Payroll Tax Analyst

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Job Summary

Responsible for all payroll tax activities, including compliance with local, state & federal regulations for the company and its affiliated entities, focusing on items such as: accuracy of tax calculations; year-end documents; reconciliations; and funds distribution. Maintains an awareness of current practices and trends in payroll processing, and informs company about changes in all current payroll, tax regulations, laws and policies. Implements changes and improvements for greater efficiencies in payroll processes. Acts as a liaison with service providers for tax filings and invoice reconciliations. Responds to questions and special requests from employees and tax authorities. Usually determines own work priorities. Acts as resource for colleagues with less experience.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Assist with all Global payroll tax inquiries, and coordinate efforts with Global Payroll Operational team, to ensure compliance.
• Maintain high level knowledge of Global country specific tax laws, rulings, and regulations.
• Assist with tax reporting for Global Equity transactions.
• Provides research and assistance to leadership in the development and design of new projects.
• Uses formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks, and changes.
• Manages project status and information in the form of formal briefings, project update meetings, and written, electronic, and graphic reports.
• Develops, maintains, and manages detailed project plans, action item registers, and major milestone timelines for all assigned projects. Provides overall prioritization and director of work assignments, team resources, etc. Monitor and creates project deliverables.
• Coordinates with other work streams, projects, and initiatives which may impact successful completion of project.
• Manages all assigned projects to completion ensuring on-time delivery, meeting of budgetary demands, and maintaining overall project ownership.
• Addresses problems through risk management and contingency planning and presents solutions and/or options to executive management. Ensures effective implementation of solutions/changes.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Main Responsibilities:

• Knowledge - Devises legal means to minimize employer and employee tax liability using thorough knowledge of tax laws and regulations and any other expert resources
• Systems – Assist payroll management and Workday consultants in the design of Workday payroll operational and tax system configuration. Help the project team identify upstream and downstream system reliance and cross-functional system impacts. Identify areas for system controls, incorporate into requirements and document the controls.Review Workday produced system documentation for completeness, adding critical details and edits as required.
• Procedures – Provide assistance to payroll management, PWC consultants and Workday consultants to design payroll operational and tax procedures. Develop detailed operations flowcharts including prerequisite and trailing cross-functional process mapping. Ensure proper control points and documented requirements. Review PWC provided procedural documentation for completeness, adding critical details and edits as required.
• Controls – As noted above, design, document and test cross-functional system or procedural controls.Ensure manual processes have sufficient approvals.
• Testing – Working with payroll management, assist in the testing of myExperience (Workday) system configurations, procedural activity, and controls. Document testing results. Assist in defect mitigation and close activity.
• Reporting – Assist in requirements gathering, design, and testing of internal payroll tax reports/audits or reporting for key business or HR partners.
• Key Relationships – Looking at the overall Payroll Ecosystem is a must. The Senior Analyst will be working closely with the Payroll Operations, Payroll Systems, Accounting, HR Operations, HR Benefits, HR Compensation and other Comcast teams. Division / Bus. Unit representatives as well as various myExperience, Workday and PWC project team members will be engaged.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 Years

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