Remote Payroll Tax Specialist - Compliance & Insights

Justworks; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid volunteer work

Paid parental leave

Work from home opportunities

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Justworks in Tampa, FL is seeking a Payroll Tax Specialist to oversee day-to-day payroll tax operations across local, state, and federal jurisdictions. You will ensure accurate filings, timely payments, and alignment with SLAs while collaborating with Engineering, Product, Finance, and CSO for process improvements.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, data integrity, and compliance, with opportunities to contribute to ongoing tax process enhancements and documentation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in payroll tax, accounting, or a related finance field.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve payroll tax inquiries and issues efficiently, meeting SLAs.
• In-depth understanding of local, state, and federal payroll tax processes and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain quarterly and annual payroll tax filings across all local, state, and federal jurisdictions.
• Ensure timely and accurate payments for all assigned states during quarter-end cycles.
• Process reversals and terminations in a timely manner.
• Run daily payments and handle check processing to ensure timely remittance to tax agencies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement updates to payroll tax processes and procedures.
• Identify risks or blockers and escalate to the Pod Lead for resolution.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation for assigned states in Confluence.

Skills

Payroll tax knowledge

Advanced Excel

Data accuracy

Cross-functional collaboration

SLAs compliance

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

Justworks in Tampa, FL is seeking a Payroll Tax Specialist to oversee day-to-day payroll tax operations across local, state, and federal jurisdictions. You will ensure accurate filings, timely payments, and alignment with SLAs while collaborating with Engineering, Product, Finance, and CSO for process improvements.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, data integrity, and compliance, with opportunities to contribute to ongoing tax process enhancements and documentation.