Payroll Tax Engineer

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🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Puzzle 🧩🚀

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11 - 50 employees

💸 Finance

☁️ SaaS

💳 Fintech

Finance • SaaS • Fintech

Puzzle 🧩🚀 is a modern accounting platform designed for the AI era, providing smart accounting solutions for startups, founders, and accounting firms. It offers real-time financial insights, automatic bookkeeping, and tax compliance tools, all integrated with popular financial technologies like Stripe and Brex. Puzzle automates repetitive accounting tasks, enabling users to focus on financial planning and strategic decision-making. By supporting day-one tax compliance and offering an ecosystem of partner services, Puzzle enhances the financial management experience and supports business growth. It is particularly advantageous for startups seeking to streamline financial operations and reduce reliance on traditional software like QuickBooks.

📋 Description

• Conduct audits of employee tax configurations, including address-based jurisdiction assignments and tax rate validations • Review new hire records and address changes to ensure correct tax codes are applied • Evaluate earnings and deductions for proper taxability and W-2 mapping • Review client data to identify missing or inactive tax jurisdictions • Manage and process tax registrations for state/local withholding, unemployment, and specialty taxes • Track registration statuses and proactively prevent disruptions to vendor filings • Monitor system configuration to validate ongoing compliance • Partner with Payroll Engineers to ensure client payrolls use accurate tax data • Research tax codes, jurisdiction rules, and agency requirements • Support year-end W-2 balancing and reconciliation • Assist with identifying and processing W-2c adjustments • Generate client-facing diagnostic reports highlighting risk areas and recommended actions

🎯 Requirements

• 3 or more years of experience in payroll tax, compliance, or payroll system configuration preferred • Deep understanding of U.S. payroll tax structures at federal, state, and local levels • Familiarity with tax registration processes and agency communications • Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, conditional formatting, etc.) • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy • Clear written and verbal communication skills • Ability to manage multiple clients and competing deadlines • Experience with major payroll systems (Dayforce, ADP, Paylocity, etc.) • Working knowledge of W-2 structures, W-2c corrections, and payroll year-end processes • Experience using Smartsheet, ticketing systems, or process tracking tools • Bloomberg Tax, CCH, or other research tool experience is a plus • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer • Must be able to move up to 15 pounds at times • Must be able to participate in video conferences/meetings

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role