International Employment Taxes Manager at GE - General Electric

Job Number: 1969539
Location: Nairobi, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Role Summary/Purpose:
This position in Corporate Tax works closely with Global Operations which is a corporate operation that provides support services such as: payroll data gathering and delivery to all cross border travelers and employees of GE businesses.

Essential Responsibilities:

•     This position is responsible for ensuring both employment tax compliance and cost effectiveness for the company focusing on the Africa region.
•     The position will support payroll tax reviews to meet jurisdictional reporting, withholding and filing compliance requirements with focus on individual income and social taxes.
•     A particular area of focus will be employee deployments across country borders inside and outside the region.
•     The candidate will work with strategic business partners including internal (businesses, GBS, legal, HR), external (tax and payroll providers), and relevant tax authorities.
•     The candidate will also assist on projects assessing adequacy of controls and processes suggesting improvements and cost efficiencies, assess current and future payroll providers skills from a tax perspective and support hiring Manager and global team on payroll tax processes and procedures as well as other individual tax issues in the region.

Qualifications/Requirements:

•     Bachelors Degree
•     Region of 5+ years relevant tax experience
•     Analytical and data manipulation skills
•     Communication and cross-functional project leadership skills
•     Ability to operate effectively in matrixed environment and with diverse disciplines
•     Tenacity
•     Credibility and personal authority
•     Team oriented
•     Willing to travel
•     Self starter and independent worker

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
Desired Characteristics:

•     CPA/Chartered Accountant or similar
•     MBA and/or relevant degree
•     Green Belt certified
•     Expatriate tax experience
•     Individual international and payroll tax experience
•     Good corporate income tax awareness
•     Experience working in a matrix environment
•     Adaptable/flexible: open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or ability to work in ambiguous situations
•     Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others