Europe Employment Tax Operations Lead

Job Description Summary

Europe Employment Tax Operations Lead will be responsible for overseeing employment tax compliance and ensuring accurate and timely employment tax reporting across multiple European countries. This role requires a deep understanding of European employment tax regulations and the ability to manage complex employment tax issues with a focus on implementation

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure compliance with all European employment tax regulations, including social security, income tax, and other statutory requirements. Manage and coordinate employment tax audits and inquiries from tax authorities

• Oversee the preparation and submission of employment tax returns and reports to relevant authorities

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance employment tax compliance and efficiency

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including Global Mobility, Equity, Country HR, Finance, and tax authorities, to ensure seamless employment tax operations.

• Provide training and guidance to payroll teams and other relevant stakeholders on employment tax matters and ensure they are up-to-date with the latest regulations.

• Ensure payroll accuracy with respect to employment tax (including social security) withholding, reporting, and payment to authorities

• Identify and implement legislative local changes impacting employment tax reporting and collaborate with payroll, finance, local P&O, and rewards teams

• Ensure high level of solution usability while meeting business requirements

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. A professional tax qualification is preferred

• Relevant years of experience in employment taxes & payroll operations with a focus on European countries.

• In-depth knowledge of European employment tax regulations and compliance requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines

• Proficiency in English is required. Additional European languages are a plus

You’ll receive: 
Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus in the amount of 17,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); MultiSport Card, Car Allowance Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/ 

Skills Desired

Curiosity, Employee Relationship Management (Erm), Hr Administration, HRIS (Human Resource Management System), Hr Operations (Hr Ops), Hr Policies, HR Service Delivery, Human Resource Management System, Human Resources (HR), Labour Law, Life Insurance, Organizational Development (OD), Payroll, Resource Allocation, Sdm, Service Delivery Framework, Strategic Human Resources Leadership, Talent Development, Talent Management