Senior Payroll Tax Analyst

Responsibilities

• Act as tax liaison with the third-party vendor and all government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to resolve M&A tax issues.
• Resolve state and local taxation cases resulting from incorrect tax profile setup/withholding.
• Assist the reconciliation and generation of W‑2’s.
• Work with third party vendor to review and correct any issues.
• Ensure all amended tax returns are filed timely and accurately.
• Manage the tracking of all tax notices.
• Research, analyze and determine the root cause of tax notices from federal, state, and local tax agencies for prior years and/or legacy systems.
• Determine the need and prepare in-house tax amendments not supported by the current payroll tax filer.
• Support the filing of W‑2C’s from legacy systems that were not previously submitted to SSA or tax agencies.
• Handle legal entity name changes with agencies, payroll systems and third‑party payroll tax filer.
• Assist with creating online access to state and unemployment withholding accounts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Five to eight years of professional experience.
• Required knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance and payroll tax administration processes.
• Experience with the Oracle JD Edwards (JDE) Payroll system preferred.
• Workday experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of payroll tax requirements across all states.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Benefits

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.

Pay

In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements. The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications. The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role. The compensation for the position is: $72,250.00 - $85,000.00.