Senior Payroll Tax & Compliance Analyst

Cushman & Wakefield; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 72,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Payroll Tax Analyst to manage government tax matters at federal, state, and local levels, reporting to the Payroll Tax Manager. The role focuses on resolving payroll tax issues, W-2 reconciliation, and handling notices with third-party vendors.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of experience, Bachelor’s degree, and knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance, JD Edwards, and Workday with strong Excel skills to support tax compliance across states.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Five to eight years of professional experience.
• Required knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance and payroll tax administration processes.
• Experience with the Oracle JD Edwards (JDE) Payroll system preferred.
• Workday experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of payroll tax requirements across all states.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as tax liaison with the third-party vendor and all government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to resolve M&A tax issues.
• Resolve state and local taxation cases resulting from incorrect tax profile setup/withholding.
• Assist the reconciliation and generation of W2’s; work with third party vendor to review and correct issues.
• Ensure all amended tax returns are filed timely and accurately.
• Manage the tracking of all tax notices.
• Research, analyze and determine the root cause of tax notices from federal, state, and local tax agencies for prior years and/or legacy systems.
• Determine the need and prepare in-house tax amendments not supported by our current payroll tax filer.
• Support the filing of W-2C’s from legacy systems that were not previously submitted to SSA or tax agencies.
• Handle legal entity name changes with agencies, payroll systems and 3rd party payroll tax filer.
• Assist with creating online access to our state and unemployment withholding accounts.]

Skills

Payroll tax knowledge

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Tax compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ADP SmartCompliance

Oracle JD Edwards (JDE)

Workday

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Payroll Tax Analyst to manage government tax matters at federal, state, and local levels, reporting to the Payroll Tax Manager. The role focuses on resolving payroll tax issues, W-2 reconciliation, and handling notices with third-party vendors.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of experience, Bachelor’s degree, and knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance, JD Edwards, and Workday with strong Excel skills to support tax compliance across states.