Senior Payroll Tax Specialist

Labcorp has an incredible impact on millions of lives worldwide. Be a part of this life-saving work and help improve patients' lives while growing your career. 

The Senior Payroll Tax Specialist oversees and manages balancing, registration, etc. for a number of FEIN, state, and local tax jurisdictions. This includes complex tax related queries and solutions, as well as administering from a systems perspective.

The incumbent is responsible to ensure adherence to legislation and regulatory compliance as well as Labcorp Global Standards.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Workday end to end payroll processing experience
• Test execution experience, familiarity and ability to navigate throughout Workday
• Data entry skill within Workday
• ADP SmartCompliance knowledge
• Upload tax documents onto SmartCompliance portal (such as agency notifications, POA paperwork, etc)
• Research and complete Tax Filing Rejections
• Work with ADP on correcting Periodic errors/rejects.
• Complete POA’s when needed
• Research, Submit and Balance Amendments as needed
• Workday reporting familiarity, payroll controls/validations
• Balancing weekly, quarterly and annual tax jurisdiction, processing and filings
• Weekly Auditing of tax elections
• Auditing payroll processing results
• Balancing W-2's
• Creating W-2c's
• Analyze documents.
• Maintaining logs/records
• Moving money when needed between jurisdictions.
• Researching inquiries
• Completion of ad hoc projects and tasks, as required.
• Setting up, updating or closing tax jurisdictions in ADP  Smart Compliance
• Setting up, updating or inactivating jurisdictions in Workday
• Communicate with tax jurisdiction to obtain account numbers needed for state, sui, locals.
• Responding to HR or employee inquiries on the HR Central portal
• Participate in internal and external audits when requested.
• Perform several advanced excel calculations in order to assist with required balancing after each weekly/biweekly payroll processing to ensure taxation is set up correctly within Workday.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of payroll experience
• Excellent Excel skills
• Attention to detail.
• Systems experience, preferably Workday and ADP SmartCompliance
• Good time management and prioritization skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Proven payroll experience
• Payroll certification is desirable but not required.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Accounting or equivalent education.

All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. 
 

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information, please click here. 

Application Window closes 4/28/2025

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

As an EOE/AA employer, Labcorp strives for diversity and inclusion in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications of the individual and do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy or other medical conditions/needs), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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