Payroll Tax Specialist

May 27, 2026

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<h2>We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. </h2><h2></h2><h2>To start a career that is out of the ordinary, please apply...</h2><h2>Job Details</h2>Payroll Tax SpecialistLocation: Remote in North CarolinaAbout the companyKantar, the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote, and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies. Kantar’s people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world.About the Role:Reporting directly to the Payroll Manager you would join a team of 2 members that manages the payroll operations for about 1,000 employees across 42 states within United States and across 4 pay groups. The position involves overseeing all payroll tax procedures, which can vary in size and complexity, while ensuring strict adherence to policy, compliance, and legislation. Effective communication skills are essential for collaborating with payroll providers, internal business partners, revenue authorities, and other third parties.Key responsibilities:<ul><li>Reconciles assigned companies' quarter-to-date and year-to-date wages and taxes to ensure accurate tax reporting.</li><li>Monitors all payroll tax activity and is a primary liaison for tax support.</li><li>Accountable for detailed analysis of all payrolls or Master data-related entries that impact the accuracy of tax withholding or reporting.</li><li>Prepare and submit accurate and timely payroll tax reports to relevant authorities.</li><li>Ensure the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of all tax filings, amendments and reporting including W-2s and W-2c’s.</li><li>Stay abreast of federal, state, and local tax regulations and ensure compliance in all payroll processes.</li><li>Investigate and resolve payroll tax discrepancies or issues promptly.</li><li>Provide guidance to internal teams on payroll tax-related matters.</li><li>Responsible for recording, monitoring, and resolving all agency tax notices and tracers with 3rd party provider and government agencies, validating of all agency responses.</li><li>Perform detailed jurisdictional reconciliations for internal and external audits.</li><li>Create advanced ad-hoc reporting to support internal and external functions.</li><li>Lead Year-End processing and closing.</li><li>Approve LATAM & North America payrolls</li></ul> Role requirements<ul><li>4+ years of experience in processing US Payroll AND Payroll tax.</li><li>Experience with ADP (EV6 in particular) & ADP Smart Compliance</li><li>Experience with Workday is an added advantage.</li><li>Ability to prioritize, multitask, and meet tight deadlines.</li><li>Good communication skills</li><li>Accuracy and attention to detail</li><li>Demonstrate ability to work independently in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment</li></ul>Why join Kantar?We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.Privacy and Legal StatementPRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring managerThe salary range for this role in North Carolina is between $51,000-$59,000 Annual. Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disabilityKantar Rewards StatementAt Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes. Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.LocationNorth Carolina, Work from HomeUnited States of AmericaKantar Rewards StatementAt Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes. Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

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