Payroll Tax Operations Manager

When you join KPMG Ireland, you are joining a community of over 4,200 employees who collectively work together, both in person and virtually, to achieve their full potential.

We are known as an organisation who want you to come as you are and do work that truly matters. Joining KPMG Ireland is an opportunity to enhance your career, not only in the work that you enjoy doing, but equally through the global connections that you make, the lifelong learning that you can accomplish and the chance to make your mark.

Are you our next Payroll Tax Operations Manager?

Location: Dublin, as part of our hybrid working model.

Grade: Manager

Contract type: Perm

A snapshot of your peer group:

• At least 3-5 years' experience working in a busy payroll environment
• Global Mobility exposure desirable but not a "must have"
• Membership of the Irish Taxation Institute (or equivalent foreign institute) or qualified accountant (Chartered Accountant or equivalent), IPASS or other
• Good technical skills and knowledge of employment and expatriate taxes
• A comprehensiveunderstanding of the PAYE system, PRSI, USC, BIK, ROS, EFT and CSO
• Experience working with multiple payroll software packages, HR, finance, T&E, expense systems, together with advanced microsoft excel skills
• Ability to delegate, manage and review trainee/senior work on allocated domestic and international clients.
• Previous experience in coordinating global and/or regional payroll tax compliance services for domestic and/or multinational clients
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Your responsibilities and achievements will evolve as you enhance your career with us. Here is what you can initially expect:

• Oversee the successful delivery and review of a portfolio of complex high profile domestic and international payroll clients e.g. senior executives, key directors, local and expatriate employees etc.
• Advise on employer compliance obligations with regard to various items of remuneration, including benefits in kind, directors' fees, share based remuneration, salary sacrifice, termination payments etc.
• Oversee compliance with real time reporting and timely filing and payment of payroll taxes in respect of local and shadow payroll employees
• Ensure quality control procedures are adhered to in order to ensure local and shadow payroll review is carried out to a consistently high quality
• Manage and oversee the workflow of the payroll team i.e. reviewing work, allocating workload, managing resources and assessing performance
• Experience across various banking platforms (e.g. BOI, AIB, Ulster Bank, HSBC, Bank of America etc.)
• Responsible for the successful delivery and review of a portfolio shadow payroll calculations in respect of cross border senior executives, including gross-ups, hypo taxes, corrections, and tax adjustments
• Advise on employer compliance obligations with regard to domestic and cross border employees e.g. operation of benefits in kind, inbound and outbound assignees, PAYE for non-residents, operation of shadow payroll, PAYE exclusion orders, etc.
• Identification of and application of appropriate payroll tax concessions and reliefs e.g., SARP, split year treatment, travel and subsistence etc.
• Consult with and support our tax team on employment tax obligations
• Experience identifying areas of employer non-compliance (PAYE audits, due diligence, payroll controls/operational reviews) providing guidance on best practice
• Quantify potential payroll tax exposures and assisting with preparation of self-corrections, voluntary disclosures (draft letter, Revenue notifications etc.)
• Process optimization and documentation for our payroll team to enable them to efficiently manage complex local and shadow payroll client portfolios and queries
• Conduct payroll operational effectiveness tax process reviews including identifying material gaps in the process and recommending control improvements
• Assist with PAYE queries and reviews within the wider tax practice
• Continual improvement and standardisation of payroll operations and systems, including processes around data collection, co-ordination and management of client portfolios
• Assist other departments within the firm with payroll compliance and advisory queries for their client portfolio

Your team:

You will be joining a unique team of payroll experts in our payroll bureau. Our team sits within the tax practice and we have tax and payroll professionals who are skilled in identifying risks and providing appropriate solutions. This ensures the highest quality payroll service and compliance with tax rules. Currently there are three payroll specialists on the team providing an array of high-quality payroll services and advisory to our clients consistently. For further information please visit our outsourced payroll services section of our website via the link below.

With over 600 tax professionals and 33 partners, KPMG in Ireland is the largest and most successful tax advisory firm. KPMG tax professionals have an unrivalled understanding of business and industry issues, adding real value to tax based decision making. KPMG is the advisor of choice amongst 40 percent of the top 200 companies in Ireland.

The CHEC Tax group advises clients in the Communication, Healthcare, Energy and Construction sectors with a particular focus on international tax and foreign direct investment Our industry focus extends Pharma, Technology, Communications, Software and Property and there is a substantial international dimension to our work with our core clients including indigenous and foreign multinationals with extensive inbound and outbound investment and commercial activity. To learn more please click here .

Here's how KPMG can benefit more than just your career:

All of our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

• Discounted health insurance
• The purchase of additional annual leave
• Frequent social events to help you build your network
• Early finish Fridays on bank holiday weekends and throughout the summer months.
• Relocation assistance for those moving to Ireland
• Complimentary access to a range of Learning & Development programmes including LinkedIn Learning.

When you join KPMG, your performance manager will support you to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one. You will also receive continuous support from our award-winning Business School where you will be continuously encouraged to deepen your knowledge and expertise within your chosen career path.

In addition to this, we are the only one of the Big Four firms to announce promotions four times per year, giving you frequent opportunities for progression throughout your career with us.

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