Payroll Tax Compliance Product Analyst

UKG; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 66,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Product Pay & Tax Compliance Analyst to serve as a liaison with federal, state, provincial, and local tax agencies, ensuring payroll tax changes and mandates are met across jurisdictions. The role demands strong knowledge of UKG’s tax system and tax jurisdictions.

The position provides compliance support across the organization, requiring ability to research, document, and communicate complex requirements, and to work with internal teams to implement changes in payroll and tax

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in tax compliance, payroll tax, tax research, or a related field.
• Experience researching, interpreting, and/or applying federal, state, provincial, or local tax regulations and requirements.
• Experience monitoring tax regulatory or legislative changes and assessing their impact on business processes, systems, or products.
• Experience documenting and communicating tax requirements to internal or external stakeholders.
• Professional experience working with tax-related processes, systems, or software.

Responsibilities

• Use general payroll tax knowledge for payroll tax updates and regulations within your assigned jurisdictions/zones
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with decision makers at tax agencies
• Actively participate in industry-related meetings and subcommittees on behalf of the organization
• Conduct comprehensive research with a minimal level of guidance and maintain knowledge of payroll tax agency compliance requirements
• Stay on top of the latest changes: Track daily updates on compliance mandates and identify any adjustments needed for withholding forms (W-4, TD1) year-end slips (W-2, T4, etc) reporting, tax calculations, requirements, and/or garnishment/wage attachment regulations
• Effectively communicate moderately complex compliance requirements to both internal and external stakeholders, answering questions and providing timely and accurate information
• Document payroll tax agency requirements clearly and concisely to be used as a reference across UKG
• Analyze and summarize identified changes, creating comprehensive documentation for our product and development teams to incorporate into UKG's payroll and tax products
• Collaborate with internal teams within UKG to provide direction based on expertise in UKG processes that ensure business practices compliant with agency requirements
• Negotiate outcomes with tax agencies that align with UKG's ideal state
• Respond promptly to JIRA, escalations, and research requests/tickets from internal teams regarding payroll tax requirements.

Skills

Tax compliance

Tax research

Regulatory tracking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field

MasterTax experience

CPP/PCP certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

research databases

Job description

UKG is seeking a Product Pay & Tax Compliance Analyst to serve as a liaison with federal, state, provincial, and local tax agencies, ensuring payroll tax changes and mandates are met across jurisdictions. The role demands strong knowledge of UKG’s tax system and tax jurisdictions.

The position provides compliance support across the organization, requiring ability to research, document, and communicate complex requirements, and to work with internal teams to implement changes in payroll and tax