Payroll Tax Manager

Payroll Tax Advisory

• Team with global payroll team to review payroll tax calculations and document technical positions.
• Identify opportunities for refunds or de-risk global payroll tax positions.
• Assist in M&A integration to ensure pre and post close payroll tax positions are supported and optimized.
• Team with equity administration group to validate equity withholding and assist with shareholder transaction planning.
• Assist payroll team with global payroll tax communications and responses to employee inquiries.
• Assist other tax team members with payroll tax matters impacting global direct and indirect tax matters, such as gross receipts taxes and business level employer taxes.
• Partner with equity administration team to ensure equity tax reporting is accurately reflected in payroll tax filings and collaborate to solve cross-functional payroll tax matters.

Audit Readiness

• Lead global payroll tax audits (internal and external) by responding to information requests, communicating positions, and remediating identified exposures.
• Assist with global payroll tax policy and implementation.
• Assist accounting team to reconcile payroll tax accounts, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation to support compliance and audit requirements.

Leadership & Cross Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Accounting, Equity Administration, Legal, and Benefits on cross-functional initiatives including employee versus EOR decisions, and new entity creation.
• Participate in M&A due diligence and integration activities to ensure accurate tax setup and reporting.
• Partner with Finance Data Team and other stakeholders to re-imagine the payroll tax reporting process and identify opportunities to build on Databricks technology.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of payroll tax experience.
• Strong knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
• Knowledge of international payroll tax regulations.
• Knowledge of equity compensation tax matters.
• Experience with payroll systems and tax filing platforms (SAP, Netsuite, Workday preferred).
• Experience leveraging automation tools or AI at work.
• Experience with payroll tax audits and negotiating with revenue authorities.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday.
• Experience with mobility tax issues (state to state or country to country).
• Experience in large, complex, multinational organizations.