Payroll Tax Manager
At a glance
Manager-level Tax role at Justworks. New York · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $127,500–$156,236.
Justworks has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Run daily payroll tax work, keeping withholding, accruals, payments, returns and W-2 reporting accurate
- Track state unemployment accounts across all states, and keep related payments and filings on time
- Handle employee questions, tax notices and audits involving state unemployment taxes
- Lead quarterly and annual tax filings, and explain payroll tax changes and procedures to support compliance
- Test payroll tax controls, update procedures and resolve gaps in internal compliance work
What you bring
- You have seven to ten years in payroll or payroll tax, plus a required bachelor’s degree
- You understand payroll tax rules and taxable fringe benefits, and have handled multi-state filings
- You have experience with payroll and workers’ compensation audits, along with prior people management
- You communicate well, analyze issues and work across management levels
Who this fits
This manager-level role suits someone who can handle high-pressure payroll operations and coordinate with account management, engineering and product teams. The role is based onsite in New York.
From the employer
We work hard. We’re helping businesses get off the ground, by simplifying payroll, benefits, payments and compliance needs, enabling them to focus on what matters. Thousands of people already use our product and we’re just getting started. We’re data driven and never stop inventing new ways to improve.
Working at Justworks, you’ll enjoy company happy hours, a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, and the ability to interact with and learn from prominent leaders in the startup community.
If you want to work in a fast paced environment, build something meaningful and have fun while doing it, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking to build out our engineering team of passionate, talented individuals to help us continue to solve big challenges and create a great experience for our users.
As a Payroll Tax Manager you will have significant influence in building a next generation, highly efficient, low cost payroll system. You will be redefining what it means to be a PEO.
As a successful candidate in this role you possess a strong ability to see ideas for improvement instituted in near real-time. You are also collaborative as this role requires you to be working across departments including but not limited to (Account Management, Engineering, and Product). You are also able to manage high pressure situations with ease and a great demeanor. This is a high impact job that is critical to the day-to-day operations and we are looking for a true team player to thrive in this fast-paced, high intensity environment.
What you'll do:
-Responsible for daily payroll and tax processing
-Ensure accurate tax withholding, accruals, payments, tax returns, and W-2 reporting.
-Monitor state unemployment tax accounts, payments and tax returns for all 50 states, to ensure taxes are accurate and are paid and filed on time
-Respond to and resolve any employee issues, tax notices or tax audits for state unemployment taxes.
-Direct quarterly and annual tax filing process
-Research and communicate information about current and proposed payroll tax legislation and company procedures to ensure compliance and customer understanding.
-Support internal control compliance initiatives, testing and remediation. Ensure that payroll tax processes and procedures are updated.
-Special projects as assigned by VP Compliance
You should have:
-7 to 10 years of general payroll/payroll tax experience
-Working knowledge of payroll tax regulation as well as general knowledge of taxable fringe benefits
-Ability to perform multiple tasks, in high paced and fluid environment
-BS/BA required (Business/Accounting a plus).
-Multi-state payroll tax filing / payroll and workers compensation audit experience
-Demonstrated strong communication, interpersonal and analytical skills including ability to work with all levels of Management.
-Previous management experience required
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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