Payroll and Payroll Tax Sr Analyst

If you are an experienced payroll and payroll tax professional, Emerson has an exciting opportunity for you! In this role you will act as the expert on pay, tax and accounting configurations.  This position handles confidential data for all active employees in the US using the Oracle software suite. Responsibilities include ensuring timely and accurate filing of payroll taxes and supervising activities ensuring they are compliant. You will have a great deal of contact and cross-functional collaboration with the Total Rewards, Mobility, Accounting and Digital HCM (IT) teams!

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Accountability for W2/W2C generations to reduce issues, optimize filings, reduce interest and penalties, and ensure activities align with regulatory requirements
• Serve as liaison with taxing authorities and partner with Payroll Operations and 3rd party vendors on complex tax issues and tax jurisdiction registrations/de-registrations
• HR support on 401k, W4 and W2 topics including projects, legislative changes, updates and testing activities
• Supervise and regulate payroll tax updates for payroll system in partnership with IT to ensure compliance with tax legislation
• Facilitate root cause analysis for tax issues & coordinate process gap addressment
• Support Mobility team on taxation and payroll process considerations
• Track and manage resolution of payroll issues and risks critical to payroll processing
• Create and maintain a standardized process and taxation treatment for Visa statuses and deceased employees; liaison with AP on annual 1099 activities
• Advisor on payroll taxation for creation/maintenance of deduction and payment types
• Advisor on payroll & payroll tax topics with business partner initiatives
• Support mergers and acquisitions through the management of payroll processing and tax requirements and deductions and earnings configurations in partnership with IT and project team
• Support of divestitures through payroll and tax data support and TSAs adherence in partnership with IT and project team(s)
• Supervise payroll and payroll tax legislation to ensure payroll activities are in compliance
• Process balance adjustments for year-end reporting of cars, clubs, moving and relocations, incentive stock options, financial planning, tuition, gift certificates, etc.
• Supports US Payroll Operations Manager on tasks related to the project plan and execution of year-end and year-begin activities; partnering for successful processing and remittance/reporting
• Continually review departmental operating procedures to optimize efficiency and effectiveness
• Promote an internal customer service orientation through effective policy administration, timely responsiveness to customer needs and appropriate communication
• Responsible for ensuring SLAs are met on inquiries from our employees and payroll partners
• Maintain expertise in the software tools/integrations that are used to manage and maintain accurate payroll and payroll tax processing

Who You Are:   You adjust communication to fit the audience and the message. You establish and maintain customer relationships. You readily adapt to personal, interpersonal, and leadership behavior. You display a can-do demeanor in good and bad times. You take time to ask questions, define the problem and make learning a priority and goal. You reflect on activities while proactively seeking feedback. You acquire data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems. You are confident under pressure, maintaining a positive demeanor and bouncing back from setbacks.
  For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Human Resources, Payroll, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of related work experience with prior project support/leadership experience preferably in a high volume, national Payroll/Finance environment 
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in payroll and tax withholding, remittance and reporting activities preferably in a high volume, national Payroll/Finance environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage sophisticated payroll tax activities including W2 and W2 issuances and return/amended return filings in support of compliance with legislation
• Legal authorization to work in the United States - sponsorship will not be provided for this role. 

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• 8+ years’ of demonstrated experience and subject matter expertise with payroll tax and payroll operations
• Experience with Oracle & ADP Smart Compliance applications desired
• Experience with payroll conversions, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures highly preferred

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