# Payroll Tax Specialist

**Company**: Capital One
**Location**: Richmond, VA
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $56,800 - $64,800
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

The Payroll Tax Specialist delivers on critical payroll activities, including accurate tax/garnishment setup in the Workday payroll system, state/local tax account maintenance, and overall compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities:

- Performs daily tasks related to payroll tax, including federal and state tax form entry, payroll/tax adjustments, tax variance identification, tax reconciliation, and payroll input as needed

- Ability to complete a gross pay to net pay payroll calculation outside of the payroll system and explain to associates with questions about their pay

- Ability to determine the correct local taxation for an associate based on home and work location

- Reviews payroll system output for errors and makes necessary corrections in the system

- Assists other Capital One HR partners as required to resolve errors and maintain or update accurate information in the payroll system

- Assists HR Help Center representatives in handling and following up on inquiries related to payroll tax

- Provides additional information and guidance to associates with questions concerning their taxes

- Handles telephone calls and inquiries requiring detailed knowledge about the end-to-end payroll process at Capital One

- Performs a variety of regularly scheduled and ad-hoc audits of the payroll data to maintain compliance with established standards

- Assists in year-end W2 reporting and preparation

Basic Qualifications/Experience:

- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

- At least 1 year of payroll experience or at least 1 year of accounting experience

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

- Associate degree

- 1+ years of payroll tax experience

- Experience with multi-state payroll (5,000+ employees)

- 1+ Local Tax Experience

- Understanding of the gross to net calculation, including pre/post-tax deductions and taxable benefits

- Familiarity with pay and benefit programs

- Strong math skills

- Strong verbal and written communications

- Professional certification such as FPC or CPP

- Experience with case management systems

- Experience with Workday HR System

- Experience with ADP Smart Compliance

- Demonstrated customer service skills, attention to detail, and decision-making skills

- Accustomed to a fast-paced environment

- Strong desire to grow and learn

## Skills

### Required
- payroll tax
- Workday HR System
- ADP Smart Compliance

### Nice to have
- Associate degree
- payroll tax experience
- multi-state payroll experience
- local tax experience
- FPC or CPP certification
- case management systems
- customer service skills

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