IMC

Global Mobility Lead

IMC$175K — $225K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of progressive experience in global mobility or mobility tax.
  • Experience in program leadership roles with policy design and governance frameworks.
  • Hands-on knowledge of expatriate tax, shadow payroll, and international immigration across jurisdictions.
  • Strong financial acumen, including management of a mobility budget and cost modeling.
  • Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders in a global environment.
  • Experience with Americas, APAC, and EU mobility programs.
  • Strong communication skills to translate complex concepts for non-specialists.
  • Familiarity with assignment management platforms and HRIS integration, preferably Workday.

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve the global assignment policy framework for various international mobility arrangements.
  • Collaborate with HR and business leadership on mobility decisions early in the planning process.
  • Manage relationships with tax advisors and mobility vendors; oversee tax equalization and year-end filings.
  • Coordinate shadow, dual, and split payroll structures with local payroll teams.
  • Partner with HR immigration teams to manage visa and work permit compliance for assignees.
  • Monitor legislative changes in key host countries to assess business impacts on mobility.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for assignees throughout their assignment lifecycle.
  • Oversee end-to-end financial management of the global mobility program, including budgeting and forecasting.

Benefits

  • Discretionary bonus eligibility for full-time, permanent positions.
  • Paid leave for employees.
  • Insurance benefits including health and wellness options.
Full Job Description
IMC is seeking a Global Mobility Lead to join our Global Total Rewards Team to build and lead our global mobility program. Reporting to the Head of Total Rewards, this role will own the full spectrum of global mobility - from policy design and governance to tax compliance, immigration, and assignee experience - and will serve as IMC's primary subject matter expert on all matters related to cross-border employment.

As a strategic partner, you will work across HR, Finance, Legal, and senior business leadership to ensure that our mobility program is structured, competitive, compliant, and cost-effective. This is an individual contributor role, with strong dotted line relationships within HR. You will manage external consultants and vendors, and will be responsible for establishing the infrastructure, governance, and reporting capabilities that a program of this scale requires.

Key Responsibilities

Program Strategy & Policy
  • 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

Tax, Payroll & Compensation
  • 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

Immigration & Compliance
  • 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

Assignee Experience
  • 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

Finance & Cost Management
  • 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

Stakeholder & Vendor Management
  • 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

Skills & Experience
  • 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)

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$175,000-$225,000 USD

About IMC

IMC Financial Markets, sometimes referred to as IMC Trading, is a proprietary trading firm and market maker for various financial instruments listed on exchanges throughout the world. Founded in 1989 as International Market makers Combination, the company employs over 1100 people and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Hong Kong and Mumbai. IMC is a technology-driven trading firm active in over 100 trading venues throughout the world and offering liquidity to over 200,000 securities. IMC makes markets in the major exchange-traded instruments – equities, bonds, commodities, and currencies – on 100 exchanges worldwide and is a significant liquidity provider on the NYSE Arca, NASDAQ, CBOE, BATS, and CME exchanges.
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