Reward & Equity Consultant - Senior Manager

About This Role

Lead clients through the full lifecycle of equity compensation, combining global tax expertise with strategic plan design and implementation. Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders while mentoring a high-performing team and driving market-leading client outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on the tax treatment of long-term incentive (LTI) awards across grant, vest, exercise, sale, and dividend equivalents.
• Advise on mobility taxation for LTI awards whenever employees cross taxing borders, covering sourcing/apportionment of gains, double tax relief, and social security.
• Design and review withholding, reporting, and year-end processes with client teams to ensure compliance across all jurisdictions.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to design equity strategies that drive attraction, retention, performance, and ownership.
• Lead plan architecture including vehicle mix, eligibility, grant sizing, performance metrics, and vesting.
• Drive implementation of policies, SOPs, multi-country rollouts, employee communications, and change management.
• Ensure payroll compliance for equity related withholding and reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Oversee year-end equity reporting processes globally, including coordination of required filings and supporting documentation.
• Serve as engagement lead for a portfolio of multinational clients, owning scope, quality, timelines, and budgets.
• Train, coach, and mentor junior team members, providing technical guidance and support for professional development.

Requirements

• 10+ years in global equity compensation and international tax focused on share plans and/or globally mobile employees.
• Tax consulting background (e.g., Big 4, law firm, or boutique advisory) with demonstrable client advisory experience.
• Professional credential required: CEP (Certified Equity Professional), or CPA/CA/EA, LLM (Tax) (or equivalent professional credential/experience).
• Expertise in global taxation of equity awards and related payroll/reporting obligations.
• Expertise in mobility taxation for LTI awards across taxing borders (countries, states, and other jurisdictions), including sourcing, treaties, social security, and shadow payroll.
• Expertise in global payroll coordination and year-end reporting for equity.
• Proven experience designing, launching, and administering global share plans and managing multi-country rollouts.
• Proficiency with equity administration platforms and cross-functional integrations (HRIS, Payroll, Finance).
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills.
• Demonstrated people leadership: training, coaching, quality review, and team development.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in global equity compensation and international tax focused on share plans and/or globally mobile employees. Tax consulting background (e.g., Big 4, law firm, or boutique advisory) with demonstrable client advisory experience.

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of IFRS 2/ASC 718 and concepts such as recharges/transfer pricing.
• Awareness of securities and exchange control regimes.
• Advanced Excel and reporting/visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

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