Global Employment Tax Lead

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for leading a team that implements documentation, tools, and processes to ensure alignment and compliance with required government and regulatory standards, as well as internal Company governance, related to employment, tax, regulatory compliance and other employee-related areas. Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Monitor compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements. Stay abreast of laws and regulations. Research regulations. Determine gap areas requiring action.

• Lead and implement regulatory projects and ensure maintenance of regulatory systems requirements.

• Own project governance and operating rhythms; ensure effective communication, reporting and reviews.

• Track and research new regulations being proposed, and when they are enacted including local municipalities, state, and Federal law updates/change

• Respond to government investigations and inquiries as key point of contact.

• Design and lead multifaceted educational and training programs focused on elements of the regulatory and compliance mandates.

• Lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Presents business solutions to leaders in functional area.

 

Tax & Regulatory Governance: 

• Concerned with legal compliance in Tax, Labor & Employment, Mobility & Immigration, for all relevant employee types (e.g.: Local EE’s, Termed, Retired, Mobile).

• Understanding the changing legislative requirements and ensuring the business remains compliant and optimized.  Sets policy on taxation of benefit related matters (e.g.: Travel & Living).

• Provides guidance to operational team to interpret regulations and design/maintain compliant processes.  Oversight of payroll and pay code tax compliance. 

• Sets Tax mobility strategy, including EE matters and company filings.

• Manages external audits through life cycle up to litigation.

• Provides support for tax and regulatory matters operational escalations and other (e.g.: Ombuds). 

• Monitors Data Privacy regulations and provide guidelines on data retention.

• Partner with L&E team on connected matters.

 

Specialty Compensation and Benefits:

• Concerned with plan design and regulatory compliance of day-to-day administration of long-term liabilities (Pension, Equity, Deferred), and other specialty compensation or benefit plans, focused on the design and monitoring of tax reporting obligations into payroll.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related discipline; Master’s degree, JD, CPA, or equivalent preferred.

• 8+ years of progressive professional experience in tax, regulatory compliance, controllership, payroll governance, labor & employment compliance, or a closely related discipline

• 5+ years of direct people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, talent development, and leading through organizational change.

• Demonstrated experience interpreting and operationalizing federal, state, local, and international regulations, translating legal requirements into scalable business policies, processes, and controls.

• Proven track record of leading regulatory or compliance programs end‑to‑end, including gap assessments, remediation plans, implementation, and ongoing monitoring.

• Strong understanding of tax compliance across payroll, benefits, equity, pension, deferred compensation, and mobility, including employee and employer obligations.

• Experience partnering closely with Legal, Labor & Employment, Payroll, HR, Finance, Data Privacy, and external advisors to ensure regulatory alignment and risk mitigation.

• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver training and education programs related to compliance, regulatory change, or governance for diverse stakeholder groups.

• Ability to analyze complex data, policies, and regulatory developments and recommend practical, business‑aligned solutions.

• Experience supporting global or multinational workforces, including cross‑border employment, mobility, and data privacy considerations.

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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $142,400.00-$213,600.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Additional Information

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.