Senior Payroll Tax & Compliance Analyst

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

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Payroll Tax Analyst in Phoenix, AZ to manage government tax issues across federal, state, and local levels. The role reports to the Payroll Tax Manager and involves liaising with a third-party vendor to resolve M&A tax issues and ensure accurate W2 processing.

The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of payroll tax experience, strong Excel skills, and knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance; JD Edwards and Workday experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 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 any 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

5-8 years experience

ADP SmartCompliance

Payroll tax administration

Advanced Excel

M&A tax issues

Tax liaison with government

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle JD Edwards (JDE) Payroll

Workday

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Payroll Tax Analyst in Phoenix, AZ to manage government tax issues across federal, state, and local levels. The role reports to the Payroll Tax Manager and involves liaising with a third-party vendor to resolve M&A tax issues and ensure accurate W2 processing.

The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of payroll tax experience, strong Excel skills, and knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance; JD Edwards and Workday experience are preferred.