Product Pay & Tax Compliance Specialist

UKG; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 66,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG seeks a Product Pay & Tax Compliance Analyst to serve as a liaison to federal, state, provincial, and local tax agencies, ensuring that payroll tax changes are accurately reflected in UKG’s platform.

You will monitor regulatory developments, analyze impacts on processes, document requirements for product and development teams, and clearly communicate complex compliance concepts to both internal partners and external agencies. A background in tax, accounting, or finance is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience researching, interpreting, and applying federal, state, provincial, or local tax regulations.
• Experience monitoring tax regulatory changes and assessing their impact on 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 payroll tax knowledge for updates and regulations within your assigned jurisdictions/zones.
• Establish 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 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 changes monitoring

Stakeholder communication

Documentation skills

Education

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

MasterTax experience

CPP/PCP certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

research databases

Job description

UKG seeks a Product Pay & Tax Compliance Analyst to serve as a liaison to federal, state, provincial, and local tax agencies, ensuring that payroll tax changes are accurately reflected in UKG’s platform.

You will monitor regulatory developments, analyze impacts on processes, document requirements for product and development teams, and clearly communicate complex compliance concepts to both internal partners and external agencies. A background in tax, accounting, or finance is essential.