Supervisor - Payroll

ROSTR, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Concert tickets

401(k) with company match

Family support programs (parental/adop

Tuition reimbursement / career growth

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking an experienced Payroll Tax Specialist to manage multi-jurisdictional payroll tax accounts and resolve complex tax issues. You will collaborate with a third-party provider and tax agencies to ensure accuracy and compliance.

The role requires 5+ years of payroll tax experience, strong Excel skills, and knowledge of California payroll laws. Candidates should be highly organized, with excellent customer service and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Excel with financial and logical functions.
• 5+ years payroll tax experience in large organizations (>2000 employees).
• Strong knowledge of federal, state and local payroll tax laws.
• Strong knowledge of California payroll laws.
• High School Diploma; college coursework preferred.
• FPC or CPP credentials preferred.

Responsibilities

• Open, maintain, and close payroll tax accounts with third-party provider and taxing agencies.
• Resolve payroll tax issues with provider and agencies.
• Review local, state and Federal payroll tax notices for timely resolution.
• Research and respond to payroll tax inquiries from employees, HR, managers and others.
• Assist payroll team with complex payroll tax issues as needed.
• Ensure unemployment rates are correct and updated timely.
• Year-End: review, reconcile and release all W-2s and related amendments.
• Coordinate with third-party tax vendor on returns and amendments.
• Comply with local, state and federal income tax laws.
• Maintain confidentiality of payroll information.
• Document and update procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Payroll tax experience

California payroll laws

Attention to detail

Customer service

Payroll best practices

Education

High School Diploma

College coursework preferred

FPC or CPP credentials

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Responsible for working with third party payroll tax provider and taxing agencies to open, maintain and close all payroll tax accounts (federal, tax & local)
• Responsible for working with third party payroll provider and taxing agencies to resolve open payroll tax issues
• Responsible for the review of all local, state and Federal payroll tax notices to ensure timely resolution
• Timely research and resolution of all internal and external payroll tax inquiries (from employees, HR, department managers, and other parties) while maintaining top notch customer service
• Assist the Payroll team with complex payroll tax issues, questions and special needs as they arise
• Responsible for making sure all unemployment rates are correct and updated timely
• Year-End Responsibilities, including the review, reconciliation and release of all W-2’s, including W-2 corrections
• Working with third party tax vendor to ensure local, state and federal payroll tax returns are correct and facilitating payroll tax amendments as necessary
• Comply with all local, state and federal income tax laws
• Maintain confidentiality of payroll information
• Other duties and special projects as assigned
• Document and update procedures

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (use of financial and logical functions; work with multiple spreadsheets and workbooks; import and export function)
• Must have 5 years of payroll tax experience in an organization with > 2000 employees
• Strong knowledge and the ability to understand the implications of federal, state and local payroll tax laws and regulations
• Strong knowledge of California payroll laws
• High School Diploma
• College level coursework highly preferred
• FPC or CPP credentials highly preferred
• Highly organized: strong attention to detail, ability to prioritize, multi-task, and complete tasks according to deadlines
• Ability to draw conclusions from research
• Ability to work without supervision
• Excellent customer service skills
• Working knowledge of payroll best practices

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
• YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
• FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.