Tax Accountant V

U.S. Citizenship Required
REMOTE POSITION
Pay Rate Range: $40-43.50/hr
Benefits (Full-Time, W2 Employees – at least 30 hours per week):

• Medical, Dental, and Vision offerings
• Weekly Direct Deposit
• Paid Holidays and Personal Time Off
• 401(k) with match
• Voluntary Life and AD&D, Short / Long Term Disability, plus other voluntary coverages
• Pre-Paid Legal and Employee Assistance Programs
• Northwest Federal Credit Union Membership
• BB&T @ Work Program

The Global Mobility Tax and Payroll Lead will provide extensive support for line organizations involved with international contract work, specifically supporting individual expatriate employees. This position will work with third party vendors in multiple countries to administer foreign payrolls. The role will include establishing and maintaining the organizations global mobility tax process, reporting, compliance. Selected individual will also be responsible for establishing new shadow payrolls in emerging global markets and assist Leidos subsidiaries with integration into existing Leidos payroll processes.
Role Description:
• Serve as an advisor to proposal/capture teams, line management, employees, and other departments regarding home and host country tax implications/issues
• Have oversight of Pay Master for specific global entities or in coordination with specific vendors and “home country” payroll offices
• Day-to-day operation and coordination of the Tax Equalization, Non-tax Equalized and Foreign Shadow Payroll programs
• Develop, update, interpret and monitor tax policies, procedures, guidelines, training and tools
• Manage and administer special projects, as assigned, to include foreign payroll audits, development of tools, resources, and internal training
• Engage with Line HR to ensure proper support is being provided to Expatriate, Inpatriate, and occasionally Local Country and Third Country National employees
• Assist with international assignment expense management, including processing vendor invoices

Responsibilities:
• Coordinate with appropriate Service Delivery partners in preparing and reviewing: tax accruals, home and host country tax payments, hypothetical tax withholdings, tax equalization settlements, year-end reporting, etc.
• Assess market practices and implement appropriate procedures and services to mitigate and manage the organization tax exposure, tax risk, and assets though recovery efforts
• Lead, coordinate with external vendors, and administer internal Shadow Payroll and Tax Protection execution
• Provide contract proposal support through research of host country tax implications, available tax savings, and develop tax cost projections in compliance with corporate-wide pricing and contract requirements
• Develop and deliver tax briefings, service center financial processes and procedures, and other ad hoc training for client stakeholders
• Oversight and management responsibility for administration of split payrolls, trust payroll banking, etc.
• Administer imputed income loads for non-cash expatriate allowance and incentive payments
Accountabilities:
• Build partnerships and a collaborative environment with a wide range of stakeholders
• Identify and promote compliance measures in order to mitigate/contain risk to the company while balancing organizational business needs
Minimum Qualifications:
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 8 years prior relevant experience
• Coordinate effectively with internal departments including Legal, Contracts, Treasury, Finance, & Payroll as needed
• Excellent judgment and decision-making ability while solving difficult and complex issues
• Ability to exercise and maintain a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism
• Must have excellent written and oral communications skills, including the ability to effectively respond to Senior Management and expatriates with tact and diplomacy
• Flexibility, ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities
• Detail-oriented, logical, and methodological approach to problem solving
• Requires proficiency in MS Excel to analyze large amounts of complex data
• Experience managing vendors and 3rd party service providers
Preferred Qualifications:
• Advance knowledge and skills specific to international taxation
• Experience with general assignment administration

Percent of Travel Required:
• 10%

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