Manager, Employment Tax - Global Employer Services

Are you a strategic thinker with deep employment tax expertise? Join Deloitte’s GES Employment Tax team to advise leading global organizations on complex compensation, workforce, and U.S. and global tax matters—using your technical knowledge and business insight to deliver practical, high-impact solutions.

What you’ll do

As a Tax Manager in GES Employment Tax, you will apply deep technical expertise, strategic business insight, and market-leading experience to advise clients on the design, delivery, taxation, and reporting of employee compensation. Specifically, the role will focus on state and local employment tax registration work, including:

• Technical delivery and review of registration and unemployment insurance matters.
• Client and internal stakeholder interaction.
• Coaching and knowledge transfer to developing team members.
• Escalation of material technical, risk, or client issues to the appropriate leadership.
• Use of relevant Deloitte and client systems.
• Compliance with any required role credentials.

The Team

As an Employment Tax Manager, you will be part of the Global Employer Services team. Our Global Employer Services tax consultants help clients develop tax-aligned compensation and benefits programs that address their international and domestic needs. Our consultants come from global mobility, compensation and benefits backgrounds and work with clients to streamline business operations while managing the scalability, risks, and costs of programs. Our team offers a full range of services and guides clients through their processes, technologies, and strategies.

Qualifications

Required

• Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2-3 days per week
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years' of state and local employment tax registration experience with Deloitte Tax LLP
• Demonstrated knowledge of registration and unemployment insurance
• Ability to travel up to 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
• One of the following accreditations obtained:
• Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA
• If not CPA eligible:
• Licensed Attorney
• Enrolled Agent
• Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR)
• Certified Equity Professional (CEP)
• Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS)
• Certified Pension Consultant (CPC)
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)

Preferred

• Strong technology skills including Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
• Able to work within large, complex engagements and work efficiently and with a sense of urgency
• Strong analytical, consultative, quantitative, and project management skills
• Strong executive presence, and excellent communication (verbal & written) and presentation skills with an aptitude for working as part of a global team
• Ability to develop customized solutions to meet client needs with the ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage assignments in a team environment
• Demonstrated experience in managing client relationships

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.