Global Equity Tax Specialist

About the role

Checkout.com is looking for a pragmatic Global Equity Tax Specialist to join its Tax team in London. The role provides practical, commercially focused advice on the employment tax treatment of equity arrangements across their lifecycle, and improves the processes, controls and data supporting equity activity, payroll, reporting and employee communications. It sits at the intersection of Tax, Equity, Finance, Payroll, People, Legal, Accounting, Data and external advisers.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on the tax treatment of equity arrangements, including plan design, country implementation, cross-border situations, liquidity activity and system changes
• Assess tax requirements across jurisdictions, including sourcing, apportionment, withholding, payroll and reporting, and decide when local specialist advice is needed
• Monitor legislative and business changes affecting equity taxation and turn them into clear actions for the business
• Work with Equity and Payroll on withholding, payroll processing, payslips, employee funding and downstream reporting
• Maintain the global equity tax compliance calendar and review the quality and completeness of equity tax data
• Identify and remediate compliance issues such as missing or late filings, incorrect withholding and data weaknesses, and support tax authority enquiries, audits and voluntary disclosures
• Build and improve the operating model, country guidance, process documentation, filing trackers and exception logs
• Manage relationships with external tax advisers and develop employee-facing tax guides and FAQs
• Support the Employment Tax Manager with wider employment tax advisory, compliance, risk management and process improvement

Required profile

• Significant experience in global equity tax, in an advisory and/or in-house environment
• Strong technical knowledge of employment tax across multiple jurisdictions, including cross-border employees, sourcing, apportionment, withholding, payroll and reporting
• Experience managing or supporting equity tax compliance across jurisdictions and remediating compliance gaps
• Experience building processes, controls, documentation and country guidance in a developing environment
• Qualified accountant or tax adviser, or equivalent professional experience
• Private-company equity experience is advantageous, as is experience in financial services, payments, fintech or another complex, multinational or regulated environment

Required skills

• Confidence with data and financial systems, including validating large datasets and using spreadsheets, equity administration platforms, Workday and other reporting tools
• Experience working with external advisers
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Interest in using approved technology and AI-enabled tools to improve quality and efficiency

What we offer

• Hybrid working model with three days per week in the office
• A culture of ownership, fewer blockers and recognition for impact