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full-timeQuality Assurance Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist
Justworks · Tampa, Florida
Justworks provides HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, helping them manage workforce administration and stay compliant with tax and regulatory requirements. In the Quality Assurance Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist role, you will conduct regular payroll tax validations and reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and ensure that reports and supporting records are accurate and complete. You will maintain auditable documentation, validate tax updates before they are loaded into systems, and act as a subject matter expert on federal, state, and local payroll tax issues, often liaising with tax agencies. The role also involves supporting SOX and SOC controls, assisting with audit readiness, and improving internal processes. You will work with internal teams and third‑party vendors, using tools such as SQL to analyze data, validate outcomes, and communicate findings to stakeholders. This position suits a detail‑oriented professional with hands‑on payroll tax compliance experience, strong analytical and investigative skills, comfort working with data and systems, and the ability to collaborate across teams while staying curious about how technology and automation can enhance accuracy and efficiency.
Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are You are a detail-oriented payroll tax compliance professional who enjoys working with numbers, reconciliations, data, and systems to understand what does not add up and make it right. You bring hands-on knowledge of payroll and payroll tax compliance and are comfortable investigating discrepancies from identification through root cause and resolution. You understand the importance of complete, accurate, and well-documented evidence in a highly regulated environment. You exercise sound judgment, work independently, and collaborate effectively across teams, with vendors, and with tax agencies to resolve issues and improve processes. You are curious about how technology, automation, and AI can improve the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of reconciliation, validation, documentation, and reporting. Your Success Profile What You Will Work On Perform Quality Assurance and Compliance Validation Perform and lead recurring payroll tax compliance validations and reconciliations to ensure required reports, exception data, and supporting records are complete and accurate. Investigate discrepancies, determine root causes, coordinate resolution, and confirm that corrections are accurately reflected in applicable systems and reports. Maintain clear, consistent, and auditable documentation of investigations, reconciliation evidence, findings, actions taken, and resolution. Ensure tax updates are validated and successfully uploaded to applicable systems in a timely manner. Serve as a Payroll Tax Compliance Subject Matter Expert Serve as a compliance subject matter expert in troubleshooting payroll and payroll tax issues across federal, state, and local requirements. Use tax authority sources and research tools to support analysis and resolution of payroll tax issues. Interact effectively with state and government tax agencies as needed to research, clarify, and resolve issues. Provide guidance to internal partners and coach teammates on payroll tax compliance, reconciliation, and quality practices. Strengthen Controls and Audit Readiness Support applicable SOX and SOC controls and related evidence requirements for payroll tax systems and processes. Assist with resolving deficiencies identified through audits, compliance validations, or control testing. Document internal processes and controls and identify improvements that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and compliance. Partner with internal and external audit stakeholders as needed to provide clear evidence and support timely issue resolution. Partner Across Systems, Vendors and Teams Act as a liaison between Justworks and third-party vendors to investigate issues, support resolution, and clarify project or system requirements as needed. Coordinate with internal teams on system support, software enhancements, implementations, data conversions, and user acceptance testing that affect payroll tax compliance. Use data and available tools, including SQL where appropriate, to investigate issues, validate outcomes, and support informed decisions. Communicate findings, risks, status, and required actions clearly to stakeholders. Improve Quality and Operational Effectiveness Monitor and report on key compliance and quality metrics and provide meaningful status updates to stakeholders. Identify recurring issues, patterns, and control gaps and recommend practical improvements that address root causes. Use technology, automation, and AI where appropriate to improve reconciliation, validation, documentation, reporting, and overall quality. Exercise independent judgment in day-to-day work and escalate material risks, unresolved issues, or decisions requiring broader input. How You Will Do Your Work As a Quality Assurance Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately results in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes are anchored in the following: Systems Thinking - Understand how payroll tax requirements, data, systems, controls, vendors, and operational processes connect and use that context whe
| Role | Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist |
|---|---|
| Company | Justworks |
| Location | Tampa, Florida |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-22 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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- What is the salary for this role?
- Justworks has not stated compensation in the listing. Check the original posting or ask during the application process.
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- What is the application deadline?
- Justworks has not listed a fixed deadline, so apply early in case the opening is filled.
- How do I apply for the Quality Assurance Payroll Tax Compliance Specialist role?
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