SR Payroll Tax Analyst

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

This position is responsible for leading the Tax Analysts in the administration of federal, state, local, employee and employer payroll taxes, including research, analysis, data set up, reconciliations, and validating the preparation of tax documents/returns in an accurate and timely manner.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
• 3 years of work experience
• Prior supervisory experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Ability to perform financial analysis needed to participate in audits, reconcile withholdings, ensure tax forms balance, etc.
• Ability to organize people and resources appropriately to meet goals in a timely manner.

Nice To Haves

• CCP
• Payroll tax knowledge
• Multi-state payroll knowledge
• Accounting
• Leadership
• Research skills

Responsibilities

• Lead team responsible for tax funding, tax reconciliation, review and analysis of tax notices, tax form processing, tax form corrections, tax return filings, and tax return amendments. Maintain current knowledge of tax regulatory changes. Work closely with Legal and Accounting to determine the impact of changes as well as ensure all payroll systems reflect any changes. Develop a working relationship with external tax processors to accurately and efficiently file and fund payroll taxes for federal, state, and local jurisdictions, includes daily, weekly, and quarterly review of transmitted data and review of tax notice information.
• Monitor performance of staff members. Delegate tasks and organize work for direct reports.
• Lead special projects relating to regulatory changes, improving processes and/or reducing costs. Project involvement may include analyzing, facilitating, and testing process and system changes, and may include working with other internal departments and external consultants.
• Coordinate activities between our external unemployment claims processors, external tax filing processor and internal production support to ensure that all tax tables in the payroll system reflect current and accurate rates.

What This Job Offers

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