Manager, Payroll Tax & Compliance

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Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Payroll Tax & Compliance to join our Payroll Shared Services Team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Union Payroll & Tax, this role is responsible for leading and optimizing all payroll tax and garnishment activities across multiple companies and divisions. This is a highly visible role where you will provide technical expertise on payroll tax and garnishment-related items, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local tax laws, while driving accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

The Manager, Payroll Tax & Compliance will serve as a trusted advisor, partnering with leadership and external vendors on payroll tax initiatives and will positively interact with employees at all levels of the organization, ensuring exceptional customer experience.

• Lead and oversee the internal payroll tax team and third-party tax and garnishment services vendor to ensure integrity and accuracy of filings of employment taxes and garnishment remittances
• Analyze payroll tax issues and provide recommendations for solutions relating to employee mobility, reciprocal taxation, stock taxation and reporting, employer provided fringe benefits and local taxation
• Monitor, investigate, and resolve tax notices, proactively implementing changes to avoid future issues
• Conduct research, documentation, and testing of new payroll tax laws and regulations, providing compliance recommendations to management
• Coordinate with HR and Payroll Operations on proper taxation of expats and inpatriates
• Plan, maintain, and execute successful year-end tax processing and reporting, and proactively schedule follow-ups with project team
• Create and maintain SOPs, train staff on payroll systems, and ensure policies remain compliant with new laws
• Create and use metrics to benchmark performance and improve processes/team productivity; plan/execute on implementation of process improvement initiatives
• Drive meetings with cross-functional departments to identify and implement process improvements and best practices to drive operational excellence and reduce errors
• Provide support, training, mentoring, and leadership to staff to ensure efficient payroll operation and the team’s ability to meet deadlines
• Ensure payroll tax and garnishment processes comply with SOX requirements and internal policies and with federal, state, and local regulations
• Ensure timely and accurate interpretation, input, and payment of deductions and remittances to federal, state, local and commercial agencies for involuntary/court ordered wages, child support, tax levies and bankruptcy orders
• Ensure all federal, state, and local payroll taxes are correctly withheld, reported, paid, and filed in compliance with laws and regulations
• Reconcile federal, state, and local taxable wages and withholding tax, unemployment tax, and disability insurance tax for multiple U.S. entities; review year-end W-2 balancing

• 7+ years of relevant work experience servicing a large employee population (including a remote workforce) in a multi-state, multi-entity organization
• 7+ years of experience leading and coaching a team of 5+ payroll professionals
• Extensive knowledge of federal, multi-state, and local wage and hour, garnishment, and tax regulations
• Strong knowledge of taxation for expats, inpatriates, fringe benefits, and equity instruments (RSUs, stock options, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Strong service provider and business partner orientation
• Proven ability to build partnerships with leadership, mentor teams, and foster accountability and excellence
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