Payroll Tax Compliance

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Review Workday Payroll Tax set up for each legal entity and jurisdiction, identify issues and partner with Alight Tax Filing Services and HRIT to update and correct.
• Perform review of the Monthly-Quarterly Tax filing package: Review for accuracy and timeliness; Work with Payroll Accounting to ensure alignment and reconciliation with G/L records; Manage and reconcile payroll taxes at the employer and employee level; Timely remittances to the tax authorities and accurate reporting of withholding taxes; Reconcile QTD and YTD tax amounts withheld, reported and deposited on quarterly and annual basis for assigned entities; Manage SUI rate updates; send to payroll processing provider and ensure updated in WD.
• Complete and submit applications for new tax jurisdictions, closing jurisdictions.
• Research and resolve payroll tax notices for multi-state tax entities.
• Effectively resolve and escalate issues, demonstrate excellent record of delivery.
• Support internal and external audit data requests.
• Prepare materials needed for tax provisions at year-end and tax audit.
• Partner with Payroll Accounting to research any open G/L items.
• Discover and identify new areas of risk, and potential noncompliance and manage to resolution and full compliance.
• Experience working well independently as well as with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives.
• Oversee and review payroll payments and account reconciliations.
• Work in concert with Payroll Manager to ensure payroll is processed in a timely manner in compliance with payroll laws and regulations.
• Supervise and control payroll preparation and production, including regular, special, and supplemental payrolls.
• Ensure adherence to standards and procedures, and take corrective action to resolve problems, delays, and inaccuracies.
• Coincide with Payroll Operations with other accounting and data processing units, confer with other administrative and technical staff regarding changes and new systems, and participate in developing, implementing, and testing procedures.
• Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Regularly perform audits on the system to ensure data integrity; responsible for the resolution of discrepancies that might adversely impact on the company's tax returns.
• Define key metrics and create metrics reports and set up reporting process.
• Collaborate with co-workers to increase productivity by eliminating duplication and coordinating information requirements.
• Drive process improvement initiatives to reduce manual efforts.
• Coordinate system improvements as new business requirements arise and enhance means of correcting possible noncompliance.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary Work

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