Senior Payroll Tax Analyst

Our client, a global organization with a complex multi-jurisdictional payroll environment, is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Tax Analyst to join its payroll team. This role will play a key part in ensuring payroll tax compliance, supporting tax-related processes, and partnering with payroll and HR technology teams to maintain accuracy across domestic and international payroll operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll tax professional who enjoys problem-solving, process improvement, and working within a large-scale payroll environment.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and Canadian payroll tax regulations.
• Maintain and update payroll tax jurisdictions to support accurate withholding, reporting, and remittance requirements.
• Perform payroll tax reconciliations, research variances, and drive issue resolution.
• Support quarterly and annual payroll tax activities, including year-end reporting and validation of tax documents.
• Assist with payroll tax filings and help ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Partner with payroll, HRIS, and technology teams to validate tax setup and system configurations.
• Investigate tax-related issues, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support responses to payroll tax notices, audits, and agency inquiries.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to maintain payroll tax accuracy and compliance.
• Provide payroll tax expertise and guidance across the organization.
• Contribute to process improvements and operational efficiency initiatives within payroll.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of payroll experience with a strong concentration in payroll tax.
• Deep understanding of multi-state payroll tax regulations and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting Canadian payroll tax reporting and compliance.
• Strong knowledge of payroll tax calculations, filings, and reconciliation processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze and reconcile large datasets.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation or willingness to obtain certification.
• Experience with enterprise payroll platforms such as UKG, SAP, Workday, ADP, or similar systems.
• Hands-on involvement with year-end payroll processing and tax reporting activities.
• Experience working with payroll vendors and third-party tax providers.
  
  Process improvement, project management, or systems implementation experience.

• Limited travel requirements (approximately 10%).
• Opportunity to work within a collaborative, high-performing payroll organization supporting a large and complex workforce.