Payroll & Tax Specialist

Cart.com • Time, IL

8d • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a meticulous Payroll & Tax Specialist to support the payroll operations of the People team that supports Cart.com’s people and Cart.com’s success as a company. This role will be responsible for the People Payroll day-to-day duties that drive the implementation of solutions and strategies that ensure results and make an impact. This person will primarily support the execution of our Payroll roadmap that will result in automation, standardization, and centralization of HR processes and systems. We are looking for someone who can wear many hats – payroll analyst and subject matter expert, reporting guru, and excel wizard – and knows what hat to put on before having to be asked to do it. You know you will be successful in this role if you find joy in helping others, offer clear and concise communication, and your north star is efficiency. You like to connect with other people and figure out how you can improve the process to make their lives easier. You are thorough, but quick on your feet, and you can multi-task like no one else.

Requirements

• Strong business acumen with ability to partner and collaborate with HR colleagues, functional specialists and internal clients.
• Functional knowledge of federal and state employment laws and compliance.
• Solid time-management, prioritization, written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality, establish trust and credibility and act with complete integrity; aptitude and proven ability to resolve conflicts creatively and collaboratively.
• Able to work well independently AND collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and work through ambiguity
• Highly detail-oriented and organized.
• Strong Excel skills
• 5+ years’ of progressive payroll experience in a dynamic, fast-paced, rapidly growing environment.
• Experience using a Workday and ADP Smart Compliance for payroll
• Payroll tax and compliance experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or related field.
• Experience in a People Operations role in the tech industry, ideally having observed M&A integrations.
• Experience working in a rapidly-scaling startup.
• Working knowledge of employment laws and compliance in all U.S. states.

Responsibilities

• Perform the collection, calculation, and entering of payroll data.
• Address employee questions/concerns relative to pay and time and attendance.
• Update payroll records and prepare payroll reports.
• Contribute to the development and documentation of repeatable and scalable payroll processes and employee-facing guidelines and procedures.
• Work with Accounting to maintain accurate job costing and G/L records
• Produce and analyze employee data reports
• Manage administration of payroll tax accounts, filings, and new account openings.
• Balance taxes from Workday to ADP
• Balance and file quarterly taxes
• Validate and reconcile tax rates
• Produce and analyze company tax reports
• Maintain the integrity and confidentiality of human resource records, forms, files, and policies.
• Maintain knowledge of payroll trends, best practices, regulatory changes
• Assist employees with general People Payroll questions and ensure exceptional customer service.
• Support employee onboarding and offboarding processes and support coordination

Benefits

• We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

What This Job Offers

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