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Immigration Operations

  • Oversee all aspects of the Visa and Immigration Service, ensuring that the process runs smoothly.
  • Run regular quality checks to ensure that system/related parties provides accurate service concerning immigration
  • Support efficient working of countries to deliver consistent services, better results, drive improvement and reduce cost
  • Monitors delivery performance and quality using metrics and status reporting and implement continuous improvements
  • Provide continuous improvement to processes, tools, metrics and training, based on ongoing experience, process metrics and feedback from process users and other stakeholders to drive further efficiencies in the organization
  • Take full responsibility of all Immigration issues and drive successful resolutions
  • Remain up to date with any changes to legislations
  • Ensure all tier 3 immigration questions are answered
  • Counsel and respond to queries from human resources, managers and employees on all global immigration-related matters. This would include visa processing, documentation, visa options, risks, timelines, etc.
  • Update internal (Mobility Delivery) team on new immigration policies and procedures
  • May be required train some HR/Project staff to enhance their understanding of immigration rules to help them to fulfil their roles to a high level
  • New country start-up - once immigration positions are signed-off, define preliminary requirements for immigration (docs, process, qualifications etc)
  • Provide our services as part of an integrated, cross-enterprise team supporting global mobility for Accenture

Risk & Compliance Management

  • Manage Risk and compliance with regards to immigration requirements
  • Ensure Mobility functions are in place to drive compliance with applicable immigration law
  • Ensure delivery of employee immigration operations by service delivery teams in accordance with internal policy and legal requirements
  • Highlight and train any change in process to Delivery teams (onshore/offshore) where they are managing the entire or parts of the immigration process.
  • Monitor immigration compliance controls
  • Provide support for Employee Tax & Immigration (ET&I) team for controversy issues
  • Perform customer request/problem identification and follow defined incident notification and escalation procedures to ensure they are communicated effectively and receive proper management attention to be resolved correctly

Vendor Management

  • Ensure working relationship with external immigration service provider in local country is established, Statements of Work (SOW's) are completed and deliverables for immigration compliance are set up and met
  • Maintain good relationships with appointed immigration service providers and ensure that employees are receiving quality service at all times
  • Review demand forecast and design action plans with vendors. Identify opportunities to standardize and rationalize across vendors and reduce cost based on prior track record
  • Participate in operational planning with service providers - define the fiscal year targets, gather needs, estimate the increase of volumes, agree on the annual contract, maintenance SLAs etc.
  • Conduct regular review meetings with relevant stakeholders for vendor satisfaction and utilization, review and report service performance, and satisfaction results. Review performance report, understand deviations and suggest action plans
  • Maintain consistent metrics across service providers responsible for SLA, OLA and KPI maintenance and improvements
  • Where applicable, negotiate costs with the support of the procurement team

Advisory

  • Work with ET&I team to alert leadership/stakeholder of any relevant immigration law changes or procedures that affects Accenture
  • Provide complex client engagements with immigration analysis and accurate advice on strategic/time/effective staffing decisions during proposal, deal shaping and engagement life cycles
  • Analyse and provide solution for complex immigration situations and inquires

Policy
- Contribute to the review and updating of immigration positions

Technology

  • Maintain Immigration Toolkit/People Mobility Gateway information
  • Ensure immigration tool that contains immigration guidelines is updated on a timely basis when changes occurs

General

  • Establish relationships with local (SEA) key Mobility stakeholders such as HR, Recruitment, Business Project Contacts, and external vendors.
  • Assist with ad-hoc advisory tasks or projects where required
  • Coordinate knowledge sharing sessions and initiatives across relevant stakeholders
  • Assist for successfully transitioning work into the shared service centers on time and within budget. Represent the onshore team, support and manage change through the transition

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  • Accenture Stakeholders/Leadership, Business Leads
  • Mobility Case Manager
  • Delivery teams
  • Employee Tax & Immigration team
  • Local HR / Contractor Exchang