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About the Role
Guardian is seeking a motivated Payroll Tax Specialist to support payroll tax depositing, reporting, and compliance activities, including 1099 obligations. This role requires strong payroll tax experience, knowledge of Workday, and collaborative skills to work across payroll, tax, and related functions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on payroll and payroll tax experience, attention to detail, and the ability to support audits, tax notices, and other compliance activities.
Responsibilities
- Support payroll tax depositing, reporting, reconciliation, and related compliance activities.
- Utilize Workday (WD) as part of payroll and related processes.
- Support payroll tax depositing and reporting processes involving ADP.
- Assist with 1099 depositing and reporting in addition to payroll-related responsibilities.
- Assist with payroll and tax-related audits, including gathering information, researching issues, and supporting responses to audit inquiries.
- Assist with tax agency and other payroll-related notices, including researching and helping prepare timely responses and supporting documentation.
- Use Microsoft 365 applications to prepare analyses, maintain documentation, communicate with stakeholders, and support day-to-day responsibilities.
- Work collaboratively with Payroll, Tax, Finance, HR, and other teams as appropriate to address payroll tax and reporting matters.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation to support payroll tax compliance, reporting, audits, and inquiries.
- Provide additional support for payroll tax and related compliance activities as needed.
Requirements
- 6 to 10 years of payroll experience, with demonstrated knowledge of payroll processes and related compliance requirements.
- Working knowledge of Workday (WD) is required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
- Willingness and ability to assume responsibility for 1099 depositing and reporting in addition to payroll responsibilities.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Skills
- Payroll Tax
- Workday
- ADP
- Microsoft 365
- Audits
- Tax Notices
- Compliance
- Reporting
- Depositing
- Reconciliation
- Record Maintenance
- Documentation
Location
- Hudson Yards, NYC
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 6-10 years
Education Level
- CPP Certification preferred but not required.
Salary/Compensations
- $118,980.00 - $195,465.00
Benefits
- Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals
- Skill-building
- Leadership development
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
About the Company
- At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
- As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
Equal Opportunity
- Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
- Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.