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Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist

Location: El Segundo, CA

Job Type: contract

Company: IDR

Category: Accounting / Finance

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IDR is seeking a Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist to join one of our top clients for an opportunity in El Segundo, California. This role supports a large, complex payroll environment within a well-established organization and is ideal for a detail-oriented payroll professional with deep multi-state tax expertise. The right candidate will help drive accurate payroll tax compliance, support audits and reporting, and partner across internal teams to ensure payroll operations run smoothly in a hybrid work setting.

Position Overview for the Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist:

• Manage payroll tax compliance activities across federal, state, and local jurisdictions for a large multi-state employee population.
• Serve as a key resource for payroll processing, tax filings, reconciliations, notices, amendments, and year-end reporting.
• Research payroll legislation and apply updated requirements to internal processes, controls, and payroll practices.
• Partner closely with teams across payroll, human resources, accounting, and IT to resolve issues and improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Support a hybrid payroll operation by balancing daily execution, audit readiness, reporting, and continuous process improvement.

Requirements for the Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist:

• 5+ years of payroll processing experience in a high-volume environment.
• Must have direct multi-state payroll filing experience, including federal, state, and local tax filings.
• Hands-on experience with payroll systems such as ADP Workforce Now and strong familiarity with payroll tax notices, reconciliations, and year-end reporting.
• Solid understanding of payroll regulations including FLSA, wage and hour compliance, garnishments, and payroll tax requirements.
• Strong Excel, analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a team-oriented environment.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive compensation package
• Full Benefits; Medical, Vision, Dental, and more!
• Opportunity to get in with an industry leading organization.

Why IDR?

• 25+ Years of Proven Industry Experience in 4 major markets
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• Dedicated Engagement Manager who is committed to you and your success.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Award winner 12 years in a row.

#LI-Hybrid All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. IDR is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. In order to comply with these laws, we invite employees to voluntarily self-identify their race or ethnicity, gender, and veteran status (if applicable). Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement. You may access this form here.

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