Senior Manager, Worforce Compliance and Tax Integration - FTC

• M&A integration and due diligence
• Lead employment tax, payroll and workforce compliance work streams supporting acquisitions, integrations, separations and other corporate change.
• Assess risks identified through due diligence and translate findings into clear integration, remediation and assurance plans.
• Develop practical and scalable approaches for bringing acquired businesses into Sky governance frameworks, controls and operating processes.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, People, Payroll, Procurement and external advisers to manage dependencies, decisions and risk mitigation.
• Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to programme leaders and senior governance forums.
• Worker population, data and payment analysis
• Establish complete and accurate populations across employee and non-employee worker categories, including self-employed workers, PSC directors, freelancers, agency workers and Statement of Work arrangements.
• Lead data gathering and reconciliation across Workday, Accounts Payable, payroll, procurement, contract records and other relevant systems.
• Build a reliable view of worker identity, engagement route, payment history, contractual basis and hiring manager ownership.
• Undertake payment profiling, ranking and risk segmentation to support targeted sampling and further review.
• Validate data completeness and accuracy, identify discrepancies and maintain a clear audit trail of sources, assumptions and decisions.
• Escalate promptly any previously unidentified populations or gross payments operating outside expected processes.
• Contractor and off-payroll compliance reviews
• Lead reviews of engagement and onboarding arrangements for off payroll workers, including freelancers, self-employed individuals, PSCs, agency workers and Statement of Work suppliers.
• Design proportionate, risk-based sampling approaches, including selection of higher-value or otherwise higher-risk engagements.
• Coordinate the collection and review of contracts and supporting evidence to confirm alignment with the basis on which workers are engaged and paid.
• Work with technical specialists to assess compliance with employment status, off-payroll working and relevant HMRC requirements.
• Bring practical understanding of TV, production or media workforce models, or quickly develop this sector knowledge.
• Employment tax and payroll governance
• Review and strengthen governance and controls across key employment tax and payroll risks, including PAYE and NIC, PSA and P11D reporting, travel and expenses, share schemes and payroll controls.
• Identify process gaps and design sustainable policies, control frameworks, roles and responsibilities, approval routes and monitoring arrangements.
• Ensure integration plans consider data, systems, process, ownership, documentation and ongoing assurance requirements.
• Support internal audit, external audit and HMRC enquiries where required.

This is an initial 12 month fixed-term role. The balance of activity will evolve across Project Iron and Project Keystone, so the successful candidate must be comfortable moving between detailed review work, technical and operational problem solving, stakeholder leadership and programme delivery.

It’s our people that make Sky Europe’s leading entertainment company. That’s why we work hard to be an inclusive employer, so everyone can be their best. We welcome different perspectives and experiences and aim to make our recruitment process accessible. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process.

• Significant experience in workforce compliance, employment tax, payroll compliance, internal audit, risk and controls, workforce advisory or a closely related field.
• Experience gained in a large in-house function,…