Global Immigration and Mobility Manager
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Corporate Services | Department: Global HR Operations | Type: Permanent
Shape global immigration excellence. Support our people. Ensure compliance across borders.
The Role
At Capco, we are looking for a Global Immigration and Mobility Manager to oversee and enhance our processes across the countries in which we operate.
You will play a key role in ensuring immigration compliance, managing UK visa sponsorship requirements and coordinating international immigration activities. You will provide specialist guidance, oversee immigration and mobility service relationships and partners and maintain effective compliance controls, working closely with our wider HR teams and business stakeholders, to navigate complex immigration challenges, identify opportunities for process improvement and ensure our practices remain aligned with evolving legislation.
What You’ll Do
- Manage UK sponsorship and coordinate international immigration: Oversee UK visa sponsorship activities, including applications, extensions, CoS, visa expiry monitoring, sponsor reporting obligations. Coordinate immigration and visa requests across EMEA and APAC with internal stakeholders and the Group’s global mobility function.
- Maintain visa compliance and operational controls: Maintain UK sponsorship records, documentation and compliance obligations. Coordinate with local HR teams on country-specific immigration documentation requirements, identify risks and support improvements to existing controls.
- Manage Immigration and Mobility Partner relationships: Oversee relationships with the Group’s Global Mobility function and external immigration and tax advisers, leading regular service meetings, monitoring case progress and supporting effective service delivery..
- Provide Specialist Immigration Guidance: Act as a trusted point of contact for immigration matters, including high-priority and sensitive cases. Provide specialist UK sponsorship advice and support immigration assessment and approvals for cross-border working, international transfers, overseas remote working and new business activities, coordinating specialist advice where required..
- Deliver Insights and Continuous Improvement: Monitor regulatory developments, maintain relevant immigration management information and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, processes and service delivery, .
What We’re Looking For
- Immigration Expertise: Demonstrable experience managing immigration processes, with comprehensive knowledge of UK immigration legislation, visa sponsorship, Home office regulations and the Sponsor Management System (SMS).
- Global Immigration and Mobility Knowledge: Understanding of international immigration practices and cross-border mobility arrangements, with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements, support compliant processes across multiple jurisdictions.
- Stakeholder and Partner Management: Experience building effective relationships and collaborating with internal stakeholders and external service providers, including managing complex and sensitive immigration cases.
- Operational and Analytical Skills: Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate projects, analyse management information to support operational improvements.
- Communication and Problem-Solving: Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgement and the ability to navigate sensitive or time-critical immigration matters with accuracy, discretion and attention to detail.
Bonus Points For
- Experience supporting immigration and mobility activities across Europe, APAC and the United States.
- Experience establishing or improving immigration quality assurance frameworks, compliance controls and audit readiness.
- Familiarity with immigration supplier performance monitoring against SLAs and KPIs.
- Understanding of international employee tax, social security and payroll implications associated with global mobility.
- Experience developing immigration reporting, management information and process improvements within an international HR operations environment.
Why Join Capco
- Work for a global technology and business consultancy specialising in financial services, with opportunities to collaborate across international teams.
- Be part of a collaborative, flat and entrepreneurial culture where your expertise and ideas are valued.
- Access continuous learning, professional development and opportunities to expand your specialist knowledge.
- Help shape and improve global HR operations, making a meaningful difference to the experience of our people.
- Join an organisation that champions individuality, inclusion and our #BeYourselfAtWork culture.
Benefits
We offer a competitive, people-first benefits package designed to support every aspect of your life:
- Core Benefits: Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover.
- Mental Health: Easy access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations and in-house first aiders.
- Family-Friendly: Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause and bereavement.
- Family Care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.
- Holiday Flexibility: 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell holiday days based on your needs.
- Continuous Learning: Your growth, your way – minimum 40 hours of training annually. Take your pick from workshops, certifications and e-learning. You'll also be assigned a Business Coach from Day One, offering one-on-one guidance to support your goals and accelerate your development.
- Healthcare Access: Convenient online GP services.
- Extra Perks: Gympass (Wellhub), travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, Cycle to Work and dental insurance.
Inclusion at Capco
We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward for everyone. If you need any adjustments at any stage, just let us know – we’ll be happy to help.
We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration – a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.
Next Steps
Please apply by Monday 9th November - successful candidates will be contacted on Tuesday 10th with details of a 3 stage recruitment process.
