Title: Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist
Location: Raleigh, NC (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
We are looking for an experienced Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist with strong expertise in multi-state payroll tax compliance, corporate tax filings, and hands-on Workday Payroll experience.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing payroll tax filings, reconciliations, compliance activities, tax adjustments, and reporting across federal, state, and local jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage corporate-level payroll tax compliance and filing activities across multiple states.
- Prepare, review, and reconcile federal, state, and local payroll tax obligations.
- Handle quarterly and annual payroll tax reconciliations.
- Support Form 941, W-2, and W-2c reporting and correction processes.
- Manage state unemployment insurance (SUI) and related state payroll taxes.
- Process payroll tax amendments and prior-period corrections.
- Research and resolve payroll tax notices and correspondence with tax agencies.
- Utilize Workday Payroll for payroll tax processing, compliance, and reconciliation activities.
- Perform detailed payroll tax reconciliations and data analysis using Excel.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience managing corporate-level payroll tax compliance and filings.
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll taxes.
- Hands-on experience with quarterly and annual tax reconciliations.
- Experience with Form 941 and W-2/W-2c processes.
- Knowledge of state unemployment insurance and state payroll tax requirements.
- Experience handling tax amendments and prior-period corrections.
- Experience managing payroll tax notices and agency correspondence.
- Practical, hands-on experience with Workday Payroll.
- Strong Microsoft Excel and reconciliation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with ADP Smart Compliance.
- Experience supporting large, complex, multi-state payroll environments.
- Workday Payroll tax testing experience.
- Quarter-end and year-end payroll tax processing experience.
- Acquisition or payroll transition experience.
- Ability to research tax regulations and apply them to payroll operations.
- Experience collaborating with Payroll Operations, Accounting, Stock/Equity, HR teams, and external tax providers.