Senior Payroll Tax & Compliance Specialist

Oldcastle Payroll, Inc.; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Medical, dental, and disability

Retirement savings program

Health and wellness programs

Inclusive culture

Job summary

CRH Americas Materials Inc. seeks a Senior Payroll Tax & Compliance Analyst to strengthen payroll tax compliance across federal, state, and local levels.

You will lead quality control reviews, monitor processes, and support audits in a multi‑state, multi‑company payroll environment. The role partners with Payroll, HR, Finance, and outside auditors to ensure accurate, well‑documented payroll tax activities, year‑end activities, W-2 processing, and system implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, HR, or related field.
• Minimum of five years in payroll tax, payroll operations, compliance, auditing, internal controls, or related discipline.
• Experience in a multi-state, multi-company payroll environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform payroll tax quality control reviews to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax requirements.
• Monitor payroll tax processes and identify compliance risks, control gaps, exceptions, and process improvement opportunities.
• Review payroll tax reconciliations, account maintenance activities, unemployment accounts, and supporting documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Support the resolution of tax notices, agency inquiries, audits, and compliance-related issues by researching, documenting, and tracking corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance payroll tax procedures, controls, checklists, and audit-ready documentation.
• Conduct root cause analysis and assist with implementing corrective actions to prevent recurring compliance issues.
• Support payroll tax-related system implementations, acquisitions, integrations, testing activities, and process enhancements.
• Partner with internal departments and third-party vendors to strengthen payroll tax compliance, reporting processes, and operational controls.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to payroll tax team members on compliance standards, documentation requirements, and quality control procedures.
• Support quarter-end and year-end payroll tax processes, including reconciliations, balancing activities, W-2 reporting, year-end compliance reviews, validation of payroll tax data, and maintenance of audit-ready supporting documentation.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Payroll tax

Quality control

Auditing

ERP systems

SAP

ADP SmartCompliance

Workday

Oracle

UKG

CPP certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field

Tools

SAP

ADP SmartCompliance

Workday

Oracle

UKG

Job description

CRH Americas Materials Inc. seeks a Senior Payroll Tax & Compliance Analyst to strengthen payroll tax compliance across federal, state, and local levels.

You will lead quality control reviews, monitor processes, and support audits in a multi‑state, multi‑company payroll environment. The role partners with Payroll, HR, Finance, and outside auditors to ensure accurate, well‑documented payroll tax activities, year‑end activities, W-2 processing, and system implementations.