Lead, Payroll Tax

Location: Rockville, Maryland, United States; hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements. Salary range for Rockville, MD: $96,600–$172,800 annually. The position may also be performed in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Jericho, Jersey City, Philadelphia, New York, Tysons, Washington, Woodbridge, Connecticut, or Washington State according to the listed location-specific salary ranges.

Salary: $96,600–$172,800 annually for Rockville, MD; other location-specific ranges are listed in the posting.

Company

hirify.global is a securities regulator focused on investor protection and market integrity.

What you will do

• Manage federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance, including withholding, unemployment taxes, tax accounts, employee tax treatment, and multi-state and local tax setups.
• Validate payroll tax files, resolve exceptions, coordinate funding and filings, manage agency correspondence and registrations, and resolve employee tax inquiries.
• Analyze payroll tax issues involving multi-jurisdictional withholding, work-location changes, tax exceptions, agency discrepancies, Workday configuration, and root-cause remediation.
• Monitor payroll tax law changes, assess operational impacts, and coordinate approved configuration and process updates with Payroll management and stakeholders.
• Lead quarter-end, year-end, annual filing, audit, W-2, W-2-C, reconciliation, fringe benefit, and compensation-related reporting activities.
• Lead payroll-tax projects and system upgrade workstreams, maintain SOPs and controls, provide technical guidance to payroll staff, prepare GL reconciliations and journal entries, and support payroll processing and control testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, plus six years of directly applicable multi-jurisdictional payroll and payroll tax compliance experience.
• Advanced knowledge of federal, state, and local employment tax requirements, multi-jurisdictional withholding, payroll tax compliance, and related operational practices.
• Workday Payroll processing experience.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to conduct thorough tax research and communicate findings and recommendations.
• Exemplary verbal and written communication and customer service skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and electronic tax research tools.
• Ability to self-direct and manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to collaborate in person and virtually and demonstrate hirify.global's values.

Nice to have

• ADP/Smart Compliance experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence and extended hours as needed.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, long-term care, legal, and business travel accident insurance options.
• 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for an additional hirify.global-funded retirement contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
• Paid time off starting at 15 days, up to 25 days with tenure, plus personal days, sick days, volunteer days, paid holidays, and other paid leave.
• Employees must comply with hirify.global investment and securities account restrictions, financial disclosure requirements, confidentiality and invention assignment obligations, and the nepotism policy.