Payroll Tax Analyst (Hybrid position)

NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children’s hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go to nyulangone.org, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Payroll Tax Analyst. 

In this role, the successful candidate as the Payroll Tax Analyst will understand the laws and regulations concerning payroll taxes, payroll administration, and have an overall knowledge of payroll deductions and payroll processing. The Tax analyst must keep accurate records of Federal, State and Local Tax.  They must work closely with our Tax Service provider to ensure all taxes are paid timely and accurately and to work with our treasury department to coordinate funds availability and payment.  They must stay updated on any new states or territories that the Medical Center does business in and ensure we get registered for both tax payments and Unemployment Insurance.  They will be responsible for W2 and 1042 filings at year end by ensuring all adjustments are made and reports balance, and ensure timely submission of these files to our Tax Provider.  The Tax Analyst will prepare monthly metrics to be sent to Payroll Management and the Payroll team for review.

Job Responsibilities:

• Keep abreast of legislative updates that affect payroll/tax regulatory compliance
• Review Federal, State and local payroll tax returns, quarterly estimates, extensions, and final returns to ensure the timely and accurate completion of all reconciliation activities.
• Ensures accurate, timely payroll tax preparation, reconciling the reporting/submission of monthly, quarterly and annual withholding and unemployment returns.
• Audits and reconciles daily payroll reports to daily tax reports ensuring adequate payment of liabilities.
• Provides project management oversight for all phases of the W-2 year end processing, including coordination to ensure year end processing is on schedule.
• Manage tax related tasks for Foreign National employees
• Assists in all tax related audits either internally or externally
• Proactively research and recommend best practices to optimize payroll tax processes
• Continually audit employee tax records in order to identify and fix incorrect tax setups prior to the payroll process
• Maintains relationships with tax vendors
• Researches and responds to questions from the field regarding tax issues
• Assists in system testing software upgrades for all tax updates

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree Required.
3-5 years of relevant experience.
The Payroll Tax Analyst should exhibit sound knowledge of Payroll Practices, Policy and Procedures and exhibit strong research skills.
The tax analyst must have strong written and verbal skills.
They will have the ability to analyze data, identify key trends, and build clear, insightful reports.
The ideal candidate should be able to present this information in a way that highlights actionable insights and supports data-driven decision-making.
Experience in PeopleSoft or other Payroll System reporting is a must.

Preferred Qualifications:
FPC or CPP certification preferred. Understanding of Foreign National taxation and experience in maintaining a third party taxation database for Foreign Nationals preferred.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $58,500 –  $89,888 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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