Senior Payroll Tax Accountant

4 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Northern Trust Full time
About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust is a leading financial institution with a rich history dating back to 1889. We are committed to providing innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions.

Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional service, expertise, and integrity in all aspects of our business.

We are proud to be a Fortune 500 company and a globally recognized leader in the financial industry.


Role/ Department:
Senior Payroll Tax Accountant/ NA Shared Services
This role will be responsible for the overall tax management of the U.S. Payroll and the quarterly/year end processes.

This part of the role will perform quarterly tax reconciliations between Workday and ADP to ensure filings are complete and accurate and monitor all tax notices with ADP to ensure they are resolved in a timely manner.

The role will also research and monitor regulatory and legislative changes to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

The role will assist the payroll team in performing daily payroll activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing including quarterly and year-end tax activities.


The key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Coordinate with the U.S. Payroll team and ADP to perform quarterly reconciliations, filings, amendments, and tax notices
  • Review payroll adjustment requests to ensure proper authorization and compliance with payroll policies, federal, state, and local regulations. Advises team and management of appropriate corrective action when an error occurs.
  • Prepare and/or monitor payroll tax activities and coordinate with Finance to reconcile identified discrepancies including processing/advising on appropriate accounting transactions to balance accounts
  • Assist in performing daily payroll activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing including quarterly and year-end tax activities
  • Analyze existing policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations. Recommends and implements modifications of existing payroll processes to ensure compliance with requirements.
  • Research and monitor regulatory and legislative changes to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations
  • Respond to payroll inquiries to explain pay calculations, adjustments, and impact of policies, tax regulations, and related changes
  • Coordinate with vendors and/or review payroll systems/applications to ensure changes submitted are correctly reflected on the payroll. May be responsible for system/application testing (e.g. WD new releases), as necessary
  • Represent and lead payroll in meetings with internal teams and external vendors (e.g., responsible for direct interaction with committees, management, and internal/external auditors).
  • Acquire knowledge of team members' payroll activities to provide back up support
  • Manage payroll projects/process improvement initiatives
  • Conduct secondary quality reviews of payroll transactions and cross train team members

Skills/Qualifications:

  • 7-10 years of payroll experience required, with a sound payroll tax background
  • Extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local tax regulations
  • Must be familiar with all aspects of payroll processing including payroll production, quarterly reconciliations, garnishments, year-end processing, tax filings, etc.
  • Solid understanding of employment taxes and GL helpful
  • Attention to detail, ability to work independently and collaboratively, strong organizational skills, and deadline driven
  • Workday payroll technical/systems knowledge
  • Proficient with MS office (i.e., Excel)
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement
  • Able to multi-task in a high paced environment
  • Knowledge of other cross functional areas (i.e., HR, Finance, etc.)
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

  • Experience in the financial services industry

Working Model:
Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid)

We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.


Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await.

You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies Build your career with us and apply today.

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Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at .

We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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