Sr. Payroll Tax Specialist

Remote

Sony Interactive Entertainment is looking for a Payroll Tax Specialist to support the payroll tax and reporting functions.  You will join a team of professionals and contribute to making our payroll function efficient, accurate, and dedicated to employee experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with payroll tax reporting and withholding in the US and Canada.
• Develop audits to find payroll tax irregularities.
• Test and validate payroll system updates for tax compliance.
• Prepare and reconcile estimated tax deposits.
• Perform timely state and local tax registrations as needed.
• Prepare year-end tax audits and reconciliations prior to W-2 processing.
• Process, prepare, and validate W2c forms and ensure timely reporting.
• Analyze, prepare, and enter wage adjustments when required, i.e., incorrect state or federal taxation, repayment of advances, etc.
• Respond to employee tax inquiries from Nexus case management system.
• Support financial and SOX audit requests.
• Provide reporting for corporate tax and accounting filing requirements.
• Support acquisition process and work with UI tax vendor to prepare UI reserve transfers and ensure filings are accurate.
• Prepare payroll funding and reconciliation.
• Create and maintain quarter end and year end checklists and documentation.

A successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Knowledge of payroll tax concepts with an understanding of payroll regulations and government reporting requirements in the US and Canada.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguous and complex work situations.
• Ability to work in an organized manner with the ability to manage time effectively to meet deadlines handling multiple tasks while maintaining proper prioritization.
• Knowledge of payroll tax implications of Section 125, 401k, RRSP, and other tax impacting benefit plans.
• Ability to proactively work with clients in the business to diagnose, understand and propose solutions for complex issues.
• Capability to work independently and manage workload with autonomy.
• Knowledge of Workday, SAP, ADP and Dayforce advantageous
• Ability to work as part of a hybrid working team in multiple work locations.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years combined payroll tax and reporting experience.
• Expert knowledge of reconciliation preparation.
• Knowledge of large HCM/Payroll SaaS systems.
• Prior experience with 3rd party tax preparer.
• CPP preferred.

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