Analyst, Payroll Tax - Global Industrial
On-siteAtlanta, Georgia, United States or Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Manage and support GPC North America across multiple divisions as the Tax SME, overseeing vendor management, compliance, GL reconciliation, and reporting to optimize financial performance. Collaborate with Payroll Compliance Management on legislative changes, ensuring tax payments, deadlines, and returns are met while acting as the subject matter expert for federal, state, and local regulations across 50 states and Puerto Rico. Conduct in-depth tax research to identify opportunities and risks, maintain accurate tax rates and jurisdictions, and create internal audits to mitigate employee tax impacts. Respond to escalated issues and case management based on SLAs, working with internal teams to identify cost-saving strategies and provide guidance to Financial Services and Payroll Teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (Accounting, Finance, Business, or Human Resource Management) or 9 years work equivalency
- 5+years of experience/knowledge processing mid to large (30,000+) employer multi-state and multi-EIN payroll tax processing
- 3-4 years of Workday Payroll experience
- 5+years advanced payroll tax filing knowledge, penalty & interest fees and understanding of the abatement process
- 3-4 years' experience/knowledge of ADP Smart Compliance and W2/W2c Manager for payroll tax
- 2-3 years' experience with GL reconciliations, banking reconciliation, and related concepts
- 2-3 years of mid-level competency using MS Excel processing to perform VLOOKUP and pivot table functions
- 1-2 years of SOX knowledge and GAAP processes and compliance
- Ability to analyze, research and resolve compliance requirements at the Federal, State and Local level
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local tax withholding forms
- Proficient with MS office products
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects
- Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal
- Excellent with problem solving and root cause analysis skills
- Strong work ethic
- Enjoys working in a collaborative team environment
Desired Qualifications
- 4+years of expert knowledge with standard payroll tax concepts, best practices, procedures, regulations, and laws
- 3-4 years' experience in PeopleSoft GL
- 2-3 years of experience in HR Case management software
- 1-2 years of experience creating SOPs and/or desk top process documentation
- 1-2 years of experience with International Tax compliance/ regulations and processes
- CPA certification CPP or FPC certification
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