Tax Manager - Global Employer Services, Mergers & Acquisitions

Executive Compensation Practice

Join the world's leading professional services firm where you will have the opportunity to help clients execute transformational change by aligning their global executive compensation programs with their business and talent objectives. If you are prepared and poised to take the next step in your career where you can help drive strategic initiatives across a global business platform, our Executive Compensation practice wants to talk to you. The time is now for you to fulfill your greatest potential and reap the rewards of your significant efforts!

Work you'll do :

• As GES (M&A) Tax Manager, apply your Rewards experience in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Global Pensions, Employment Tax, Global Equity, Executive Compensation, Retirement and Welfare Benefit Plan Consulting and Reporting, Transactions and Affordable Care Act to identify and consult on tax and technical issues.
• Due Diligence - Compensation & Benefits
• Conduct comprehensive tax due diligence on all compensation, benefits, retirement, and equity programs of target companies.
• Review plan documents, employment agreements, and incentive arrangements for compliance with relevant tax laws (e.g., Section 409A, Section 162(m)), plan qualification, and reporting requirements.
• Assess risks and opportunities related to deferred compensation, stock options, health and welfare benefits, retirement plans, and global mobility arrangements.
• Prepare findings and recommendations for deal teams and senior leadership, highlighting areas of tax exposure, compliance gaps, and integration challenges.
• IRC Section 280G ("Golden Parachute") Analysis
• Identify and analyze executive employment agreements, change-in-control provisions, and severance arrangements for Section 280G implications.
• Quantify potential excise tax liabilities and prepare 280G calculations, including safe harbor analyses and mitigation strategies.
• Advise deal teams on structuring and negotiating executive compensation to minimize 280G-related risks and costs.
• Support shareholder approval processes and documentation for 280G mitigation.
• Compliance & Regulatory Oversight
• Ensure all rewards programs comply with relevant tax laws and regulations, including IRC Section 280G, Section 409A, Section 162(m), FICA, and global tax requirements.
• Monitor and mitigate risks related to tax reporting, withholding, and plan qualification.
• Maintain documentation for all tax-related M&A rewards activities.

The Team

At Deloitte Tax LLP, our Global Employer Services consultants help multinational clients develop compensation and benefits programs that address their international and domestic needs. Our consultants come from executive and equity compensation, global compensation and benefits, equity and employment tax 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

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $111,090 to $235,170. 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.

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