Payroll Tax Analyst
About The Position
The Payroll Tax team is responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant payroll tax administration across all applicable federal, state, and local jurisdictions. This team partners closely with Payroll Operations, HR, Finance, and third‑party payroll providers to mitigate compliance risk, resolve tax issues, and strengthen payroll controls. The team reports into Payroll / Total Rewards within the broader Human Resources organization. This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week. The Payroll Tax Analyst role exists to provide dedicated in‑house payroll tax expertise and oversight while partnering with an external payroll tax provider. This role directly supports compliance integrity, reduces financial and regulatory risk, and strengthens payroll operations.
Requirements
- 3+ years of payroll tax experience
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations
- Experience supporting multi‑state payroll environments
- Proven experience resolving payroll tax notices and agency inquiries
- Experience working in a controlled or audit‑focused environment
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary internal subject‑matter expert for payroll tax compliance and issue resolution
- Partner with a third‑party provider to monitor payroll tax filings for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
- Research, resolve, and track federal, state, and local tax notices, delinquent filings, and discrepancies
- Manage payroll tax account lifecycle activities including registrations, closures, agency updates, and maintenance
- Ensure Powers of Attorney (POAs) are current, accurate, and properly maintained
- Oversee intake, tracking, escalation, and resolution of all payroll tax correspondence
- Maintain a monthly payroll tax dashboard to track notices, filings, liabilities, and resolution status
- Ensure timely completion of required labor, regulatory, and compliance reports
- Identify process improvement opportunities and support enhancements to payroll tax controls and governance
Benefits
- Day-one eligibility for medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Supplemental plan options
- Spousal, domestic partner, and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select plans
- Tax‑advantaged HSA and FSA accounts
- Company‑paid basic life and AD&D
- Optional voluntary life and AD&D for you and your family
- Short‑ and long‑term disability
- Legal plan
- Pet insurance
- Travel accident coverage
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility planning coverage
- Caregiver support
- Access Dependent Care FSA for possibility of an employer match
- Complimentary Care@Work membership
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave with eligibility for a thoughtful, gradual return
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Financial wellness resources
- Career coaching
- Optional long‑term care insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible time off for exempt employees or paid time off for nonexempt employees
- Up to 12 paid holidays per year
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts
- Charitable gift matching
- Paid volunteer time off
- Corporate volunteer events
- 24/7 support including professional therapy, coaching, and emotional well‑being programs alongside guided meditation and resources that support physical, mental, social, and financial wellness
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
