Sr Manager, Payroll Tax and Accounting

McKesson•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Senior Workday Payroll Tax and Accounting Manager will report to the Director of Payroll Operations. Manages activity and direction of payroll tax and accounting staff, compliance and reporting for both the McKesson and US Oncology employees and legal entities. This position works on complex issues of diverse scope, requiring very strong analytical skills, experience working within Workday, management skills and the ability to work with multiple levels of management.

Requirements

9+ years of professional experience
3+ years of supervisory and or management experience
Experienced, fully competent in all payroll, payroll tax (i.e. federal, state, local withholding, federal and state unemployment, etc.), and accounting, accruals and journal entries, variance and reconciliation
Detail oriented and highly analytical; ability to utilize data to make recommendations and drive action.
Ability to successfully manage competing priorities simultaneously
Excellent professional communication skills in listening, verbalization and writing
Ability to communicate with all organizational levels in a positive, motivated and constructive manner
Strong accounting and general ledger knowledge required
Payroll tax processing experience required
Multi-state payroll environment required

Nice To Haves

Manages Payroll Tax Vendor relationship to complete objectives and ensure compliance
Interacts with other supervisors, managers and other functional areas within McKesson to complete assigned tasks
Drives process improvement and automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness
Advanced Knowledge of Workday Payroll system
Advanced Knowledge of ADP Tax Reporting system
Advanced Knowledge of SAP General Ledger system
Knowledge of Blackline

Responsibilities

Coordinates the activities of the McKesson and USON Tax and Accounting teams.
Develop work schedules and monitor workflow to ensure established deadlines for accounting, tax filing and reporting are achieved.
Interacts daily with direct reports to monitor progress of assigned tasks.
Responsible for establishing goals and objectives for the tax and accounting teams.
Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and internal controls.
Develop, monitor and enforce policies, procedures, customer service and productivity standards.
Ensure that updated Standard Operating Procedures and SLAs for each task of the teams are updated and communicated to employees.
Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and internal controls
Handles special projects and provide assistance across the functional payroll group
Develop employees through coaching and feedback, rewards and recognition.
Identify personal growth plans/opportunities for direct reports
Provide tax and accounting planning and compliance expertise to management to ensure that McKesson and USON remains compliant with federal, state and local regulations.
Participate in PI planning with McKesson and USON teams to recommend and monitor new projects needed to achieve greater efficiency in the payroll tax and accounting areas.
Assist in testing and roll out of these projects
Manage/Coordinate with the USON Payroll Manager, the payroll tax processes for USON mergers and acquisitions.
Assure proper tax treatment of acquired employees as well as setup of any new tax accounts required.
Monitor first payrolls to verify accurate, timely payment of new employees
Responsible for managing SOX and internal accounting audits, negotiate/recommend settlement of any outstanding issues upon completion of audit