Tax Analyst - PEO

Introduction

About Remote

Remote is building the infrastructure that makes global payroll and employment possible for everyone, everywhere. Our team is made up of people who want to own a piece of that work, not just contribute to it. That work happens across six continents, only Antarctica left to go, entirely remote. It also requires real fluency with AI in every role, not just familiarity with it.

Our standards are high, and the ownership is total. You'll have the trust and space to find your own way to the best answer, and the support to see it through, because that's how we build things that actually work at this scale. In return, your career grows faster, because at Remote, growth is tied to results. We're founded on the principle that where someone lives should never limit what they can achieve, and we operate exactly that way.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Tax Operations & Account Management:

• Manage payroll-related state tax registrations and account maintenance, including employment tax and workers’ compensation accounts, with federal and state tax agencies to support employer onboarding and ongoing compliance.
• Perform daily tax-related operations, including tax filing, account setup, and issue resolution with government tax authorities.
• Provide constructive feedback to internal teams and government agencies to ensure accurate and timely tax registrations and account maintenance.
• Review and resolve inbound escalations related to tax issues, such as registration errors, registration challenges, and agency communications.
• Must have U.S. payroll experience to understand compliance requirements in a PEO environment.

Strategic Tax Planning & Process Improvement:

• Develop and execute tax operations strategies that streamline registration processes and tax filings.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements in tax registration workflows, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborate with R&D to automate tax registration and reporting processes, improving customer onboarding efficiency.

Compliance & Tax Quality Assurance:

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations, including timely and accurate tax registrations and submissions.
• Establish and maintain high-quality assurance standards for tax-related operations, ensuring accuracy in tax data and reporting.

Stakeholder Communication & Reporting:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for federal and state tax agencies, ensuring effective communication, prompt issue resolution, and maintaining strong agency relationships.
• Communicate agency tax-related updates and insights with internal stakeholders, generating reports on tax filings, registration status, and compliance metrics.
• Utilize internal software tools to analyze customer tax data, providing necessary insights to sales teams for tax-related aspects of customer proposals and engagements.

Requirements

• Experience:
• Proven experience in supervising operations, ideally in a payroll or similar environment.
• Strong project management skills with a track record of leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Skills:
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and team-building abilities.
• High level of comfort with technology and ability to work in a fast-paced, remote environment.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Other:
• Ability to work autonomously and make decisions with minimal supervision.
• Passion for building new business lines and driving growth.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Experience working remotely is preferred but not required.
• Ability to work U.S. hours (flexibility for Pacific time zone - PST + Eastern standard time - EST)
• Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Finance Manager (PEO)
• Team: Finance - Tax
• Location: United States
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with team members (no managers present)
3. Interview with future manager
4. Interview with General Manager (PEO)
5. Interview with VP of Tax
6. Bar Raiser Interview
7. Prior employment verification check

Compensation

$74,750 to $84,100

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay locally competitive rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hire globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The interviewer will share further details with the candidate on the more restricted pay range for the role in line with their specific location. The individual pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, internal parity, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is $74,750 to $84,100.