Global Mobility Lead

• Design own and continuously evolve the global assignment policy framework covering long-term short-term and other international mobility arrangements
• Partner with senior HR stakeholders and business leadership on mobility decisions providing mobility expertise early in the planning process

• Manage relationships with external tax advisors and mobility vendors (Big 4 specialist firms); oversee tax equalization hypothetical tax processing and year-end tax filings
• Coordinate shadow payroll dual payroll and split payroll structures across jurisdictions in partnership with local payroll teams
• Establish and maintain assignment compensation components including cost-of-living housing hardship and other mobility allowances in partnership with Total Rewards ensuring market competitiveness and alignment with current benchmark data

• Partner with local immigration teams within HR to coordinate visa work permit and compliance for all internationally mobile employees; manage external immigration counsel
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes across key host countries (Americas APAC EU); assess and communicate business impact
• Ensure certificates of coverage social security agreements and statutory benefit eligibility are managed accurately for all assignees

• Serve as the senior escalation point for assignees across the full assignment lifecycle - pre-departure on-assignment and repatriation
• Manage relocation service providers (DSP household goods temporary housing) and hold them to defined SLAs and service standards

• Own the end-to-end financial management of the global mobility program including assignment cost projections total cost-of-mobility budgeting forecasting and intercompany recharge processes in partnership with Finance
• Provide robust cost estimates for proposed assignments advising stakeholders on cost implications policy application and optimization opportunities while balancing business needs and employee experience
• Monitor and report mobility spend program performance key metrics and risk indicators delivering actionable insights to HR Finance and business leadership to support decision-making and governance

• Partner with HR Business Partners; develop training and guidance materials to enable HRBPs to manage routine mobility queries independently
• Manage RFP selection SLA governance and annual performance reviews for all mobility vendors (tax immigration relocation data providers)
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on mobility considerations for international new hires; partner with Talent Management on assignment-to-career pathway design

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of progressive experience in global mobility or mobility tax with demonstrated experience in a program leadership role
• Demonstrated experience owning policy design governance frameworks and vendor management in a global mobility context
• Deep hands-on knowledge of expatriate tax shadow payroll mechanics and international immigration across multiple jurisdictions
• Strong financial acumen; experience owning a mobility budget building cost models and reporting to senior Finance and HR stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage and influence cross-functional stakeholders - HR Finance Legal and senior business leadership - in a global environment
• Experience with Americas APAC and EU mobility programs simultaneously; comfort navigating multi-jurisdictional complexity
• Strong communication skills; ability to translate technical mobility and tax concepts into clear guidance for non-specialist audiences
• Experience with assignment management platforms and HRIS integration (Workday preferred)

What We Do

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989 we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US Europe Asia Pacific and India our talented quant researchers engineers traders and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative high-performance culture and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

Why Work With Us

At IMC the best ideas win regardless of hierarchy. Graduates receive mentorship and make an impact from day one while experienced hires get to shape their own path in a flexible high-performance environment. We remove barriers so everyone can grow and help drive one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.

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