Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Covington & Burling LLP is seeking a Payroll Tax Compliance Analyst who will monitor employer and employee tax contributions and ensure compliance with payroll tax legislation. The role involves analyzing payroll tax data, preparing tax payments, and collaborating with various teams to maintain accurate tax reporting and compliance procedures.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes multi-jurisdiction payroll tax data and performs calculations, and ensures that payroll information is reported to federal, state and local agencies as may be required
- Ensure the preparation and processing of accurate and timely federal, multi-state and multi-jurisdiction withholding tax payments and returns
- Handle correspondence with Workday, ADP, and other payroll-related entities, including all federal and state compliance notices from tax and/or other regulatory agencies; track progress from receipt of notice to resolution
- Responsible for reconciliations and balancing between third-party tax reports and Workday tax reports to ensure accurate monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting
- Accountable for detailed analysis of all payroll entries that impact the accuracy of tax withholding and reporting
- Design, document, and review payroll tax processing and reconciliation procedures
- Work with the Payroll Director and Payroll team to organize and facilitate ongoing development, evaluation and maintenance of documentation to ensure complete, accurate, and up-to-date depiction of processes
- Partner with General Ledger Team to ensure prompt reconciliation to tax variances
- Monitoring of legislative changes
- Ongoing monitoring of various tax rates and ensuring proper rate setup in Workday and ADP
- Incorporation of legislative changes into the HRIS and payroll system
- Generating reports for internal and external audits
- Active role with integrations and other projects
Skills
- BA/ BS degree in Accounting / Business/ or Tax (or equivalent experience)
- 5 years of payroll and tax experience
- 3+ years in multi-state payroll tax environment
- Expert knowledge of Excel
- Ability to present technical data in a clear and concise manner to various audiences
- Expert knowledge of common HRIS - Workday required
- Attentive to detail and ability to work accurately under deadline pressure
- Maintain confidential information discreetly and protect employee privacy
- Service orientation and collaborative attitude
Benefits
- Candidates hired for staff positions with a minimum work schedule of 30 hours per week are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare insurance.
Company Overview