Payroll Tax Specialist (Temporary – Remote)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential e-commerce organization in a focused temporary engagement to resolve a backlog of payroll tax amendments and notices. This is a 60-day remote contract for an experienced payroll tax professional who can work independently from day one—researching discrepancies across Oracle HCM and ADP Tax Filing systems, calculating correct federal, state, and local tax liability, and driving each item to confirmed resolution.

This is not a training role. Our client needs someone who has prepared 941-X amendments and multi-state corrected returns in a multi-FEIN environment and can triage agency notices within statutory response windows.

Responsibilities

• Analyze prior-period payroll tax discrepancies across federal, state, and local jurisdictions and prepare corrected filings—including federal 941-X amendments, state amended returns, and local corrections
• Calculate correct tax liability, over/under-withholding variances, penalties, and interest; coordinate with ADP SmartCompliance to submit amended returns and confirm agency receipt
• Triage and resolve open agency tax notices, preparing written responses within statutory response windows and escalating any items approaching penalty or lien risk
• Coordinate W-2C preparation with HR, Oracle, ADP, and the Social Security Administration, and confirm amended returns match corrected W-2C amounts
• Document root cause and resolution for each item to build institutional knowledge for the permanent team

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on payroll tax experience, including at least 3 years focused specifically on amendment processing and tax notice resolution in a multi-state, multi-FEIN environment
• Direct, hands-on experience preparing federal 941-X filings and multi-state amended returns in ADP SmartCompliance, with the ability to independently calculate liability, variance, penalty, and interest
• Working knowledge of state income tax withholding, SUI, SDI, and PFML across multiple jurisdictions
• Local jurisdiction experience (e.g., Pennsylvania PSD codes, Kentucky local occupational taxes, Ohio local tax structures) strongly preferred
• Oracle HCM/USOPTE experience strongly preferred; at minimum, ability to review Oracle tax records and trace discrepancies to source
• CPP or FPC credential preferred, along with prior experience in a large-employer (10,000+), high-volume payroll tax environment

How We Work with You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will conduct an initial screen to confirm your amendment and notice-resolution experience, then submit qualified profiles to the client for final interview. Do not contact the client directly. All communication and offer negotiation will flow through our talent team.

Pay

This is a temporary, remote contract role based in the USA. Our client has communicated a pay structure; specific compensation details will be shared during the screening process and are competitive with the multi-state payroll tax amendment market.

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