Senior Payroll Tax Analyst
M&T Bank
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $26 - $43 per hour
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
C++
About the role
- Responsible for all aspects of payroll taxes, including compliance with local, state, and Federal regulations
- Filing local, state, and Federal payroll tax returns with the vendor
- Lead changes in tax withholding requirements for all states and localities
- Work closely with the Payroll team, internal and external auditors, external vendor, and state and Federal agencies
- Responsible for biweekly and quarterly tax deposits, reconciliations, returns and amendments
- Assist Finance with related account reconciliation and budget planning activities
- Research complex laws and regulations regarding taxes and payroll withholding procedures
- Handle the registration process for state withholding tax identification numbers/accounts
- Update state unemployment rates, state agency changes, and add localities within the HR system
- Run payroll tax-related ad-hoc reports for Finance, Tax, etc.
- Reconcile and review vendor invoices to payroll accounting
- Complete audits and process adjustment entries on employee records
- Communicate tax changes/additions with HR teams and employees
- Research, analyze, and resolve all payroll tax discrepancies
- Analyze and recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 4 years' large company payroll tax experience, or in lieu of degree, a combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience
- Experience working under pressure
- Strong proficiency with pertinent word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and industry-specific software
- Prior experience working in a collaborative/team environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Proven experience troubleshooting and providing timely and accurate solutions to issues
- Minimum of 3 years' pertinent payroll software experience (preferred)
- Proven experience with 3rd party payroll tax system/service (preferred)
- Experience with large multi-state company payroll processing (preferred)
- Demonstrated understanding of the end-to-end payroll process (preferred)
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills (preferred)
- Ability to interact with all levels of personnel (preferred)
- Strong mathematical skills (preferred)
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification (preferred)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid volunteer time
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
payroll taxestax compliancetax withholdingaccount reconciliationpayroll processingpayroll softwarepayroll tax systemauditingdata analysisproblem-solving
Soft skills
communicationtime managementorganizational skillsteam collaborationanalytical skillstroubleshootinginterpersonal skillsworking under pressureattention to detailadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeCertified Payroll Professional (CPP)