Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist

The role

You will perform payroll tax compliance validations and reconciliations. You will investigate discrepancies, serve as a subject matter expert, and support audit readiness and controls.

What you will do

• Perform and lead recurring payroll tax compliance validations and reconciliations.
• Investigate discrepancies, determine root causes, and coordinate resolution.
• Maintain clear, consistent, and auditable documentation of investigations and findings.
• Ensure tax updates are validated and uploaded to systems in a timely manner.
• Serve as a compliance subject matter expert for federal, state, and local requirements.
• Interact with state and government tax agencies to research and resolve issues.
• Provide guidance to internal partners and coach teammates on payroll tax compliance.
• Support SOX and SOC controls and related evidence requirements.
• Partner with third-party vendors and internal teams on system support and enhancements.
• Monitor and report on key compliance and quality metrics.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of federal, state, and local payroll and payroll tax experience, including filing and reporting.
• Hands-on experience with payroll tax reconciliations, discrepancy investigation, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.
• Experience with payroll tax software and systems, including tax scheduling and filing tools.
• Experience researching payroll tax requirements using tax authority sources and research tools.
• Experience supporting software enhancements or implementations, process improvements, data conversions, or user acceptance testing.
• Working knowledge of SQL and experience using queries to support data analysis and validation.
• Experience documenting processes, controls, reconciliations, and evidence in an audit-ready manner.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and exercise sound judgment in a regulated environment.

Nice to have

• MasterTax experience
• PEO, payroll, or HR technology experience
• Payroll accounting, audit, SOX, or SOC experience
• FPC or CPP certification from PayrollOrg (formerly the American Payroll Association)
• Experience using automation or AI tools to improve payroll tax compliance, reconciliation, analysis, or documentation

Benefits

• Welcoming and casual environment
• Great benefits
• Wellness program offerings
• Company retreats

About the company

Justworks helps businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business by solving HR issues. They are a data-driven company that works in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment.