Job Title: Tax Analyst, Corporate Payroll
Division: Corporate Payroll
Location: Tampa, FL
Reports To: Manager, Payroll Accounting, Tax & Support
Who We Are:
For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.
L’Oreal USA is excited to announce the establishment of a People Services function, based in Tampa, Florida. The People Services function will take on and centralize critical, operational Human Resources work with a goal of increasing collaboration, leveraging shared knowledge, and creating a more consistent employee experience. Come join our dynamic team and help us elevate the employee journey!
What You Will Contribute:
Provide customer service excellence to the L’Oréal USA employee population. Responsible for all aspects of payroll tax processing and compliance including ability to answer employee inquiries with respect to L’Oréal HR, payroll tax practices in a complex large employer multi-state environment.
- Perform in a capacity of Subject Matter Expert (SME) in various areas assigned by leadership.
- SME Roles include but at not limited to: Taxation, Benefits, Garnishments, Disability, Overpayments, Time Management, Audits, and Reporting
- Maintain SLAs as it relates to employee cases regarding taxable wages, tax withholding and various reporting
- Perform audits to ensure employee tax set up is accurate
- Perform quality review of payroll Specialist & Sr Specialist work – coach and train where necessary.
- Payroll tax reconciliation and audits
- Investigate and resolve variances between ADP Vantage, Strada, and ADP SmartCompliance
- Review, audit, and answer investigations related to Tax Notices
- Interpret internal and external payroll and time & labor laws, policies, and practices to ensure tax withholding compliance
- Administer pay cycle batch data input to payroll system for adjustments to taxable wage and tax withholding
- Audit and tie out W2s with employee pay statements
- Check, audit, and maintain tax knowledge as it pertains to employee wages and taxes
- Participate in the audits as requested by internal and external Compliance and Audit teams
. - Answer employee/leadership incoming calls, cases and emails within the established SLAs as it relates to taxation
- Perform various testing on pay codes, system configuration, and projects
- Reconcile and maintain quarterly tax processing including amendments and W-2c’s
- New tax type and jurisdiction setup as necessary
- Contact with various taxing jurisdictions during research and resolution of employee tax issues and company level tax notices
- Any additional duties as assigned by leadership
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What We Are Looking For:
Required Qualifications:
- HS diploma or equivalent coupled with 5 plus years’ experience in the payroll profession.
- Multi-state large employer experience
- Extensive payroll & time system knowledge
- Proficient in MS Office applications specifically excel
- Physical in-office presence
- Self-starter mentality
- Flexible work schedule to accommodate employees on the West Coast
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced complex deadline-oriented environment.
- Experience in Lean Six Sigma organizations
- You may be expected to travel to Berkeley Heights, NJ up to 20% of your time during the first year of your employment at L'Oreal USA
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) and/or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)
- ADP Vantage Payroll, ADP SmartCompliance, and Strada
What’s In It For You:
- Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
- Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
- Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
- Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
- Learning & Development Opportunities for Career Progression (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
- Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
- Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
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