Payroll Tax Lead

About the role

Curana Health is a national leader in value-based care, serving 200,000+ seniors in 1,500+ communities across 32 states. The Payroll Tax Lead serves as a senior payroll tax subject matter expert within the payroll team, responsible for payroll tax compliance and operations across a complex, multi-state workforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-state federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance, including employee and employer taxes, deposits, filings, and reconciliations
• Coordinate quarterly and year-end payroll tax activities, including Forms 941, 940, W-2, W-2C, amendments, and related reconciliations
• Manage payroll tax registrations, agency notices, audits, penalties, and correspondence through timely resolution
• Monitor regulatory changes and partner with Payroll and People Systems to ensure payroll tax processes, controls, and system configuration remain compliant
• Identify root causes of payroll tax issues, drive sustainable corrective actions, and ensure effective performance of external payroll tax vendors
• Participate in M&A diligence and integration activities, providing payroll tax expertise and supporting end-to-end readiness, compliance, and issue resolution
• Develop payroll tax reporting and provide clear recommendations on material compliance risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of payroll tax experience in a complex, multi-state environment, with strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax laws and regulations
• Experience across payroll tax filings, reconciliations, registrations, amendments, agency notices, and year-end reporting
• Experience working with enterprise payroll platform and payroll tax providers
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Preferred:

• Workday Payroll experience
• ADP payroll and payroll tax experience
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large-scale organizational changes
• Healthcare or other highly regulated industry experience
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification or similar credential