Payroll Tax Accountant (Mid/Senior)

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$111,600 - $136,656 Annually

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Tax Accountant to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.  You will be responsible for the preparation, analysis, maintenance, and review of complex institutional accounting, financial, and tax reporting information. This position is in the General Accounting & Tax Compliance division of the Finance Department in the Office of the CFO.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.

You Will

• Reconcile, adjust, and verify the preparation and the filing of Laboratory payroll tax returns with a third-party provider, including federal and multi-state withholding taxes for employees in many states and multiple tax jurisdictions.
• Provide lead oversight and maintain the engagement relationship with the payroll tax third party filing provider and the Laboratory’s Payroll group.
• Ensure compliance with payroll tax regulations and laws.  
• Serve as a Tax liaison for taxing authorities as it pertains to payroll tax and to participate and lead as appropriate on long-term projects requiring analysis and complex solutions to payroll tax-related problems and recommendations and implementation for appropriate courses of action.
• Independently initiate, research and respond to questions concerning federal and state withholding issues. Prepare position papers and recommendations.
• Maintain the Laboratory's Employee Foreign National Tax Program which includes reviewing, applying, monitoring, and advising foreign national employees on applicable tax treaties and other tax withholding issues. Review foreign national employee population for proper tax treatment.  Coordinate the independent foreign national tax database with the Lab’s internal Payroll program. Prepare and file the annual 1042 with the IRS.
• Advise and provide analysis and research on other areas of tax expertise and experience for institutional or partnership tax including but not limited to sales tax, property tax, expatriate tax, partnership tax, or other state, local or federal tax. 
• Reconcile tax account balance sheet ledger accounts and prepare journal entries.  Participate in complex analysis requiring interpretation of accounting data while advising and formulating recommendations for proper accounting and tax treatment.
• Assist with audits related to payroll tax compliance.
• Prepare various ad hoc reports.
• Perform other assigned duties.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or equivalent combination of related experience, education, and training in the finance/accounting/tax field.
• Demonstrated complete knowledge and understanding of payroll tax regulations and compliance, and accounting theory.
• Experience preparing and filing multi-state payroll tax returns; experience in tax research and interpretation of tax laws.
• Significant experience applying problem-solving and analytical skills to solve complex issues requiring mature judgment, discretion and tact, and ability to successfully negotiate desirable outcomes and experience making effective and timely decisions.
• Significant experience researching, compiling, and analyzing comp