Overview
This role is responsible for ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing for employees across multiple states, supporting payroll tax compliance, and contributing to process improvements. The position plays a key role in maintaining payroll accuracy, tax compliance, and enhancing the overall employee payroll experience.
Responsibilities
- Execute full-cycle payroll processing for salaried and hourly employees across multiple states
- Process payroll inputs including new hires, terminations, bonuses, and adjustments
- Support on-cycle and off-cycle payroll runs following established processes
- Maintain and audit payroll data in Workday, including uploads and system validations
- Support payroll tax compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions
- Execute tax filings, payments, and reconciliations using ADP SmartCompliance
- Review and research tax notices, partnering with internal teams and vendors for resolution
- Monitor tax regulations and flag risks or required updates
- Support maintenance of tax configurations and employee tax withholdings
- Perform payroll and tax reconciliations (wages, deductions, tax filings)
- Review reports and investigate discrepancies
- Prepare audit-ready documentation for internal and external audits
- Support quarter-end and year-end activities, including W-2 and W-2c processing
- Research and resolve payroll and tax discrepancies
- Respond to employee questions related to pay, taxes, and deductions
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure timely issue resolution
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll and tax processes
- Collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, and vendors to support operations
- Contribute to documentation and standardization of procedures
- Support training efforts related to payroll and tax processes
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience executing end-to-end payroll in a multi-state environment using Workday
- Knowledge of payroll tax compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions
- Proven ability to manage payroll processing, tax filings, and reconciliations with high accuracy
- Experience using ADP SmartCompliance for tax filings and payments
- Experience handling tax notices, resolving discrepancies, and supporting audits
- Ability to navigate complex payroll scenarios and meet strict deadlines
- Proficiency in Excel, including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs for data analysis and reconciliation
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification is a plus but not required
- Experience supporting international payroll or working with teams outside the U.S. is beneficial
- Exposure to year-end activities such as W-2 and W-2c processing and participation in payroll audits is helpful
Compensation & Benefits
Details regarding compensation and benefits are not specified in this description.
Location
Location details are not specified in this description.