Manager - Global Equity

• Provide support and guidance to clients for the processing of equity and incentive award payroll calculations and instructions, utilizing our advanced, flexible platforms for global equity and payroll compliance.
  
  Ensure all activities are compliant with payroll regulations and service level agreements, while driving continuous improvement and maintaining the highest standards of client satisfaction.
• Identify opportunities to automate workflows and data processing within equity compensation and employment tax processes, working with tools including Python, Alteryx, Power BI and KPMG's AI tools to improve accuracy, insight, and speed.
• Lead client implementations of our global equity and payroll platforms for clients, coordinating integration with HR, payroll, and finance systems, ensuring tax and compliance requirements are embedded on an automated basis from the outset.
• Design and review employee communications, reporting, and education materials for different populations and jurisdictions, utilising KPMG's AI tools.
• Support initiatives such as Total Rewards Statements and tailored AI-enabled equity reporting and communication that help employees understand and value their awards.
• Mentor and coach junior team members, sharing expertise in global equity, tax, and technology.
• Lead and support global business development initiatives: proposals, pitches, solution design and publishing of thought leadership.

• 6+ years' experience in global equity compensation, international employment tax, or reward with a proven track record managing large-scale equity programs and/ or complex tax technology projects in a professional services firm, ideally in a Big Four environment. Additional in-house experience is a strong plus.
• Strong understanding of global equity taxation and compliance frameworks with significant experience working with equity and incentive taxation in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the USA in particular.
• Hands-on experience using or working alongside scripting/ analytics tools and AI (e.g. Python, Alteryx, Power BI, Claude, Copilot Studio) to automate processes and create decision-support insights.
• Professional equity-related qualification (i.e. Certified Equity Professional or equivalent).
• A degree in a quantitative, business, or related discipline (e.g. Mathematics, Finance, Business).
• Confident communicator, fluent in English, with experience advising senior stakeholders across HR, payroll, finance, and technology.
• Strong project management skills, able to lead cross-functional teams and deliver complex projects to tight timelines while developing junior colleagues.

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