Payroll Tax Specialist

Responsibilities

• Maintains and ensures the integrity and confidentiality of all employee files.
• Ensures the integrity of all HRIS records including employee information, reporting relationships, position codes, etc.
• Answers questions and provides Payroll Tax issue resolution for all Veolia North American employees utilizing a case management system.
• Weekly and bi-weekly payroll processing assistance for tax related items.
• Payroll entry for employee tax adjustments.
• Perform regular employee level audits to confirm accurate tax setup and withholding.
• Cross-trains and serves as backup for others in the department as necessary.
• Ensure on-going SOX compliance.
• Process information requests from various government agencies.
• Aid in the maintenance of all payroll tax documents and processes.
• Setup of new accounts with tax agencies and payroll vendor.
• Ensure accuracy with payroll vendors for jurisdiction configuration.
• Ensure compliance with all federal state and local Payroll tax regulations.
• Multiple worksite reporting.
• Process jurisdiction payments that fall outside of payroll provider responsibilities.
• Testing of tax configuration within the payroll system.
• Work with 3rd party vendors for all payroll and W2 related items for InPat/ExPat employees.
• Accurate and timely entry of these items into the payroll system & validation back to vendors.
• Work with 3rd party vendors for all payroll and W2 related items for InPat/ExPat employees.

Qualifications

• High school education or G.E.D. required.
• Minimum of three (3) years directly related experience in Payroll Administration desired with thorough knowledge of departmental functions, procedures, terminology and interrelationships.
• Experience with Human Capital Management (HCM) systems is required, specifically Workday.
• Additional experience with complementary systems such as ADP Smart Compliance.
• Shared Services Center experience preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to execute tasks with supervision.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive data.
• Ability to research payroll and time related matters.
• Excellent organization and time management skills to handle multiple tasks in an environment with large volumes of data and online documents.
• Significant attention to detail required.
• Demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness.
• Ability to evaluate data and effectively present findings to management within the department.
• Using Google Suite to develop spreadsheets and modify formats in order to complete assignments and ability to recommend improvements.
• Must demonstrate effective oral communication skills with good vocabulary, good grammar and a passion for excellence in Customer Service.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of personnel, as well as external suppliers and organizations.
• Excellent command of English language required.
• Fluency in Spanish or French desired.