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Sr. Payroll Tax Analyst
Our partner is looking for a Senior Payroll Tax Analyst is responsible leading and coordinating all aspects related to payroll taxes which includes partnering with internal tax department and unemployment tax vendor.
Job Functions
- Coordinate all payroll tax processing including tax reconciliations, quarterly/year-end tax calculations, expat tax reporting, W2 processing, executive tax support, tax coding in production, updates to union rules and liaise with external tax departments as necessary.
- Assist in the development and implementation of payroll tax policies and procedures. Provide training and support to payroll staff on tax-related matters.
- Manages tax tracers with tax filing for multi-state payrolls. Research and resolve tax issues and ensure payroll tax payments are following applicable federal, state and local tax laws.
- Manage the relationship with third-party provider for tax reporting to ensure timely and accurate tax deposits and tax filings for all jurisdictions where organization has withholding tax obligations.
- Ensure we are processing payroll taxes in compliance with all tax rules related to payroll payments as well as noncash and cash fringe benefits. This includes taxing and reporting of regular pay, bonus pay, car usage, plane usage, etc. Collectively collaborates with team to proactively monitor internal controls to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely tax filing & reporting to government authorities.
- General ledger processing related to payroll accounting, including month-end closing, journal entries, and reconciliation. Collaborate with the Finance Team on deadlines and delivery.
- Responsible for creating reports, insights and analytic, and analyzing complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources to provide insight for auditing, trends, and decision-makers; identifying and interpreting trends and patterns in datasets.
- Research and maintain a working knowledge of payroll tax laws and ensure compliance with all Federal, state, and local tax laws. Provides payroll tax awareness of applicable changes, and provides appropriate recommendations. Partner with ADP and internal teams to complete correct documentation and applications to enroll for new jurisdictions as the organization adds new entities or moves into new tax jurisdictions.
- Support all quarterly and annual tax filings. Including all 941, W2, state withholding, local withholding, 940, and state unemployment filings for all legal entities in the US organization and corrected returns as well as employee adjustments.
- Administer acquired company’s payroll systems from acquired companies and process quarterly and annual taxes and amendments
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree Required
- 4-6 years of relevant experience
- Strong knowledge of payroll tax regulations and laws
- Proficient in excel
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong attention to detail an accuracy
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with multi-state and local payroll tax compliance
- Familiarity with payroll systems such as ADP, Workday, etc.
Benefits of working with Calculated Hire:
- Previous experience working with this client and placing both permanent employees and contractors
- Direct communications with the hiring manager, which allows us to have a clear understanding of the timeline and move candidates through the interview process faster.
Sr. Payroll Tax Analyst Columbus, OH
For over 16 years, Calculated Hire has established and maintained relationships that are designed to meet your IT staffing needs. Whether it’s contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent placement work, we customise our search based upon your company’s unique initiatives, culture and technologies. With our national team of recruiters placed at 21 major hubs around the nation Calculated Hire finds the people best-suited for your business. When you work with us, we work with you. That’s the Calculated Hire promise.
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Benefits & Perks:
Calculated Hire offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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