Payroll Tax Compliance Analyst

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity.

Corporate Human Resources plays an integral role in designing, implementing, and managing global initiatives across the firm. The functional areas within Corporate HR include global Recruiting, Training, Talent and Development, Career Management, Diversity, Compensation, Benefits, Employee Relations, Technology, Finance and HR Service Delivery ( HRSD). Our Human Resource professionals within these areas are among the most talented and innovative in the industry. They take a proactive approach to identifying and proposing solutions to organizational challenges, often working side by side with business managers to attract, manage and retain high-potential talent. Through a focus on continuous improvement and long-term success, Corporate HR helps refine our corporate culture, define our firm wide vision and reinforce our reputation as a world-class employer.

Global Human Resources Service Delivery (HRSD) is a best-in-class, Global HR Service Delivery organization of approximately 658 people, servicing the entire global population of JPMC, currently totaling over 260,000 employees worldwide, in 63 countries. In addition to ensuring our employees are paid on time, HRSD provides vital services in the area of HR Risk Management, accessHR, Workforce Analytics (Surveys) and On/Off boarding employees. Our efforts are focused on supporting the firm to achieve its strategic priorities by leveraging these core principles that define the group's culture and provide the basis for planning and decision-making in all areas: Superior Employee Experience; Operational Excellence; Efficient Global Coverage and Commitment to our People.

The North American Payroll team services the Americas' countries with primary oversight for payroll operations including all facets of downstream support.

Position Summary
Provide tax compliance support to ensure employees are correctly taxed for payroll payments and wage and tax is reconciled quarterly/annually for all tax jurisdictions. Pro-actively identifies any potential tax issues. Remain current on all federal, state and local payroll tax updates. Manage and monitor tax cases to completion, to ensure the service level agreement time frames are maintained while satisfying the client's needs, the first time. Participate in projects involving tax compliance.

Essential Functions
· Create and run queries in PeopleSoft when needed to ensure that data is correct
· Process employee tax balance adjustments in PeopleSoft
· Resolve tax errors for on-cycle, off-cycle payrolls and expatriate tax data from file loads
· Participate in system testing of ad hoc initiatives and implementation of PeopleSoft tax updates & System Enhancements which includes quality control review of table changes resulting from Tax Patch updates
· Ensure case resolution remains within the service level agreement
· Perform Quarterly and Annual Reconciliations between Tax Liability, Deposits, W2/W3
· Perform data analysis for all out of balances identified on reconciliations for required resolution
· Research and resolve all incoming tax correspondence from taxing jurisdictions
· Ability to compile data for tax audits (Tax returns, etc.)
· Direct communication with tax agencies and tax service provider, ADP
· Actively participate in Merger and Acquisitions, End of Year activities, and other projects requiring tax expertise

Desired profile

· 2-3 years Payroll Tax Experience (multi FEIN/State/Local)
· 2-3 years experience with PeopleSoft & PeopleSoft Query
· Strong analytical and technical skills (Tax and Financial)
· Requires extreme attention to details and the ability to follow through and resolve outstanding issues
· Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment with changing initiatives
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels of management
· Advanced PC skills, including MS Windows & Office Suite (Pivot Table & Charting experience required)
· Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, strong client focus
· Demonstrated leadership skills
· Flexible and adaptable to ongoing changes, to ensure success for the greater good of the entire HRSD global family
· Must be flexible with extended hours that maybe required during critical deadlines