US Payroll Tax Compliance Researcher - HROP - San Jose

Team Introduction

The HROP Payroll Ops team strives to be the trusted partner to the employees as we respect and value their opinions and honoring our promise in handling sensitive data with integrity. We are committed to innovation in continuous systematization and process optimization to achieve our full potential and we endeavor to provide a positive end-to-end employee experience in salary and benefit processing.



We aspire to be the leading payroll ops team by providing excellent support to the employees in our industry in order for them to excel in their career. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate, highly independent, self-driven with a growth mindset and is keen on accepting challenges yet remain humble with the aim of learning and growing with the team.



Responsibilities:

- Proactively monitor payroll related compliance and regulatory updates at a federal and state tax level, communicate their impact on business and payroll operations and update policies accordingly;

- Ensure payroll operations comply with all relevant labor, tax and other laws (as required);

- Develop and maintain country-level payroll compliance white papers covering statutory payroll, employment tax, social security, and reporting requirements;

- Translate regulatory changes into clear, country-specific operational guidance, process updates, system and control improvements;

- Provide compliance input to support payroll system development, implementation and automation;

- Coordinate with and, where appropriate, engage with state tax authorities and regulatory bodies;

- Partner with HR Technology, Product Team and Legal to develop and/or enhance existing payroll systems to meet payroll compliance requirements;

- Manage audits, compliance reviews and regulatory enquiries across the region.