
  • o Travel and Expense Reimbursement accounting, audit and reporting activities
  • o Other integrated employee services programs
• Ability to act operationally and ability to manage ambiguity, risk, and changing direction of projects and strategies
• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or related discipline

Bonus Points If

• Employment tax experience and proficiency across a broad range of countries
• Project Management experience
• Change management experience
• Payroll Accounting knowledge
• Google Gmail, Docs, Slides, Calendar, Drive and Sheets
• Qualified accountant

The Finance Operations organization, is striving to meet the needs of Uber employees by delivering accurate, and on-time transactional services covering Procure to Pay, T&E, Order to Cash, Strategic Sourcing, and Payroll, with maximum efficiency and in compliance. To achieve this we are working to leverage best practices to improve our processes and tools, our external provider relationships, and internal partnerships.

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