Payroll Tax Specialist

• Maintain full legal compliance by overseeing the precise calculation, reporting, and settlement of all federal, state, provincial, and municipal payroll obligations.
• Track evolving fiscal legislation and statutory updates to proactively modify corporate payroll systems and eliminate compliance risks.
• Manage agency audits by compiling comprehensive defense files, organizing internal ledgers, and serving as the primary point of contact for government investigators.
• Secure timely submittals for all standard quarterly and year-end statutory declarations to safeguard the organization against late fees.
• Partner with external consultants and corporate accounting departments to streamline complex fiscal year-end close procedures.
• Balance tax ledgers by continuously auditing regional liabilities against physical bank drafts and corporate ledger entries.
• Administer the enterprise HCM payroll engine, configuring advanced modules dedicated to statutory withholdings and involuntary deductions
• Execute routine data validations to ensure the absolute integrity of worker demographic profiles, tax jurisdictions, and court-ordered withholding parameters.
• Publish corporate data packages detailing gross-to-net summaries, withholding metrics, and benefit deduction schemas.
• Rectify payroll anomalies through rigorous forensic data matching, executing immediate manual adjustments when necessary.
• Synthesize fiscal close summaries at the conclusion of every month, quarter, and fiscal year for executive review and corporate archives.
• Unify interdepartmental metrics by aligning payroll sub-ledgers with general ledger (GL) frameworks and internal control standards.
• Deliver operational insights to leadership teams to assist in labor budget projections, financial planning, and external corporate audits.didate Requirements

Requirements

• 3+ years of dedicated experience administering cross-border payroll architectures with a heavy emphasis on regulatory levies and statutory garnishments.
• Expertise in North American payroll statutes, encompassing deep familiarity with both United States and Canadian tax withholding frameworks.
• Advanced technical proficiency in modern cloud-based payroll software suites, specifically regarding backend tax configuration modules.
• Critical-thinking capabilities with a proven track record of solving complex mathematical imbalances and systemic software bugs.
• Advanced data manipulation skills, including mastery of complex formulas, lookups, and data modeling in Microsoft Excel

Portfolio are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position. To the best of our knowledge, this vacancy is for a new or existing role within their organization.