Senior Payroll Tax SME — Notices & Amendments Expert

Intuit Careers; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a Staff Payroll Tax Processor to lead resolution of complex state and federal payroll tax notices, amendments, and corrections. The role focuses on solving tax defects and building team capability, not running payroll.

The position, offered through SelectTime, supports flexible, remote work with minimum 20 hours weekly and potential overtime, delivering precise compliance and process improvements for customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of payroll tax experience with focus on tax defect resolution across multiple states.
• Expert knowledge of state and federal payroll tax notices; ability to draft penalty abatement requests and agency response letters.
• Experience preparing amended Federal (Form 941-X, W-2c) and State returns across multiple states including PA, OH, etc.
• Deep knowledge of federal payroll tax law: FICA, FUTA, FITW, deposits, penalty/interest structures.
• Multi-state payroll tax expertise including reciprocal agreements and local tax compliance.
• Experience leading or mentoring; coaching junior staff.
• Advanced Excel skills for reconciliation and audit trails.

Responsibilities

• Resolve the most complex state and federal payroll tax notices in the queue, owning full case lifecycle from intake to closure.
• Prepare and file amended Federal and State payroll tax returns (Form 941-X and state equivalents) across 10+ states.
• Diagnose and resolve payroll tax errors across multiple pay periods or jurisdictions; trace discrepancies to payroll runs and drive corrections.
• Maintain high productivity resolving correction, amendment, and notice requests with high accuracy.
• Monitor WIP, identify aging cases, and drive root-cause analysis to unblock blockers.

Skills

Payroll tax expertise

Tax defect resolution

Mentoring coaching

SOP/KB writing

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or Business

Tools

Form 941-X

W-2c processing

Job description

Intuit is seeking a Staff Payroll Tax Processor to lead resolution of complex state and federal payroll tax notices, amendments, and corrections. The role focuses on solving tax defects and building team capability, not running payroll.

The position, offered through SelectTime, supports flexible, remote work with minimum 20 hours weekly and potential overtime, delivering precise compliance and process improvements for customers.