Payroll Tax Lead

Curana Health; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Curana Health is seeking a Payroll Tax Lead to serve as a senior payroll tax SME, ensuring compliance and smooth operations across a multi-state workforce.

This role collaborates with Payroll, People Systems, Finance, and external vendors to resolve complex tax issues, strengthen controls, and keep processes scalable for growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, HR, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years payroll tax experience in multi-state environment.
• Experience with payroll platforms and tax providers; CPP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-state payroll tax compliance, deposits, filings, and reconciliations.
• Coordinate quarterly and year-end payroll tax activities (Forms 941, 940, W-2, etc).
• Manage payroll tax registrations, notices, audits, penalties, and resolutions.
• Monitor regulatory changes and ensure processes remain compliant.
• Identify root causes and drive corrective actions with vendors.
• Support M&A diligence and integration with payroll tax insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Accounting/Finance/HR

Tools

Workday Payroll

ADP Payroll

Job description

At Curana Health, we're on a mission to radically improve the health, happiness, and dignity of older adults—and we're looking for passionate people to help us do it.

As a national leader in value-based care, we offer senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities a wide range of solutions (including on-site primary care services, Accountable Care Organizations, and Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans) proven to enhance health outcomes, streamline operations, and create new financial opportunities.

Founded in 2021, we've grown quickly—now serving 200,000+ seniors in 1,500+ communities across 32 states. Our team includes more than 1,000 clinicians alongside care coordinators, analysts, operators, and professionals from all backgrounds, all working together to deliver high-quality, proactive solutions for senior living operators and those they care for.

Ranked #147 on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, we're just getting started. If you're looking to make a meaningful impact on the senior healthcare landscape, you're in the right place—and we look forward to working with you.

For more information about our company, visit CuranaHealth.com.

Summary

The Payroll Tax Lead serves as a senior payroll tax subject matter expert within the payroll team, responsible for payroll tax compliance and operations across a complex, multi-state workforce. This role ensures accurate and timely employee and employer payroll tax withholding, deposits, filings, reconciliations, registrations, amendments, and year-end reporting.

Working closely with Payroll, People Systems, Finance, and external payroll tax vendors, the Payroll Tax Lead will resolve complex payroll tax matters, strengthen controls, and ensure payroll tax processes and systemsremain compliant and scalable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead multi-state federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance, including employee and employer taxes, deposits, filings, and reconciliations.

• Coordinate quarterly and year-end payroll tax activities, including Forms 941, 940, W-2, W-2C, amendments, and related reconciliations.

• Manage payroll tax registrations, agency notices, audits, penalties, and correspondence through timely resolution.

• Monitor regulatory changes and partner with Payroll and People Systems to ensure payroll tax processes, controls, and system configuration remain compliant.

• Identify root causes of payroll tax issues, drive sustainable corrective actions, and ensure effective performance of external payroll tax vendors.

• Participate in M&A diligence and integration activities, providing payroll tax expertise and supporting end-to-end readiness, compliance, and issue resolution.

• Develop payroll tax reporting and provide clear recommendations on material compliance risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of payroll tax experience in a complex, multi-state environment, with strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax laws and regulations.
• Experience across payroll tax filings, reconciliations, registrations, amendments, agency notices, and year-end reporting.
• Experience working with enterprise payroll platform and payroll tax providers.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Workday Payroll experience.
• ADP payroll and payroll tax experience.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large-scale organizational changes.
• Healthcare or other highly regulated industry experience.
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification or similar credential.