Payroll Tax Compliance Analyst
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia
Category: Accounting & Finance
Job ID: 11213
The Payroll Tax Compliance Analyst will monitor all employer and employee tax contributions and reconciliations for the firm. The role will report to the Payroll Director and is critical to ensuring the organization is compliant with federal, state and local payroll tax legislation.
An accounting or payroll background is important for the Payroll Tax Compliance Analyst, with in-depth knowledge of payroll procedures, tax legislation, accounting practices, and audit requirements. This is a highly specialized role with a high degree of responsibility.
Highlighted Responsibilities:
- Analyzes multi-jurisdiction payroll tax data and performs calculations, and ensures that payroll information is reported to federal, state and local agencies as may be required.
- Ensure the preparation and processing of accurate and timely federal, multi-state and multi-jurisdiction withholding tax payments and returns.
- Handle correspondence with Workday, ADP, and other payroll-related entities, including all federal and state compliance notices from tax and/or other regulatory agencies; track progress from receipt of notice to resolution.
- Responsible for reconciliations and balancing between third-party tax reports and Workday tax reports to ensure accurate monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting.
- Accountable for detailed analysis of all payroll entries that impact the accuracy of tax withholding and reporting.
- Design, document, and review payroll tax processing and reconciliation procedures.
- Monitoring of legislative changes.
- BA/ BS degree in Accounting / Business/ or Tax (or equivalent experience).
- 5 years of payroll and tax experience.
- 3+ years in multi-state payroll tax environment.
- Expert knowledge of Excel.
- Expert knowledge of common HRIS – Workday preferred.
JustinBradley is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories
Compensation: $70,000-95,000