Tax Accountant II

Description

A tax accountant II delivers business value by ensuring timely, accurate and compliant tax remittances and filings

Professional Expertise:

• Makes recommendations based on payroll tax expertise and industry trends

• Identifies, troubleshoots, provides and implements viable solutions to issues within the payroll tax processes

• Recommends and applies policy adjustments on key payroll tax processes

• Recognizes key versus non-key controls and how tasks ladder to those controls. Drives accountability of controls

Prioritizing and Planning

• Drives implementation of broader payroll tax process improvements

• Assesses work collaboratively to align on most important tax work

• Proactively tracks and identifies trends through data and metrics

Business Acumen and Problem Solving

• Provides consultation, develops and proposes updates to existing or new processes as a result of business or legislative changes

• Develops changes or enhancements to current documentation/policies

• Influences stakeholders to ensure compliance

Collaboration and Communication

• With support, advises organization on payroll tax matters

• Recommends best practices on payroll tax processes

• With support, executes tax learning opportunities for non-payroll tax partners

Skills

sap, adp payroll, Reconciliation, excel pivot tables, vlookup

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Key Projects:

• Working on year end payroll tasks, working with large amounts of data in Excel

Daily Responsibilities:

• Balancing daily payments

• Processing and reconciling stock

• Responding to inquires and cases as needed

• Inbox management

• Audit work, analyzing large amounts of data

• Updating tax authorities for record

Technology requirements?:

• Knowledge in tax compliance software and supporting data basetools. (SAP, SuccessFactors, ADP)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, etc)

• Excel Proficiency

Degree or certifications required?:

• None required

Years experience?:

• 2 years of exp minimum

Required background? Skills?

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

• Strong analytical and technical skills with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

• Knowledge in tax compliance software and supporting data base tools.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, etc)

• Ability to identify and collaborate on process efficiencies

• Payroll tax experience, including payment, reconciling, and filing- 2 years minimum

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills - 2 years minimum

• Customer service - 2 years minimum

• Multi-state and provincial tax reporting and filing - 2 years minimum

• Experience in federal, state, local and provincial labor law -2 years minimum

Nice-to-Haves:

• Accounting degree or background

Experience Level

Intermediate Level