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Payroll Tax Engineer

Location

United States

Posted

1 day ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Payroll Tax Engineer

Puzzle 🧩🚀

• Conduct detailed reviews of employee-level tax data, ensuring proper jurisdiction setup. • Manage tax registrations and proactively identify tax configuration issues. • Perform audits of employee tax configurations, including address-based jurisdiction assignments and tax rate validations. • Review new hire records and address changes to ensure correct tax codes are applied. • Track registration statuses and prevent disruptions to vendor filings. • Partner with Payroll Engineers to ensure client payrolls are processed using accurate tax data. • Support year-end W-2 balancing and reconciliation.

Job Requirements

  • 3 or more years of experience in payroll tax, compliance, or payroll system configuration preferred.
  • Deep understanding of U.S. payroll tax structures at federal, state, and local levels.
  • Familiarity with tax registration processes and agency communications.
  • Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, conditional formatting, etc.).
  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple clients and competing deadlines.

Benefits

  • Equal opportunity employer with no discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status under applicable law.
  • Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

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