Payroll Tax Consultant
About The Position
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) is seeking a Payroll Tax Consultant to support the organization's payroll functions. This role is crucial for ensuring payroll tax accounts are established, maintained, and compliant with all applicable laws and regulations. The consultant will work closely with the company's third-party payroll services provider to manage a multi-state payroll tax account cleanup project. Key responsibilities include handling employer payroll tax registrations, resolving accounts that are in "Applied For" status, securing state withholding and unemployment account numbers, and maintaining overall payroll tax compliance. This is a 10-week contract position reporting to the Payroll Supervisor.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Minimum 5 years of payroll tax experience, preferably in a multi-state environment
- Experience completing employer payroll tax registrations, maintaining state payroll tax accounts, and resolving accounts in "Applied For" status
- Experience obtaining state withholding and unemployment account numbers and resolving payroll tax notices, account discrepancies, and agency correspondence
- Experience working directly with state taxing agencies
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred
- Experience with Workday Payroll or other cloud-based payroll systems preferred
Responsibilities
- Supports compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax laws, employer registrations, and reporting requirements
- Supports the company's third-party payroll services provider
- Supports the timely resolution of payroll tax issues escalated from the third-party payroll services provider
- Researches registration requirements and completes employer payroll tax registrations
- Supports new state payroll tax registrations and account setup as business needs arise
- Researches, resolves, and follows up on accounts in "Applied For" status
- Obtains state withholding and unemployment account numbers
- Maintains state payroll tax accounts and updates account information as needed
- Works directly with state agencies to resolve registration inquiries, notices, and payroll tax account issues
- Researches and resolves payroll tax notices, registration issues, agency correspondence, and account discrepancies
- Maintains payroll tax records and supporting documentation
- Collaborates with Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, the third-party payroll services provider, and state agencies
- Complies with internal payroll policies and procedures
- Completes other tasks and duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
