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- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Business Connectivity Reimbursement (Phone/Internet)
- Gym Membership or Equipment Reimbursement
- LinkedIn Learning Subscription
- Flexible Work Environment
- Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
- Accelerated Career Path
- Award-Winning Culture & Community Outreach
Ryan is investing in its UK Employment Tax capability.
Our wider business is growing at over 20% year on year and Employment Tax is a strategic priority. We are building a focused employment tax team to meet increasing client demand across compliance, advisory and cost recovery. To support this, we are looking for a commercial, innovative employment tax manager to join our team. Alongside delivery of client facing work, you will help shape our client propositions, work directly with senior leaders and play a visible role in growing the practice. This is an opportunity to join at a formative stage.
The employment tax manager leads delivery of UK employment tax services. The role blends technical depth with client leadership and team management, with a core focus on managing risk, identifying planning opportunities and delivering practical, commercially grounded advice. You will help shape market offerings, lead and take responsibility for client engagements and take ownership of key client relationships.
Duties and responsibilities, as they align with Ryan Key Results
People:
Lead, coach and develop consultants within the employment tax team
Ensure team compliance with firm policies, practice standards and quality controls
Allocate work effectively and manage team utilisation and performance
Build technical capability across UK employment tax, with awareness of mobility and equity issues
Work closely with colleagues across the firm to deliver joined up solutions
Client:
Develop client workplans and manage delivery timelines across engagements
Lead UK employment tax compliance and advisory engagements across a broad range of technical areas including PAYE, NIC, benefits, expenses, off payroll working, Construction Industry Scheme, National Minimum Wage, equity reporting and termination payments
Manage HMRC enquiries, reviews and disputes
Provide UK employment tax input into global mobility arrangements, including inbound and outbound employees
Connect with wider tax colleagues to identify opportunities for support across the client base
Identify opportunities to broaden scope across employment tax, mobility and reward
Identify opportunities for innovation and technology use
Value:
Manage and monitor all aspects of employment tax projects from scoping to completion
Maintain awareness of UK legislative developments and translate changes into clear client actions
Contribute to thought leadership and market visibility in the UK employment tax space
Support financial management of engagements, including budgeting, billing and recovery
Education and Experience:
CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification preferred
Typically four to six years’ experience in UK employment tax
Experience in coaching and mentoring team members
Strong client handling and stakeholder management skills
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
Additional Skills:
Whilst not essential, a broader range of skills, in any of the following would also be valuable:
Share schemes
Global mobility
Reward
Skills Required
- Typically four to six years' experience in UK employment tax
- CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification
- Experience in coaching and mentoring team members
- Strong client handling and stakeholder management skills
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internet research
- Share schemes
- Global mobility
- Reward
Ryan Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — The myRyan model provides results-based flexibility for exempt staff alongside hybrid/remote options, while non‑exempt roles use a PTO bank and receive paid holidays. Many benefits are available from the date of hire, reinforcing practical flexibility in how benefits are used.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A performance-driven culture offers bonuses and commissions in certain tracks, with role descriptions noting meaningful variable pay beyond base salary. Total compensation is often characterized as strong where these incentives are prominent.
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What We Do
Ryan is a tax services firm providing tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis. Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 2,500 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.
