Manager Global Mobility

Job Summary

The Manager Global Mobility is responsible for the strategic management and operational delivery of Valariss global mobility programs including international assignments short-term business travel immigration and expatriate tax compliance. This role ensures compliance with global tax and immigration regulations while supporting business objectives and employee experience. The role manages vendor relationships oversees policy governance and partners with HR Finance and business leaders to deliver effective and compliant mobility solutions across all regions.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs implements and maintains Valariss Global Mobility programs and policies ensuring alignment with business priorities compliance with international tax and immigration regulations and a consistent employee experience.

• Manages all aspects of the international assignment lifecycle including cost projections assignment letters pre-departure briefings on-assignment support and repatriation planning.

• Oversees immigration compliance globally managing vendor partnerships and internal processes to ensure timely acquisition and renewal of work permits visas and residence documentation for assignees and dependents.

• Partners with external tax advisors to coordinate tax planning hypothetical tax calculations tax equalization and annual filings ensuring compliance with host and home country tax laws.

• Manages relationships with external relocation tax and immigration vendors to ensure service quality cost control and adherence to contractual performance standards.

• Serves as the subject matter expert for global mobility advising HR Business Partners Finance and business leaders on mobility-related policy costs and risk mitigation.

• Ensures compliance with international employment tax and immigration laws; maintains auditable records; and develops reporting to support internal governance and audit requirements.

• Reviews and enhances global mobility and tax policies ensuring they reflect best practices evolving legal requirements and business needs.

• Leads cross-functional projects to improve global mobility processes technology and employee experience. Identifies opportunities for standardization and automation.

• Provides leadership coaching and professional development for the Global Mobility team. Fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing across the HR function.

Qualifications / Education

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration Finance or a related field required.

• Masters degreeor global mobility certification (e.g. GMS or GMS-T)preferred.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in global mobility management or expatriate tax and immigration within a multinational organization.

• Strong understanding of global tax immigration and social security regulations.

• Experience managing external vendors (tax immigration and relocation).

• Prior experience supervising or leading a team preferred.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end management of global mobility programs and assignments.

• Deep knowledge of global mobility policies tax equalization and immigration processes.

• Ability to interpret and apply complex tax and immigration laws in a corporate environment.

• Strong analytical and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all organizational levels.

• High attention to detail accuracy and discretion when handling sensitive information.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint) and experience with HR systems (Oracle HCM Cloud preferred).

• Strong data interpretation and financial acumen for managing budgets forecasting and cost analysis.

• Proficiency with global mobility technology or HRIS integrations preferred.

• Vendor and third-party relationship management experience preferred.

Behaviors

As part of our commitment to fostering a high-performance culture employees are expected to align their actions and decisions with the principles outlined in our Behavioral Framework. This framework serves as the foundation for our organizational culture and guides our behaviors to drive better outcomes across the company. Employees are responsible for incorporating these behaviors into their daily actions relationships and decision-making to help manage expectations strengthen relationships and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Our five behaviors that define our culture are:

Analyze & Plan Being deliberate in understanding and describing the problem to solve and using information from a range of relevant sources to develop solutions that are effective and evidence-based.

Collaborate Collaborating effectively sharing ideas and leveraging one anothers strengths based on trust transparency and empathy creating an environment where everyones input is valued.

Communicate Communicate clearly with all employees and stakeholders ensuring active listening understanding and timely information sharing.

Learn Grow & Adapt Building organizational capability through our own learning and development while coaching others and supporting others to adapt learn and develop.

Deliver Results Striving to deliver and exceed required results identifying and overcoming obstacles and taking responsibility for the outcome while respecting our values.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. It is not designed to have or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.

Valaris is an equal opportunity employer in all aspects of employment to all individuals regardless of race color religion sex national origin agedisability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation or any other non-job related factors.

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