Employer Auditor

State of Oklahoma • Oklahoma City, OK

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Conducts and participates in unemployment insurance tax enforcement programs in the Tax Division within OESC’s Workforce Services Department. This tax division is responsible for administering the state unemployment insurance tax program mandated by the U.S. Department of Labor in accordance with federal & state law, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. The role involves reviewing employer’s tax documents, making statutory determinations on employer SUTA accounts, and counseling stakeholders on compliance with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Act, Administrative Rules, and correct reporting procedures. The position also requires balancing the tax accounting system to ensure accurate posting of monies and charges, analyzing employer documentation for compliance with state law and agency procedures, and resolving taxpayer compliance issues. Additionally, the role involves performing front-line work and team collaboration within the tax division, maintaining safety and security protocols, and utilizing excellent customer-service skills to manage a high volume of tax-related inquiries.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting professional level public administration, business, auditing, or accounting experience for each year of the required bachelor’s degree.
• Proficiently using OESC’s standard software (Microsoft Office - Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, and Teams), and the Internet.
• Ability to learn other software as needed.
• Ability to lift, carry, and move objects of up to 25 pounds.
• Willing and able to complete all job-related travel normally associated with this position.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of different job titles or types of positions across the entire range of employment.
• Knowledge of spelling, punctuation, and business English.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and theories.
• Knowledge of financial statements.
• Knowledge of computer technology relating to accounting systems.
• Knowledge of modern office methods and procedures.
• Knowledge of maintenance of complex records.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills expressing ideas clearly and concisely.
• Ability to write basic reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to perform highly independent work.
• Ability to participate with others as a contributing team member.
• Ability to conduct several projects simultaneously.
• Ability to handle confidential work.
• Ability to review and analyze financial information.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex situations.
• Ability to serve as an expert witness in administrative hearings.
• Ability to make independent decisions.
• Ability to prioritize work independently.
• Ability to interpret and handle routine matters in accordance with agency policy.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

Nice To Haves

• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Conducts and participates in unemployment insurance tax enforcement programs.
• Reviews employer’s tax documents and makes statutory determinations on the employer’s SUTA account.
• Counsel appropriate stakeholders on the interpretation of and compliance with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Act, Administrative Rules, and correct reporting procedures.
• Balance the tax accounting system to ensure all monies and charges are correctly posted to the taxpayer’s account.
• Receive and analyze required employer documentation to ensure compliance with state law, agency & departmental procedures resolving issues of taxpayer’s compliance with tax and wage reporting.
• Conduct tax division front-line work and front-line team work as needed with a wide variety of decision-making.
• Maintain the required safety and security protocols associated with the above-mentioned responsibilities.
• Determine employer liability for compliance with the OESC Act.
• Assign employers tax numbers.
• Maintain changes in business ownership, address, and liability status.
• Manage employer unemployment insurance (UI) tax accounts and tax accounting records.
• Enforce continued employer compliance with UI tax filing and payment requirements.
• Investigate missing wages for UI claimants denied UI benefits for insufficient wage credits.
• Handle UI benefit wage charge/reimbursing employer billing.
• Manage the annual employer UI rate process.
• Make determinations on total/partial successor processes.
• Review and analyze incoming applications for employer’s OK Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Account number, Employer Status Reports, and wage data to determine Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax liability of new, successor, and reinstated employing units according to statutory provisions.
• Prepare account registration documentation & other financial records to ensure that they comply with state law / agency and departmental procedures.
• Research highly complex problems and situations involving business acquisitions and transfers applicable to successor employers.
• Maintain daily accounting history records, audit State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) tax accounts and approve, prepare, and post accounting entries to reconcile and maintain accounts.
• Counsel taxpayers on laws and regulations governing SUTA tax obligations & meeting these requirements.
• Audit SUTA tax accounts & certify Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax credits with IRS.
• Assist supervisor(s) as needed, prepare correspondence, and complete projects requiring exception handling.
• Follow the required OESC’s safety / security protocols.
• On-site attendance is an essential function of the position, as the role requires direct interaction with staff, clients, and on-site office resources.

Benefits

• The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Packet, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level