Payroll Tax Analyst
Tampa, FL
Contracted
Experienced
Position Title: Tax Analyst, Corporate Payroll
Duration: 5 Months+ (Possible Extension)
Pay Rate: $35/hour on W2
Location: Tampa, FL (Hybrid)
Position Overview
The Tax Analyst will support corporate payroll operations with a primary focus on payroll tax processing, compliance, auditing, reconciliation, and employee support. This role requires expertise in multi-state payroll taxation, payroll systems, tax reporting, and regulatory compliance within a large employer environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide payroll tax support and customer service to employees regarding taxable wages, tax withholding, payroll tax practices, and related inquiries.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for payroll tax processes and compliance matters.
- Maintain service level agreements (SLAs) for employee cases involving taxable wages, tax withholding, and tax reporting.
- Conduct audits to ensure accurate employee tax setup and withholding configurations.
- Perform quality reviews of payroll team members' work and provide coaching and training as needed.
- Complete payroll tax reconciliations, audits, and variance analysis.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies between payroll, HR, and tax compliance systems.
- Review, audit, and respond to tax notices and tax-related investigations.
- Interpret payroll tax regulations, labor laws, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance.
- Process payroll adjustments impacting taxable wages and tax withholding.
- Audit and reconcile annual wage and tax statements with payroll records.
- Maintain current knowledge of payroll taxation requirements and regulatory changes.
- Support internal and external audits by providing requested documentation and analysis.
- Respond to employee and leadership inquiries via phone, email, and case management systems within established service levels.
- Participate in payroll system testing, configuration validation, and project initiatives.
- Reconcile and maintain quarterly tax filings, amendments, and corrected tax forms.
- Assist with setup and maintenance of new tax jurisdictions and tax types.
- Communicate with taxing authorities to research and resolve employee tax issues and company tax notices.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- 5+ years of payroll experience.
- Experience supporting large employers with multi-state payroll operations.
- Experience with garnishment processing.
- Strong knowledge of payroll and timekeeping systems.
- Expertise in multi-state payroll tax calculations.
- Experience with short-term disability calculations, including offsets.
- Knowledge of overpayment calculations and recovery processes.
- Experience with salary proration calculations.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Flexibility to support employees across multiple time zones.
- Ability to work in a hybrid office environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) and/or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC).
- Experience with enterprise payroll and workforce management systems.
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