Payroll Tax Analyst

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Home Depot is seeking an experienced Payroll Tax Administrator to manage federal, state, and local payroll tax filings, reconciliations, and reporting. You will coordinate with vendors and ensure SOX-compliant controls while analyzing tax data for accuracy.

Nine-to-five style responsibilities include reviewing tax reports, resolving inquiries, and ensuring proper posting to the general ledger. Strong Excel/Access/Word and mainframe familiarity are valued.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Must be eighteen or older and legally eligible to work in the United States.
• Approximately 5 years of payroll tax filing and reconciliation experience.
• Knowledge of ADP Smart Compliance preferred.
• Strong analytical and data-analysis capabilities.

Responsabilidades

• Prepares and reconciles federal, state, and local payroll tax returns.
• Balances weekly, quarterly, and annual interface files for wages and taxes.
• Balances W-2s and prepares W-2Cs as needed.
• Reviews audit reports and handles tax inquiries and resolutions.
• Ensures SOX-compliant controls and proper posting to G/L.
• Collaborates with tax filing vendors to ensure timely and accurate tasks.

Conocimientos

Payroll tax filing

Tax reconciliation

Analytical skills

Data analysis

Quantitative skills

Excel

Access

Word

Mainframe applications

Oral communication

Written communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

ADP Smart Compliance

Descripción del empleo

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

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

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares and reconciles tax returns and other payroll tax documents.
• Balances weekly, quarterly, and annual interface files used to report employee/employer wages and taxes to federal, state and local jurisdictions.
• Also balances W-2s and prepares W-2Cs as needed.
• Reviews audit reports, conducts analysis, and handles inquiries related to taxable wages and taxes.
• Incumbent will be responsible for complete problem resolution including workflow analysis and implementing process changes to enusre proper controls are established and compliance with SOX requirements.
• Conducts fact finding, as necessary, in support of tax and accounting-related projects to enusres that liabilities, expenses and payments for payroll taxes are properly posted to G/L, and new earnings codes are taxed/reported properly.
• Works closely with tax filing vendor to ensure tasks are done in a timely and accurate manner:
  • taxes filed/remitted
  • inquiries/audits from federal/state/local jurisdictions researched/resolved
  • new/changing requirements communicated and implemented
  • invoices balanced and paid/disputed

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Typically reports to Payroll ManagerNo direct responsibility for supervising others.

Travel Requirements:

~ Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

~ Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

~ Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

~ Knowledge of ADP Smart Compliance

Minimum Education:

~ 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.

Preferred Education:

~ No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

~5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

~ No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

~ None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

~ None

Certifications:

~ None

Competencies:

Payroll tax filing and reconciliation experience requiredStrong analytical skills requiring procees and data analysisStrong quantitative skills utilizing statistics and complex formulasStrong computer skills (I.e. Xcel, Access, Word, mainframe applications)Strong oral and written communication skills