SAP Payroll US Functional Tax Analyst

Rimini Street

1d•Remote

About The Position

About Rimini Street, Inc. Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a proven, trusted global provider of end-to-end, mission-critical enterprise software support, managed services and innovative Agentic AI ERP solutions, and is the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software. Our comprehensive portfolio of unified solutions help run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database and technology software, enabling our clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources towards strategic projects. The Company has signed thousands of contracts with Fortune Global 100, Fortune 500, midmarket, public sector and government organizations who selected Rimini Street as their trusted, proven mission-critical enterprise software solutions provider and achieved better operational outcomes, realized billions of US dollars in savings and funded AI and other innovation investments. We are actively seeking a SAP Payroll US Functional Tax Analyst. This role reports directly to the Sr. Manager Business Solutions, SAP/RSITE North America. Qualified candidates can work remotely within the US. Position Summary This role is a US Payroll SAP Functional Tax Analyst (BA) in our Global Product Development group, supporting the US. The primary responsibility for this role is to ensure that our customer’s SAP HR/Payroll and Rimini Street US Payroll Tax Engine is compliant with the various legal requirements published by legislative entities. Functional/Business Analysts combine in-depth product expertise with the latest tax and regulatory changes to provide input to user stories through system impact analysis, participate in solution design, and offer test strategies and acceptance criteria for the scrum team in an Agile environment. The position will follow each tax and regulatory change from discovery through successful translation into an application update, ensuring the result is a potentially shippable increment. This role is vital in providing high quality deliverables to our clients and keeping their mission critical enterprise applications in compliance.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
FPC, Certified Payroll Professional, or equivalent
Experience (7+ years) US Payroll with large multi-state operations
Experience (7+ years) SAP US HR/Payroll or other large scale ERP system with integrated US Tax Calculations
In-depth understanding of US payroll legislation from tax calculation, withholding requirements, and reporting
A record of successful roles in multiple Enterprise Application projects (including full development and full QA lifecycle processes)
Exceptional analytical skills
Proficient in developing Business Analysis and Functional specification documentations from regulatory requirements and tax data
Explain payroll processes and calculations independent of ERP system
Manually calculate US Federal, State, and Local Taxes correctly without software or online calculator
Ability to accurately transfer understanding of all critical information relating to each tax and regulatory change to clients and various internal teams
Advanced Excel skills
SQL or SQLite
Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
Must be strong self-starter and with a committed work environment with stable internet service
Strong professional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with others
Team player

Nice To Haves

FPC or CPP designation
AGILE methodology experience a plus
JIRA experience a plus

Responsibilities

In-depth knowledge and understanding of US Payroll Taxes
Demonstrate proficiency in Payroll from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process
Supply subject matter expertise in how US HR/Payroll legislation related to payroll tax is set up, calculated, and reported in SAP
Provide in-depth functional knowledge of large-scale ERP applications across multiple releases to support payroll tax calculations
Ability to work within the Rimini Street Agile framework, participate in scrum ceremonies, accept feedback from Scrum Master, Product Owner, and scrum team members
Assist the Product Owner in preparing prioritized stories in the backlog for product backlog refinement with the scrum team
Actively participate in scrum activities and ceremonies
Assist the scrum team in evaluating and breaking down user stories to ensure timely deliverables of legislative changes to clients
Convert Business Requirements describing a legislative change into functional specifications/product requirements, which outline how Rimini Street US Payroll Tax Engine (RSITE) and SAP will be configured and/or developed to support the legislative change
Work closely with the development team to ensure adherence to the acceptance criteria by providing system/process knowledge expertise, assist with testing, and perform demos of the completed product to the Product Owner and stakeholders
Ensure total product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations through the analysis of each tax and legislative change and provide functional information detailing the impact to a specific SAP/Rimini Street US Payroll Tax Engine (RSITE) application
Work with team to ensure high quality deliverables - assist team with test strategies, review test plans, perform system tests
Provide end user documentation that is client-facing, with an appropriate level of content for clients to understand the legislative change, system business process impacts (ready for use by the sales and marketing team)
Assist with or produce client educational information, presentations, webinars, etc., using a variety of tools and communication modes
Assist with client case issues from troubleshooting through resolution
Work directly with new SAP-RSITE Tax Engine clients and onboarding team members to ensure client needs are addressed and confidence in Rimini Street is maintained
Manage/Support Tax Engine conversion projects; lead client meetings, explain Tax Engine functionality and process to new clients, review parallel test results, perform manual tax calculations
Effectively communicate and maintain working relationships with teams and stakeholders
Committed to excellence and high-quality standards