Role Description
Our Global Mobility practice is on a journey to build and enhance capabilities in order to align with our business’ needs and support our organization. Our work will drive profitable growth, ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and enable us to support innovation for the enterprise.
The Global Mobility Tax Senior Specialist will be responsible for General Mills’ global mobility individual tax, compensation reporting, and finance processes, working with teammates and external providers in the U.S. and abroad to:
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Advise on mobility individual tax concepts
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Drive compliance and continuous improvement in the mobility program
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Contribute to the overall mobility stakeholder experience
This role requires you to navigate the complexity of the U.S. and non-U.S. individual tax rules as they relate to General Mills’ global assignment population and emerging mobility needs for our business.
This role will offer an outstanding opportunity to develop core capabilities around situational agility, enterprise advocacy, and partnership for impact.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or other related degree fields with 5+ years of mobility tax experience
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Strong technical knowledge of expatriate tax concepts along with practical tax experience with cross-border assignments
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General understanding of international individual tax regimes and ability to independently conduct research and interpret individual tax systems
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Familiarity with international assignment tax policy mechanics and computations
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Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
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Strong customer service orientation with excellent written & verbal communication skills
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Strong multi-tasker with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple work assignments
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Self-motivated, works with minimal supervision, and is capable of working under time constraints and deadlines
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Extensive consultative experience
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Comfortable engaging with senior executives
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Excellent computer skills, particularly with the Microsoft Office Suite
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Solid project management skills
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Comfortable with ambiguity and ability to use sound judgement to drive complex issues to resolution
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Experience with mobility tax software solutions (Ex. AssignmentPro (Equus Platform)
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Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to work globally across cultures and with differing time zones when needed
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Willingness to travel (less than 10%)
Requirements
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Serve as the mobility tax subject matter expert (SME)
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First point of consultation for mobility team, HR business partners, cross-functional groups, and assignees
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Oversight and application of the mobility tax programs
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Provide individual tax guidance for cross-border remote work requests
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Conduct periodic benchmarking reviews of tax policy provisions
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Provide communications and education sessions for stakeholders
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Monitor individual tax law changes and determine process changes needed
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Cultivate and foster strong working relationships with various stakeholders
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Manage escalations related to mobility tax matters
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Provide mobility tax process oversight, ensure compliance, regular reporting, and identify improvements
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Tax equalization collection and payments
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End-to-end payment, invoice, and gross-up processes for global and domestic mobility
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Shadow payroll arrangements
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Secondment agreements
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Social security agreements
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Annual compensation, hypothetical tax, and social tax adjustment review
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Review of annual equity vesting for mobile population
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Identify and support new and existing technology platforms
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Vendor partnership and management
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Case manage an assigned population of global assignments
Benefits
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Competitive Total Rewards package focusing on overall well-being
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Foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing
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Time off programs, wellbeing support and perks
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Eligibility to participate in an annual incentive program
Salary Range
The salary range for this position is: $82,400 - $123,800 Annual. Pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range based on various factors.
Eligibility
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Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
General Mills is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to various statuses.
Reasonable Accommodation Request
If you need to request an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please fill out our online accommodation request form.