Employment Tax Manager - 12-month fixed-term

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it is so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we do not plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as an Employment Tax Manager – 12-month fixed-term, and find your superpower.

We’re looking a dedicated and skilled Employment Tax Specialist to work alongside our Senior Indirect Tax Manager to manage compliance, assurance, and advisory work related to employment tax and our global assignee programme. If you are passionate about tax and want to make a real impact, we want to hear from you!

This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract based out of our Warwick office, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week but you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You’ll Do

• Business Partnering: Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, embodying National Grid's values.
• Off-Payroll Worker Assessment: Oversee the assessment process and conduct status evaluations.
• UK Employment Tax Compliance: Manage the annual compliance cycle, including PAYE Settlement Agreements, Taxed Award Schemes, and Short-Term Business Visitor returns.
• Director Emolument Management: Provide employment tax input into the Director Emolument and CEO Pay Ratio processes.
• Expatriate Tax Management: Handle tax payments and reconciliations for National Grid expatriates.
• Risk Mitigation: Work with the Senior Indirect Tax Manager to identify and mitigate employment tax risks, ensuring robust internal assurance programmes.
• Legislative Monitoring: Stay updated on changes to employment and expatriate tax legislation, assessing impacts and communicating updates to stakeholders.
• Compliance Support: Assist with employment tax compliance and advisory matters for the UK group’s employees.
• Expatriate Programme Management: Collaborate with the Senior Indirect Tax Manager and Tax Data Manager to manage the expatriate programme with our external Tax Advisor.
• Technical Advice: Provide ad-hoc technical advice on PAYE, NIC, and other employment taxes across all UK businesses.

What You’ll Have

• Qualified Tax Professional
• Familiarity with employment tax is essential; awareness of expatriate tax is a plus.
• Comfortable handling and manipulating large volumes of data is crucial. Familiarity with automated workflow methodologies (e.g., Alteryx) is desirable, but training can be provided.
• Strong stakeholder management / business partnering with both internal and external stakeholders

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You’ll Get

A competitive salary of up to £75,000 dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with an on target of 15% (maximum 30%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

About Us

National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States.

As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future, where tackling climate change and reaching net zero is a key priority. National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States.

More Information

This role closes on 14 August 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.