Payroll Tax Analyst - Remote

Payroll Tax Analyst

Location:

Remote Duration: 6 months

Responsibilities for payroll tax analyst:

• Audit employee data, tax set ups, requests, and escalations
• Review and take appropriate action with notifications received from taxing jurisdictions
• Prepares weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports and reconciliations
• Supports the Payroll Tax Team during quarter end processing
• Partners with internal payroll teams to identify tax corrections and amendments that require processing
• Researches and provides analysis details on variances between the payroll systems and the payroll tax outsourcer

Qualifications for payroll tax analyst:

• Multi-state Payroll tax experience
• Performs preliminary analysis and research for discrepancies and recommends solutions to senior team members
• Ensures that establishment complies with periodic tax payments, state and local information reporting, and other taxing authority requirements when filing amendments
• Maintain department specific files, audit documents and other clerical duties
• 2 to 3 years of experience in multi-state payroll, tax and/or accounting

Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard Skills):

• ADP Smart Compliance
• Amend and correct previously filed payroll tax returns based on payroll adjustments
• Interaction with Federal and State tax agencies

Researching and resolving differences with taxing agencies

Demonstrated ability to remain organized and multi-task

Good communication

Degree Requirements:
Associate Degree or equivalent experience

Certification Requirements:
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or FPC