Payroll Tax Analyst

We are looking for a Payroll Tax Analyst to support payroll tax compliance activities for a multi-entity organization in Coppell, Texas. This position plays a key role in keeping tax filings, reconciliations, and related processes accurate, timely, and aligned with current regulations. The ideal candidate brings strong payroll tax knowledge, sound judgment, and the ability to investigate issues and improve operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities:
• Manage end-to-end payroll tax activities across multiple business entities, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with applicable regulations.
• Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual tax reconciliations and balancing activities to support accurate reporting and filings.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen payroll tax workflows and put improved procedures in place to increase efficiency, consistency, and compliance.
• Review escalated tax issues, determine underlying causes, and implement corrective actions that reduce repeat errors.
• Validate Oracle Payroll Cloud tax updates and legislative changes through structured testing before deployment into ongoing operations.
• Diagnose payroll tax system issues and work closely with internal technology teams or external system support resources to resolve them.
• Collaborate with tax service partners to address filing discrepancies and help ensure deposits and submissions are completed on schedule.
• Keep payroll tax process documentation, standard operating procedures, and compliance calendars current and well organized.

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of multistate payroll experience, including substantial exposure to payroll tax compliance and payroll processing activities.

• Strong knowledge of payroll tax rules, reporting obligations, agency notices, and filing requirements at multiple jurisdictional levels.

• Experience working with payroll tax service providers such as SmartCompliance or comparable third-party platforms.

• Hands-on familiarity with Oracle Payroll Cloud or a similar enterprise payroll system.

• Ability to manage full-cycle payroll tax tasks, including deposits, reporting, returns, and transaction review.

• Working knowledge of garnishments and local payroll tax considerations within a payroll environment.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to manage deadlines and resolve issues effectively.

Compensation

$70,000.00-$80,000.00 Yearly

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