Payroll Tax Specialist
About The Position
Row Partners is the world’s first End-to-End PEO. Headquartered in Draper, Utah, Row Partners has experienced consistent, strong growth over the past several years , including 40% growth in 2025 , driven by increasing demand for fully integrated growth-oriented PEO solutions. Our operating model includes high payroll volume, multi-state employees, client-level nuance, and complex tax reporting requirements , making payroll tax accuracy and compliance mission-critical. The mission of the Payroll Tax Specialist is to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll tax filings and payments within a high-volume PEO environment , while proactively managing multi-state complexity, SUTA variability, agency correspondence, and reconciliations across both client- and PEO-reported tax structures.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of payroll tax experience in a PEO, payroll services, or high-volume multi-state environment
- Demonstrated experience managing payroll tax filings, payments, and reconciliations
- Proven success resolving payroll tax notices and working directly with tax agencies
- Experience supporting audits and compliance reviews
- Deep working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll taxes
- Hands-on experience with multi-state payroll tax compliance
- Strong understanding of SUTA mechanics , wage bases, and rate management
- Experience with payroll systems and tax filing platforms
- Advanced Excel skills for reconciliations and reporting
- Extremely detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership
- Able to manage high volumes, overlapping deadlines, and complex exceptions
- Process-driven with a mindset for continuous improvement
- Calm, confident, and accountable under regulatory pressure
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a growing PEO environment
- Proactive in identifying risks and resolving issues before they escalate
- Strong communicator with payroll teams, finance leaders, and tax agencies
- Collaborative partner who understands the interdependence of payroll, tax, and accounting
- Able to clearly explain complex payroll tax issues to non-tax stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- PEO experience strongly preferred
- CPP certification a plus, but not required
Responsibilities
- Accurately process and remit federal, state, and local payroll taxes for a large, multi-state employee population
- Prepare, file, and reconcile quarterly and annual payroll tax returns (941, 940, state unemployment, local filings, W-2s) in a PEO structure
- Manage SUTA rate changes, wage limits, and client-specific tax nuances common in a PEO model
- Handle payroll tax compliance across multiple legal entities, states, and reporting structures
- Research, resolve, and respond to payroll tax notices, discrepancies, and audits from federal and state agencies
- Perform detailed payroll tax liability and balance sheet reconciliations , ensuring alignment between payroll systems and the general ledger
- Partner closely with Payroll Operations, Accounting, and Finance to ensure clean data flow and issue resolution
- Identify and implement process improvements and controls to support continued growth and increasing transaction volume
- Support internal controls, documentation, and external audits related to payroll tax compliance
Benefits
- Work in a true PEO environment with real complexity and scale
- High-impact role supporting a rapidly growing organization
- Opportunity to help shape payroll tax processes as the company scales
- Collaborative, experienced payroll and finance leadership
- Competitive compensation and benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
