Senior Lead Functional Consultant, SAP EC Payroll
Strada
Cloud
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
C++Cloud
About the role
- Ensure accuracy and compliance of U.S. payroll operations and payroll tax-related tasks
- Manage and process timely tax deposits and filings, adhering to deadlines and regulatory requirements
- Resolve quarter-end variances and establish scalable operational frameworks and SOPs
- Identify and implement improvements in tax operations, including corrections and amendments
- Act as first line of contact for federal, state, and local tax notices; research and resolve agency notices
- Investigate and resolve tax discrepancies and maintain communication with tax authorities
- Collaborate with finance team to ensure timely payments and analyze P&L and balance sheet variances
- Proactively address payroll tax inquiries and collaborate with internal teams, escalating issues as necessary
- Lead Year-End process through auditing and balancing all reports to ensure filings are complete, correct, and timely
- Maintain compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and ensure accounts are in good standing
- Collaborate with the US Payroll Team to develop and implement operational structure, workflows, and processes
- Conduct quality checks on payroll tax configurations to ensure accuracy
- Identify and drive improvements across all critical tax operations processes, including payroll corrections and amendments
Requirements
- Minimum of five (5) years experience of tax resolution (filing, remitting, balancing)
- Minimum of three (3) years of US payroll processing experience
- Experience using MasterTax software required
- CPP or similar certification is required
- Experience with state/entity registration required
- Comfortable working with large datasets
- Proven experience in payroll tax compliance and tax notice resolution
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations
- Experience working in enterprise payroll technology such as Workday, Deel, SAP, ADP, etc is highly preferred
- Working knowledge of accounting principles and ability to understand payroll impact on financial statements
- Proficiency in Google Suite, specifically Sheets, Documents, and Slides highly preferred
- Ability to use mathematics to problem solve
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to approach problems, analyze solutions, and reach conclusions
- Able to work independently with minimal guidance and as part of a team
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, time sensitive environment without loss of accuracy
- Excellent processing skills and attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines successfully
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Self-motivated, independent, cooperative, flexible, creative, and responsible
- Demonstrated ability to partner within and outside of HR successfully
- Unquestioned integrity with assertiveness, presence, and confidence
- High EQ, personal maturity, cultural awareness and compassion
- Knowledge and experience in technology businesses and familiarity with their global HR practices and policies
- Strong desire and preference to work in a fully remote, global environment
