Payroll Tax Analyst

Kansas City, MO

Summary

A national law firm has an immediate opening for a Payroll Tax Analyst in the Kansas City office. The successful candidate will have 5 years of experience working with multi-state payroll taxes and reconciliations, along with payroll processing.  Successful candidates must be able to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, and be able to adjust as needed to the firm’s continually growing needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage Payroll Tax Reporting and Compliance (25%):
  • Provide required reporting to support various payroll tax needs
  • Reconcile quarterly and annual tax reports
  • Verify and balance transactions, such as payroll registers, to tax deposits and reports
  • Stay up to date on new federal, state, and local tax regulations
  • Register and maintain federal, state, and local tax accounts
  • Register and maintain SUI accounts
  • Track remote employees/tax setups
  • Prepare tax adjustments and work with payroll vendor to process
• Tax Guidance and Support (25%):
  • Serve as primary point of contact for all tax agencies, remote tax situations, tax reconciliations, tax audits, and new tax jurisdictions
  • Maintain excellent relationships with tax agencies and payroll vendors
  • Provide tax guidance and support to Payroll and HR teams and all employees of the firm
  • Manage POA forms for tax agencies
  • Complete KC and STL local tax refund request letters for employees
  • Work closely with Shareholders regarding tax rates on regular wages, off-cycle payrolls, and fiscal year-end payrolls
• Manage Sick Leave/PTO Plans (20%):
  • With HR guidance, create and/or modify firm PTO and sick leave plans in payroll system
  • Research state sick leave laws, especially in states with only remote workers, as well as paid family and medical leave laws
• Payroll Operations (20%):
  • Assist with review of tax withholdings and supplemental tax withholdings as it relates to shareholder off-cycle/bonus payrolls
  • Assist with processing of both semi-monthly staff and monthly Shareholder payrolls, as needed. Duties include:
    • Pay rate & status updates
    • Issuing of manual checks and off-cycle payroll as needed
    • Wire transfer/Same Day ACH processing
  • Other duties as assigned (10%)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, human resources or related field
• Three to five years’ experience working with multi-state payroll taxes and reconciliations
• Five to seven years’ experience with payroll processing
• Proficient in UKG/UltiPro payroll system preferred, iManage Records Manager, and Microsoft programs Word, Excel and Outlook. Advanced Excel skills preferred
• Employees approved for flexible work arrangements are expected to be available and maintain a practice of reliable, consistent attendance at all times during the employees scheduled work shift including, but not limited to, Zoom, email and voicemail, and by phone.

Compensation

• Up to $80,000 based on experience.

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