Description

A Big 4 Accounting Practice is recruiting for an Equity Reward Manager and the position can be located out of any of their offices including: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Reading, Watford.

The team offers flexible working of 2 days per week in the office, 25 days holiday + bank holiday + option to buy/sell, discretionary yearly bonus, annual benefits allowance (£4.5k) and much more!

Your responsibilities as an Equity Reward Tax Manager will include:

• Working closely with senior leaders to support and lead on;
• Designing and structuring of new equity or cash-based incentive plans considering the tax (UK and overseas), commercial and accounting impacts and/or reviewing existing incentive plans to ensure they remain fit for purpose
• Advising on the tax impact of any corporate transactions on existing or new compensation and benefits plans and also advising on the tax structuring of transactions
• Designing plans for the wider workforce including all employee share purchase plans
• Advising Remuneration Committees and management teams on reward strategy, shareholder consultation, corporate governance, pay regulation, ESG regulation and practices
• Assisting with the drafting of Director's Remuneration Reports
• Pay and benefits benchmarking
• Maintaining awareness of market trends, competitor activity, products and services
• Delegating work to, and reviewing work carried out by, junior team members from both technical and commercial perspectives
• Training and developing junior team members from both technical and non-technical perspective
• Assisting in the development of innovative solutions and opportunities for clients and being part of initiatives to bring those solutions to market

About you:

• ATT and/or CTA/ACA/Legal qualification
• Demonstrates strong technical and client service skills as well as strong business development acumen
• Experience of designing and structuring of new equity or cash-based incentive plans
• Advising on reward strategy, shareholder consultation, corporate governance, pay regulation, ESG regulation and practices