Senior Payroll & Tax Analyst

🔥 12 hours ago

🇦🇷 Argentina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Assurant

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1892

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💸 Finance

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-02

Consulting • Logistics • Finance

Assurant is a global company specializing in providing consumer-centric support and protection services. With a presence in over 21 countries across regions like North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific, Assurant helps over 300 million consumers through services like technology protection, claims resolution, and financial services. The company emphasizes innovation, remote work opportunities, and global collaboration, with teams skilled in technology, claims, customer service, and finance. Assurant offers a competitive benefits package and is committed to equal employment opportunities and work-life balance.

📋 Description

• Provide inquiry support by phone, email, and chat/IM to managers, employees, and retirees regarding payroll policies and processes • Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements • Audit, reconcile, and validate payroll transactions, earnings, deductions, taxes, and employee master data • Research, analyze, and resolve complex payroll issues and escalations • Support payroll processing for multi-state and multiple-entity environments • Maintain payroll controls and ensure compliance with SOX and internal control requirements • Perform payroll reconciliations, balancing activities, and variance analyses • Develop payroll reports, metrics, and analytics • Support payroll system implementations, upgrades, integrations, testing, and process improvements • Manage complex payroll situations including garnishments, leave payments, termination payments, executive compensation, deferred compensation, bonuses, incentives, and equity compensation transactions • Process ACH transactions, stop payments, reversals, and payroll funding activities • Support year-end payroll activities, including W-2 preparation and reconciliation • Ensure data integrity and accuracy across payroll systems • Use advanced Excel and reporting tools to identify trends, anomalies, and improvement opportunities • Support federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance • Assist with payroll tax filings, deposits, reconciliations, amendments, and year-end reporting • Research and resolve payroll tax notices, agency inquiries, and compliance issues • Review employee tax setup, withholding configurations, and jurisdiction assignments • Monitor legislative and regulatory changes and support required updates • Partner with tax vendors, government agencies, Finance, HR, Legal, and external auditors • Serve as a key payroll tax contact with ADP and government agencies • Identify and implement payroll process improvements through standardization, automation, and technology • Use Power Automate, workflow technologies, and AI-enabled solutions to reduce manual effort • Participate in payroll transformation and continuous improvement initiatives • Lead payroll and payroll tax process improvement initiatives • Document payroll policies, procedures, and controls • Support UAT, parallel testing, production validation, and payroll system changes • Develop and execute payroll testing strategies • Support acquisitions, integrations, and organizational change initiatives affecting payroll • Train, mentor, and guide payroll team members

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of US payroll experience in a large, complex multi-state organization supporting multiple FEINs • 3+ years of payroll tax compliance experience • Experience with US payroll operations • Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll taxes • Knowledge of wage and hour laws • Knowledge of payroll accounting principles • Knowledge of SOX compliance and internal controls • Knowledge of equity compensation and executive compensation programs • Experience researching and resolving payroll tax notices, audits, and agency inquiries • Experience performing payroll reconciliations, audits, and compliance testing • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, pivot tables, advanced formulas, and reporting • Advanced analytical skills, including interpreting large data sets, variance analysis, trend identification, and actionable recommendations • Ability to leverage AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines • Proficiency with payroll systems such as Workday, ADP, UKG, SAP, Oracle, or similar • Strong project support capabilities, including requirements gathering, testing, implementation, and change management • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred • Experience with global payroll operations is preferred • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) is preferred • Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, SQL, or data visualization tools is preferred • Experience supporting payroll transformations, system implementations, or process redesign initiatives is preferred • Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management, or Agile experience is preferred • Experience leveraging AI technologies to improve operational efficiency and reporting is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time employment • Virtual interviews conducted on video • Identity verification process and privacy protections • Opportunity to work for a Fortune 500 global business services company • Assurant culture recognized as a Best/Great Place to Work in 14 countries • Opportunities to contribute to innovative solutions and connected-world services