Contract Payroll Specialist

Interim Payroll Tax Specialist – RemoteJob Type: Interim/ContractLocation: Fully RemoteCompensation: $40 per hour Position OverviewA publicly traded healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Interim Payroll Tax Specialist to support payroll-tax auditing, reconciliation, and remediation during a transition from Workday to ADP.The organization supports a diverse, multistate workforce that includes member services representatives, case managers, care coordinators, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, claims examiners, auditors, and corporate employees.The ideal candidate has hands-on payroll-processing experience combined with strong multistate payroll-tax expertise. This role will focus primarily on identifying discrepancies, confirming that taxes are properly matched and allocated, and helping establish accurate data for the transition to ADP. Key Responsibilities

• Audit federal, state, and local payroll-tax calculations, allocations, and payments.
• Identify payroll-tax discrepancies and determine their underlying causes.
• Reconcile payroll-tax records between Workday, third-party tax systems, general ledger data, and agency records.
• Review employer tax identification numbers, state registrations, agency accounts, and unemployment-insurance setups across multiple states.
• Confirm that employee wages and taxes are assigned to the correct states and local jurisdictions.
• Research and resolve missing, unmatched, or incorrectly allocated payroll-tax transactions.
• Assist with payroll-tax cleanup and data validation ahead of the transition from Workday to ADP.
• Review time-and-attendance information when needed to validate taxable wages and work locations.
• Work with payroll, finance, HR, and external payroll-tax providers to resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain clear audit documentation and support applicable SOX controls.
• Track open tax issues through resolution and provide regular status updates.
• Assist with payroll processing and other payroll-related activities as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Payroll Tax Specialist, Payroll Analyst, Payroll Administrator, or similar payroll professional.
• Hands-on experience processing payroll.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll-tax requirements.
• Experience supporting multistate payroll and researching state-specific tax issues.
• Experience auditing and reconciling payroll taxes.
• Working knowledge of state employer identification numbers, unemployment-insurance accounts, and payroll-tax agency registrations.
• Experience using Workday Payroll.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyze detailed payroll data.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple open issues in a fully remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADP payroll-tax services or payroll-tax implementations.
• Experience supporting a Workday-to-ADP transition.
• Familiarity with third-party payroll-tax filing and settlement providers.
• Experience working in a publicly traded or SOX-controlled environment.
• Experience with payroll for healthcare, insurance, care-management, or software organizations.

What Success Looks LikeThe successful candidate will quickly assess the current payroll-tax setup, identify state and jurisdictional discrepancies, reconcile outstanding issues, and help ensure accurate payroll-tax data and controls during the transition to ADP.We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.