Tax Assistant Manager

The firm’s Tax Group is led by the firm’s Tax Leader based in London. The Tax Group has three functional areas : Corporate Tax, Partner Tax and Transferee Tax. The Transferee Tax Group is responsible for the tax considerations of all cross border activity, including international business travel, remote work and Partner and Non-Partner mobility across any combination of the 70 countries in which McKinsey operates.

The Transferee Tax Group is led by the Leader of Transferee Tax, who is also based in London, and has 24 team members split across Gurgaon and London.

You will provide counsel to firm leadership and to individual transferees and ensure that tax expertise is used to deliver a high value strategic international mobility program to the firm.

You will facilitate the international transfer of Partners and other staff by communicating the tax consequences of international mobility to transferees, assisting their transition into the new tax and delivery system, and where possible within the firm’s tax risk standard and other policies, optimizing the tax position of the transferee.

You will provide a fully integrated tax service to our Strategic Partner moves with proactive, executive level tax support, creating a global overview of their tax position on transfer.

You will deliver operational excellence in terms of tax support, approach and services for participants in the firm’s mobility programs. You will  monitor and manage the tax implications of international business travelers.

You will be required to seamlessly collaborate with other firm functions in a close virtual team (e.g. with Mobility, Benefits, Payroll, Accounting and Finance, Legal and Human Resources) as well as with sending and receiving offices and external advisors.

• An excellent academic background, including a recognized tax or accounting qualification
• Very strong skills in oral and written communications
• Expertise in personal taxes, including at least 4 years’ experience in the management of the personal tax affairs of internationally mobile executives and related social security / payroll withholding issues, gained either in accounting practice or in-house in a large multinational corporation
• Experience in handling operational and technical aspects of tax-equalization; assisted with employer compliance risk and efficiency improvements for employee tax, social security, immigration and other regulations
• Outstanding tax and problem-solving skills
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to work as part of a global team to deliver excellent client service, as well as to work independently on a number of projects at any one time
• Ability to exercise intellectual agility and apply excellent tax and problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels within the organization and in a wide range of countries around the world
• Ability to deliver objectives within a large and complex organization that operates on a consensus basis
• Ability to provide excellent and valuable client service, whilst protecting the firm’s reputation and assets
• Ability to build engaging relationships with people to whom you are explaining complex technical issues
• Attention to details while maintaining an overview