Global Mobility Lead – Immigration & Compliance in London

As the Global Mobility Advisor (Immigration Lead), you will act as a subject matter expert in UK and global immigration, overseeing end-to-end mobility processes and supporting international talent movement. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and continuously improve mobility practices.

Immigration & Sponsorship Management

• Manage UK immigration processes for new hires and inbound expatriates (mainly from India and Japan), including visa applications and extensions.
• Assign Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) and maintain the Sponsor Management System (SMS), including notifications and compliance updates.
• Provide expert advice on Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility visa routes, provide cost estimates, allocate costs to business units.
• Support global visa requirements (e.g. Schengen, Japan business visitor visas, Irish work permits), including issuing invitation letters.
• Oversee Right to Work checks and monitor visa expiries to ensure full compliance with the sponsor duties according to the Home Office requirements.
• Manage Japanese and Indian expatriates end-to-end, from onboarding through to repatriation, ensuring local compliance.
• Administer mobility-related tax processes, including modified PAYE, UK tax returns, P11D filings.
• Liaise with head office on ongoing expatriate matters and cost recharge.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with HR Business Partners, Finance, Recruitment, and Business Units to resolve sponsorship and mobility-related issues.
• Collaborate with global and local entities to ensure alignment on mobility strategies and practices.

Policy Development & Compliance

• Develop and enhance global mobility and sponsorship policies, including onboarding and repatriation processes.
• Deliver training and guidance to stakeholders on immigration and mobility topics.
• Monitor regulatory changes and global mobility trends, providing timely updates and recommendations.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and oversee invoicing processes.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC Short Term Business Visitor reporting requirements (Appendix 4 & 8).

What you’ll bring;

• Extensive UK immigration experience, including high-volume case management and hands-on use of the SMS (assigning CoSs, SMS notifications, compliance activities).
• Proven experience advising business leaders and HR on complex immigration regulations, risk, and legal compliance (in-house, consultancy, or legal environment).
• Demonstrated ability to resolve immigration issues and take ownership in unfamiliar or ambiguous situations.
• Experience working with offshore service teams, outsourced or third-party vendors.
• Track record of developing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives within matrixed organisations.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to adapt to change and collaborate effectively across all organisational levels in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong sense of accountability, sound judgment, and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong understanding of UK immigration landscapes, trends, and regulatory environments.

It would be great if you had;

• Demonstrable global immigration experience.
• Experience managing UK immigration audits and compliance review.
• Business-level Japanese language skills (written and spoken).

We offer a range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Our Learning and Development team ensure that there are continuous growth and development opportunities for our people. We also offer the opportunity to have flexible work options.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in the fair treatment of all our employees and commit to promoting equity and diversity in our employment practices. We are also a proud Disability Confirmed Committed Employer - we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us, during the application process, that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.