[Remote] Payroll Tax Operations Associate

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Intuit is a leading financial software company, and they are seeking a Payroll Tax Operations Associate to perform a full range of payroll tax functions. The role involves balancing accounts, completing payroll tax filings, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations.


Responsibilities

  • Understand and differentiate between different payroll tax types and tax payment methods
  • Navigation of internal systems including Salesforce, PSP, CS, Public Login, QuickBase, Sentinel, Case360, SuperForms, and Google Drive
  • Understand deposit and filing frequency requirements, including semi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually to meet agency compliance requirements
  • Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to accurately process tax filings, casework, agency filing website, and apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills when procedure isn't documented
  • Calculate, validate, and remit hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax payments in a responsible way to eliminate financial risk
  • Efficient in Excel and/or Google Sheets to manually balance hundreds of thousands of dollars to determine payroll calculations for tax filings
  • Understand and appropriately apply payroll item taxation for multiple state and federal jurisdictions to mathematically determine if wage and tax amounts are balanced in customer account and tax filings
  • Process payroll and tax filings with a high attention to detail to ensure accurate reporting and taxation to reduce the risk of tax notices
  • Utilize existing knowledge and resources to support multiple payroll departments
  • Independently Manage Work In Progress (WIP) and prioritize daily processes in accordance with client and agency requirements
  • Effectively self-manage time and workload to meet deadlines
  • Effective verbal and written communication through email, Slack, and virtual meetings
  • Use available resources to problem-solve and know when to seek additional help
  • Identify errors, process gaps, or areas for efficiency and communicate to team leads
  • Review others’ work for accuracy and compliance
  • Participate in department projects/pilots for process improvements

Skills

  • Foundational knowledge of payroll required
  • Deliver in all aspects of work by providing excellent customer service to delight clients
  • Can use documented knowledge, tools, SOPs, and problem-solving skills to solve casework and escalates issues when appropriate
  • Ability to meet productivity and quality standards
  • Experience with intermediate Microsoft Excel functions
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Intermediate computer skills, including 10-key, typing, and keyboard shortcuts
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 2+ years of previous payroll, tax preparation, bookkeeping, or accounting experience
  • Prior working knowledge of QuickBooks or Intuit payroll products
  • Payroll tax payment and filing experience
  • Post-secondary payroll education completed or in progress

Benefits

  • Cash bonus
  • Equity rewards
  • Benefits

Company Overview

  • Intuit provides financial software solutions to empower individuals and businesses. It was founded in 1983, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.intuit.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Intuit has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 693 in 2025, 550 in 2024, 586 in 2023, 842 in 2022, 773 in 2021, 514 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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