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Job Summary
The OpportunityThe Payroll Tax Specialist brings advanced tax knowledge, broad experience, and acknowledged coordinating ability to the payroll process. This position requires a strong payroll processing and taxation background, analytical skills, a technical (systems) background, and a mature communications style. The ability to organize, influence others, solve problems, and work with minimal supervision is expected of the incumbent, who needs to balance both production tasks and employee interactions or queries.
Essential Functions
-Processes all federal, state, and local taxes in Workday, including setting up new employees' federal, state, and local taxes.
-Reviews address changes and coordinate with employees in order to be tax compliant. Corrects taxes both in Workday and ADP as needed.
-Manages and maintains ADP including setting up of jurisdictions. Reconciling tax payments and exemptions through ADP.
-Administrator on ADP Smart Compliance and yearend balancing and reporting through ADP, working with ADP to produce W2s.
-Balances Workday tax reports to ADP reports for federal and state agencies. Runs and reviews ADP integrations regarding periodic, monthly, quarterly and yearly submissions.
-Works with the Workday Team to test new releases and set up for new state-regulated changes, including but not limited to family leave, disability, and unemployment laws.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Accounting required or Bachelor's Degree Related Field of Study required
- Payroll experience 3-5 years required
Skills for Success
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to research issues and process complex transactions and procedures.
- Excellent oral & written communication skills, along with confidence and experience in presenting to small groups.
- Ability to work independently and manage competing and conflicting demands on time.
- Strong Microsoft Office and Outlook skills with advanced knowledge of Excel.
- Must possess the ability to thrive in a busy, high-volume, and deadline-driven team environment that requires the coordination of multiple activities and judgment and flexibility to reprioritize tasks as needed.
- Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and handle complex and confidential information with discretion.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Working Requirements and Conditions
- M-F Eastern Business Working Hours required
- Remote work requires stable, secure, quiet, compliant, free from others working station
- Day shifts require within business hours
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Pay Range
$62,400.00 - $90,750.40/AnnualGrade
6At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.
EEO Statement:
At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.
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