Deel

Payroll Tax Specialist

Deel

full-time

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Origin:  • 🏈 Anywhere in North America

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

C++Cloud

About the role

  • The Payroll Tax Specialist is a key player in ensuring the accuracy and compliance of our U.S. payroll operations, responsible for the full lifecycle of 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.
  • First line of contact for federal, state, and local tax notices; action notices received from agencies, research and resolution.
  • Investigate and resolve tax discrepancies and maintain communication with tax authorities to minimize errors impacting tax notices.
  • Communicate and collaborate with the finance team to ensure timely payments and partner on 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 foundational structure, workflows, and processes for US payroll and tax management.
  • 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, ability to understand impact of payroll activity on financial statements and effectively partner with Finance in analyzing and explaining P&L and Balance sheet variances.
  • 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 able to work as part of a team.
  • Excellent customer service/communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, time sensitive environment without loss of accuracy of work product and output.
  • 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 and not in an office.
  • Due to month and year end nature of work, desire to take ownership of delivering accurate, on time payroll and the ability to work long hours on occasion and over weekends required as needed