Tax Manager, Global Employment Taxes

Company Profile

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world\’s premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, entertainment, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.

Duties And Responsibilities

Tax Manager, Global Employment Taxes will play a crucial role in shaping and executing the company\’s tax strategy, ensuring compliance with global employment tax regulations, and optimizing tax processes to support business objectives. You will be pivotal in assisting in leading and developing the employment tax function across the business. You will work closely with the Director and other team members to drive the global employment tax compliance and strategy across the company and have a real input into decisions across the group.

You will be given the opportunity to work autonomously and manage complex employment tax issues whilst working collaboratively with both functional and operational teams, as well as working with senior stakeholders across the globe.

Functions
The requirements of the Tax Manager, Global Employment Taxes role include but are not limited to:

Compliance

• Ensures all ongoing monthly compliance steps are completed for global employment taxes.
• Management of UK IR35 obligations and similar requirements in other jurisdictions.
• Management of assignees to ensure timely filing of tax documents and maintain tax calendars.
• Manage the annual tax equalization reconciliation process for the expatriate employees.

Planning

• Research, planning, and detailed review of contractual provisions in bid tenders for the purposes of determining payroll tax of anticipated transactions and operations at both the US and non-US level.
• Own relationship with 3rd party service provider responsible for calculating monthly payroll tax exposures and liaise with Finance Department for monthly accruals, exposure analysis and tracking.
• Support the GM department and ensure that the company and employee have been given due guidance related to business case, compliance, international taxation and cost mitigation, as well as policy application in all assignment types including Long Term International Assignments, Short Term International Assignments, Cross Border Commuter Assignments, Cross Border Travelers, International Transfers, and Local Plus moves in conjunction with GM department.

Leadership

• Own relationship with 3rd party service provider responsible for expatriate tax services and perform and coordinate such tasks as needed.
• Ensuring stakeholders abide by OII policies and identify process gaps.
• Ownership of creation of new policies and processes and maintaining existing policies and processes.
• Ownership and / or support with special projects and improvement initiatives as they arise.

Accounting Assistance

• Determining where short-term and long-term (FAS5) payroll tax accruals are required.
• Assistance with reconciling Balance Sheet accruals with 3rd-party payroll tax liability reports.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has direct (2) and indirect supervisory responsibilities.

Reporting Relationship

• Reports to Director, F&A Shared Services

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business-related field.
• Extensive tax experience with emphasis on global employment tax compliance and research.
• Strong tax compliance, research, automation, communications, and organizational skills as well as self-starting ability are required for this position.
• People leadership experience.
• Complete knowledge of Microsoft Office and database software.

DESIRED

• CTA qualified or equivalent
• Experience with automating tax processes
• Expatriate tax program management

Core Skills

• Ability to manage and prioritize competing demands, make decisions quickly with confidence, especially in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across the globe.
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring and coaching team members, enhancing their technical and professional development.
• Skilled at driving change and continuous improvement, with a focus on enhancing tax compliance processes and optimizing cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to manage relationships with external vendors and service providers.

Personal Skills

• A trusted advisor with a strong ethical foundation, capable of handling sensitive tax and financial information with confidentiality and integrity.
• Naturally curious, with a desire for continuous personal and professional development, staying ahead of evolving tax regulations and best practices.
• A team player who actively seeks to build strong partnerships across functional and regional teams, promoting a spirit of cooperation and shared success.

How To Apply

Regular full-time employees who apply will be considered along with external candidates. Employees with less than six months with their current position are not eligible to apply for job postings. Please discuss your interest in the position with your current manager/supervisor prior to submitting your completed application. It is highly recommended to apply through the PeopleSoft or Oceanet portals.

Closing Statement

We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity to advance in an international company. To apply, click \’Apply Now\’.

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