Payroll Tax Manager
About The Position
The Payroll Tax Manager will be our internal subject matter expert on all things payroll tax, advising payroll, equity, HR, and accounting teams on legislative changes, validating existing and new positions, developing global payroll tax policy, and generally helping the business better understand and report its payroll tax obligations. This role will also lead all payroll tax audits and inquiries from revenue authorities while advising the business on best practices and minimizing payroll tax risk. The Payroll Tax Manager’s role is to elevate all of its partners' operations and ensure the business and its employees (Bricksters) are reporting the right amount of tax in the right periods.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
- 5+ years of payroll tax experience.
- Strong knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
- Knowledge of international payroll tax regulations.
- Knowledge of equity compensation tax matters.
- Experience with payroll systems and tax filing platforms (SAP, Netsuite, Workday preferred).
- Experience leveraging automation tools or AI at work.
- Experience with payroll tax audits and negotiating with revenue authorities.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Workday.
- Experience with mobility tax issues (state to state or country to country).
- Experience in large, complex, multinational organizations.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert on payroll tax.
- Advise payroll, equity, HR, and accounting teams on legislative changes.
- Validate existing and new positions.
- Develop global payroll tax policy.
- Help the business understand and report its payroll tax obligations.
- Lead all payroll tax audits and inquiries from revenue authorities.
- Advise the business on best practices and minimize payroll tax risk.
- Review payroll tax calculations and document technical positions.
- Identify opportunities for refunds or otherwise de-risk global payroll tax positions.
- Assist in M&A integration to ensure pre and post close payroll tax positions are supported and optimized.
- Validate equity withholding and assist with shareholder transaction planning.
- Assist with global payroll tax communications and responses to employee inquiries.
- Assist other tax team members with payroll tax matters impacting global direct and indirect tax matters.
- Ensure equity tax reporting is accurately reflected in payroll tax filings.
- Collaborate to solve cross-functional payroll tax matters.
- Lead global payroll tax audits (internal and external) by responding to information requests, communicating positions, and remediating identified exposures.
- Assist with global payroll tax policy and implementation.
- Assist the accounting team to help reconcile payroll tax accounts, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation to support compliance and audit requirements.
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, Accounting, Equity Administration, Legal, and Benefits on cross-functional initiatives.
- Participate in M&A due diligence and integration activities.
- Re-imagine the payroll tax reporting process and identify opportunities to build on Databricks technology.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
