EME Tax Specialist

The role

The EME Tax Specialist owns operational and advisory work across employment tax, global mobility and employee equity. This person applies compliant payroll and off-payroll tax treatment for cross-border employee movement, equity programs, and new-country launches.

What you will do

• Advise on employment tax, manage payroll tax implications of mobility, benefits and equity events.
• Coordinate shadow-payroll inputs, calculations, reconciliations and reporting with payroll teams and external providers.
• Support tax and payroll workstreams for new-country launches, including registrations, local requirements, controls and operational implementation.
• Maintain compliant tax treatment and payroll reporting for employee equity events and support transition/transformation projects.
• Track filing obligations, deadlines and risk items across relevant jurisdictions.
• Partner with Payroll, People, Legal, Finance and external advisers to interpret requirements and implement practical processes.
• Create and maintain policies, process documentation, employee guidance and audit evidence.
• Review data and controls for accuracy, confidentiality and consistency, and identify opportunities for automation.

Required qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in employment tax, global mobility tax, equity compensation tax or payroll tax.
• Working knowledge of multi-country payroll and shadow-payroll processes.
• Experience applying tax requirements to employee equity and cross-border employee cases.
• Ability to manage external advisers and explain complex tax matters to non-specialists.
• Strong spreadsheet and data-analysis skills, including reconciliations and issue investigation.
• Organised delivery, careful documentation and sound judgment under deadlines.
• Experience supporting new-country or legal-entity launches.

Nice to have

• Experience with an equity administration platform
• Global Mobility experience
• A relevant tax, accounting or payroll qualification
• Experience in a fast-growing international technology company

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth and learning opportunities
• Flexibility and ownership
• Collaborative and innovative culture
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
• International environment and talented teams

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply
• Will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire

About the company

Nebius is building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises. It is listed on Nasdaq and headquartered in Amsterdam.