Employment Tax Compliance Specialist

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The Employment Tax Compliance Specialist is responsible for managing complex employment tax compliance projects that require advanced technical expertise, strong client communication, and effective project coordination. This role supports clients through mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, tax rate impact studies, layoff studies, payroll tax refund opportunities, IRS tax consulting projects, registrations, amendments, and other employment tax compliance matters.

• Review transaction details, analyze client data, and develop processes and quality standards to help clients maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment tax requirements while identifying potential savings opportunities.
• Strategize with clients and internal team members on employment tax issues, project requirements, timelines, deadlines, required documentation, and recommended courses of action.
• Support Employment Tax Services projects, including taxable wage recalculations, state unemployment tax registrations, state withholding tax registrations, local income tax registrations, paid family and medical leave registrations, M&A compliance notifications, legal name changes, entity conversions, and related filings.
• Analyze and verify SUI tax rate notices resulting from mergers or acquisitions, including revised and corrected rates issued throughout the year for assigned employment tax projects.
• Serve as the primary project manager for assigned projects and tasks, providing timely and professional communication to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Respond promptly to client questions and issues related to assigned employment tax projects, including tax questions, calculations, and required project data.
• Prepare and file prior-quarter and prior-year adjustments and amendments for Tax Recovery projects, including refund applications where applicable.
• Prepare client reports and analyses, including mid-year reports, claim trend analyses, taxable wage recalculations, tax rate estimates for upcoming rate years, joint account analyses, and voluntary contribution calculations.
• Review acquisition details, client-provided analyses, and historical state unemployment tax data to determine potential tax savings opportunities or tax costs related to M&A activity.
• Prepare SUI registration forms, supplemental registration forms, transfer of unemployment experience applications, and related SIT, LIT, PFML, and other applicable registrations for clients establishing or acquiring businesses.
• Participate in the implementation process for new…