Senior Payroll Tax Lead
Overland Park, KS - USA
Job Summary
Who You Are:
At QTS our Payroll team impacts every employee across our organization and as the Payroll Tax Lead you take that responsibility to heart. By working with our internal People Services Operations teams you enjoy having extreme attention with high visibility to detail in all areas of your responsibility complex assignments but most importantly in supporting our people. This role offers a unique opportunity to be a subject matter expert in United States payroll taxes providing advanced issue resolution to our Employees Managers the Business and external partners and regulatory agencies.
The Impact You Will Have:
The Payroll Tax Lead ensures compliance with United States federal state and local tax regulations by managing payroll tax reporting liabilities and filings with multiple entities. You will handle complex reconciliations W-2 integrity and tax audits acting as a subject matter expert (SME) to resolve discrepancies and improve processes while utilizing advanced execution and problem-solving techniques to identify cause and resolution.
What You Will Do:
Analyze payroll tax issues and provide recommendations for solutions relating but not limited to employee mobility reciprocal taxation stock taxation and reporting inpats and expats employer-provided fringe benefits and local taxation.
Research and resolve tax notices discrepancies and employee inquiries with federal state and local agencies.
Manage and maintain records relating to payroll and unemployment tax registration for new states.
Research W-2 correction inquiries complete and submit W-2cs for review and approval and distribute W-2c through appropriate channels.
Review all Workday tax updates test accordingly and communicate key changes.
Stay current on domestic legislative changes tax updates and compliance requirements at federal state provincial and local levels.
Prepare various tax returns and reporting not filed by third-party tax services including other required government reporting.
Prepare complex payroll reports reconciliations and analytics for senior management review identifying trends discrepancies and opportunities for improvement.
Support audits prepare documentation and liaise with auditors to provide requested payroll data and analysis.
Five years of Payroll experience with four years experience specifically in United States payroll tax multi-state tax reporting responsibilities.
Demonstrated subject matter expertise and understanding of payroll tax principles tax laws and year-end reporting requirements.
A general knowledge of Workday and third-party tax providers such as OSV and the computation methodologies to determine reasonableness of tax filings prepared and submitted by OSV for federal and state tax withholding calculations.
FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) or CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) are desirable but not required.
The Skills to Get You There:
High level of accuracy and attention to detail with high service orientation integrity discretion and ownership of work with the ability to work independently.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas pivot tables v-lookups macros) for report generation and documentation.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills capable of translating complex payroll matters into clear and concise information for diverse audiences.
We conform to all the laws statutes and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women minorities individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or national origin age disability status Genetic Information & Testing Family & Medical Leave protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint orally or in writing to the employer or the government or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.
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QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
QTS Realty Trust, LLC is a leading provider of data center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 9 million square feet of owned mega scale data center space within North America and Europe. Through it's software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver sec ... View more