Payroll Accountant

The payroll tax lead will support the payroll team in the governance of the third-party payroll service delivery tax team to ensure accurate taxation and reporting.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support team of up to 5 specialists in coordination of outsourced payroll tax functions.
Govern payroll vendor by providing guidance and direction on all US & Canadian payroll tax and related accounting issues.
Ensure appropriate reporting and payment of tax to various taxing jurisdictions in multiple tax entities
Review new tax account registrations, determinations of liabilities, and tax account set up in SHARP
Review and audit of all vendor tax balancing, returns, payments, and adjusting entries in SAP payroll.
Coordinate with the vendor and tax agencies to research and resolve open tax issues and notices, including handling of all federal, state, & local payroll tax audits
Coordinate with other departments to ensure the appropriate taxation and payroll processing of special payroll tax activity including but not limited to relocation, equity awards, third party sick, workers compensation, and expatriates
Coordinate year-end tasks including year-end balancing, tax filings, W2, W2C, T4, RL1 preparation
Coordinate with corporate treasury, legal, and other internal departments to maintain audit control in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley
Review tax law and regulation changes along with testing results provided by vendor against BSI Tax Update Bulletins to ensure taxes remain in compliance.
Continuous analysis of tax savings opportunities
Respond to all types of payroll tax related issues at all levels.
Assist in the payroll vendor change project as needed.

SKILLS:

EDUCATION LEVEL:
- BA Degree Accounting, Finance, or Business
- Certified Payroll Professional (preferred)

REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 5 years multi-state payroll tax experience
- Minimum of 2 years in Canadian payroll tax experience
- Minimum of 3 years outsourced vendor experience
- Minimum of 3 years year-end payroll project experience
- Ability to analyze and interpret changes to tax law and regulation
- Strong SAP experience
- Strong Excel skills
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to adapt to a continuously changing environment
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to analyze financial data
- Ability for work independently with minimal guidance
- Ability to exercise sound judgment skills
- Must be very strong with year end close process and able to hit the ground running.

PREFERRED:
- Experience working with a third party payroll vendor
- Experience with ADP
- Experience with Ultipro Software
- Experience with expatriates