Tax Compliance Specialist

As a Payroll Tax Analyst, you will provide tax support to clients in the areas of tax compliance, accurate submission of payroll taxes to tax filing, W2/YE balancing, and client communication. You will serve as a liaison in providing a point of contact for the client's inquiries to include employee level payroll and tax filing.

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• Respond to and resolve our customers' inquiries via our CRM tool as outlined by our team's guidelines.\
  
• Assess customer health using our team's defined process to ensure we mitigate any risk to our business.\
  
• Employee Tax Payroll Accuracy: Review and thoroughly audit payroll commits to ensure employees are taxed appropriately.\
  
• Payroll Tax Adjustments: Partner with customers and internal payroll teams to process payroll tax adjustments accurately.\
  
• Wage X Rate Audit: Conduct monthly audits to ensure customers' wages and rates are accurate.\
  
• Pre-funding Requests for Tax Agencies: Assist customers with timely and accurate pre-funding requests for stock transactions.\
  
• Monthly and Annual W-4 Form Exemptions: Review W-4 Form exemptions monthly to perform reasonability checks for customers' employees.\
  
• Tax and Compliance Changes: Stay up-to-date on tax and compliance changes and work with customers to ensure alignment.\
  
• Quarter/Year-End Balancing: Perform quarterly and year-end audits to balance customers' and employees' taxes, preventing W-2Cs.\
  
• Tax Code Fallouts: Review tax code fallouts weekly, work with customers to register accounts with applicable agencies, and reconcile any withheld deposits.\
  
• Amendment Requests: Work with customers and internal partners to process amendments promptly.\
  
• W-2/W-2C Forms: Collaborate with customers and internal teams to ensure W-2Cs are processed timely.\
  
• Lock-in Letters: Process IRS Form 2808 (Lock-in Letters) promptly to ensure compliance with IRS specifications for withholding allowances.\
  

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• Experience: 3+ years required, 5+ years preferred in payroll tax, human resources, or payroll administration in a large, high-volume, multi-state environment.\
  
• Education: A high school diploma or GED is required. A bachelor's degree in business, tax, human resources, or equivalent experience is desired.\
  
• Certifications: FPC or CPP certification required or commitment to obtain within two years of employment.\
  
• Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills, attention to detail, time management skills, strong customer focus, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and the ability to work individually and in a team environment.\
  
• Knowledge: Demonstrated proficiency in auditing techniques or principles, detailed understanding of payroll and tax compliance, and knowledge of applying employee state and local taxation based on regulatory requirements.\
  

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