# Payroll Tax Manager

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $129k – $221k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Payroll Tax, Us Payroll Tax Regulations, International Payroll Tax, Equity Compensation Tax, SAP, NetSuite, Workday, Tax Audits, M&A Integration, Automation Tools, AI
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> The Payroll Tax Manager serves as the internal expert on global payroll taxes, advising payroll, equity, HR, and accounting teams on regulations, positions, policy, and risk. They lead audits, support M&A, ensure compliance, and collaborate cross-functionally to optimize reporting and minimize exposures.

## Job Description

## 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.

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