Senior Payroll Tax Analyst

Home Depot

Georgia

Hybrid

USD 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a payroll taxes professional to administer federal, state, and local payroll tax obligations. This role will prepare returns, reconcile filings, and collaborate with vendors to ensure timely compliance and accurate reporting.

Responsibilities include reviewing tax audits, resolving inquiries, and ensuring proper posting to the general ledger while supporting SOX controls. This position typically reports to the Payroll Manager and requires a bachelor’s degree with 5+

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
Payroll tax filing and reconciliation experience required.
Strong analytical and data analysis skills.
Proficient with Excel, Access, Word, and mainframe applications.

Responsibilities

Prepares and reconciles payroll tax returns and reports for federal, state, and local jurisdictions.
Reviews audit reports and resolves inquiries related to taxable wages and taxes.
Ensures liabilities, expenses and payments are properly posted to G/L; supports SOX compliance.
Collaborates with tax filing vendor to ensure timely filing and resolution of inquiries.

Skills

Payroll tax filing

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Computer skills (Excel/Access/Word)

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ADP Smart Compliance

Job description

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: 1) taxes filed/remitted, 2) inquiries/audits from federal/state/local jurisdictions researched/resolved, 3) new/changing requirements communicated and implemented, 4) invoices balanced and paid/disputed.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Typically reports to Payroll Manager
No 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: