Payroll Tax Associate

Dollar Tree - Chesapeake, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Chesapeake, VA

General Merchandise Retailers

About the position

The Payroll Tax Associate at Dollar Tree will be an integral part of a collaborative payroll team, focusing on timely state and local tax remittance, tax filing, and compliance. This role requires a self-starter who will manage multi-state payroll tax preparation and processing, research and respond to agency notices, and assist with internal payroll inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Maintain withholding data for employees in accordance with agency requirements.
• Prepare, process and fund weekly and/or bi-weekly payroll tax wires.
• Process monthly and quarterly returns for taxing authorities not supported by ADP.
• Maintain local tax controls in HCM/Payroll system, including coordination & transmission of new deduction withholdings through ADP SmartCompliance.
• Register new tax accounts with local authorities and withholding and SUI accounts with state agencies.
• Monitor external tax notifications and internal payroll reports, and build and run Excel Add-In and Showcase queries to identify tax concerns and new areas of process improvement.
• Research employee tax issues and make necessary manual payroll adjustments and W-2 corrections.
• Research and respond timely to tax agency notices to ensure proper reporting and remittance of taxable wages and tax.
• Assist with quarterly and year-end processing including W-2s, W-2Cs and Canadian T4 & T4 Amendments.
• Run necessary reports, payroll processes, off-cycle payroll closes, participate in internal & external audits.
• Monitor and maintain correct payroll tax deduction per submitted Federal W-4s and State and Local tax withholding forms.
• Collaborate with other departments as needed or required.
• Respond to Payroll Tax email inquiries timely.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to a changing work environment
• Self-starter with minimal direction or supervision
• Working knowledge of MS Software including Excel; pivot tables, formulas, linking cells and spreadsheets
• Accounting knowledge and understanding of GL, Journal Entries, reconciliations
• 2 years of multi-state payroll tax processing or equivalent experience with multi-state Payroll Taxation
• Protection of Confidential and Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Nice-to-haves

• Infor Lawson and/or Workday payroll experience, or similar systems
• Showcase and Excel Add-in experience
• ADP SmartCompliance experience
• FPC or CPP Certification
• Associates in Accounting or other Financial Degree