Payroll Tax Analyst

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The Payroll Tax Analyst has a full range of responsibilities for employment tax compliance related to the Payroll Tax teams, tax audits, software maintenance and innovation, Oracle balance adjustments and general tax law research for lodging and corporate entities.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Assist in providing accurate and timely employment tax returns

• Review the accuracy and timeliness of tax returns and deposits as submitted in the review process

• Ensure compliance with internal control responsibilities of all tax review and table maintenance processes, including general ledger items and reconciliations

• Constantly work with payroll software systems (Vertex and Oracle) for periodic maintenance, updating tax rates and generating the appropriate employee / employer data

• Pull, process and analyze Oracle tax reports

• Respond to inquiries through emails and/or voicemails

• Implement tax return amendments (example: Form W-2 C for Form W-2 reissue)

• Process Oracle ‘Balance Adjustments’

• Research relevant tax laws and regulations

• Complete State Unemployment Tax Returns and other unemployment compliance work

• General administrative work and some assistance on payroll tax accounting

*** Please note that this is a remote role. Individuals must sit within 90 miles of an Accenture corporate office. Individuals will be expected to work Eastern Standard Time hours.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year of Payroll, Payroll Tax and/or Finance & Accounting (F&A) experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline

• Experience with Payroll Tax processes and forms (federal, state and local)

• Advanced Excel spreadsheet analysis skills

• Experience with payroll and/or tax data software systems

• Experience in analyzing, navigating and resolving tax notices

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Washington $23.70 to $45.38

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