Your Job
The US Payroll Tax Analyst will deliver end-to-end US payroll tax support across multiple Koch entities, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timely filings. You will be a key contributor to payroll tax operations—handling registrations, reconciliations, notices, and year-end activities—while partnering with internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve processes and mitigate tax risk.
Our Team
Global Payroll & Tax is a core part of Koch HRS Payroll within HR Solutions India. We provide centralized, expert payroll tax services for Koch and affiliated entities (e.g., Molex, Georgia‑Pacific, Guardian, Infor), collaborating daily with payroll providers, HR, and business partners to ensure seamless tax compliance.
What You Will Do
- Own and drive accurate, timely federal, state and local payroll tax compliance and filings (including Forms 941, 940, state unemployment/withholding/disability returns), ensuring deadlines and regulatory expectations are met.
- Proactively monitor tax law changes, research technical issues, and translate guidance into process improvements that reduce risk and increase efficiency.
- Maintain and secure company tax registrations, EFTPS credentials, and state withholding accounts to ensure uninterrupted tax operations.
- Lead year‑end tax activities (W-2, 1099), validating source data and coordinating distribution to deliver a reliable employee experience.
- Partner cross-functionally—with ADP, HR, supervisors and employees—to resolve tax notices, validate employee work/location changes, and ensure accurate multi-state withholding.
- Ensure SUI tax rates and state-specific settings are validated and maintained in payroll systems (SAP, ADP), reducing leakage and reconciliation exceptions.
- Serve as a responsive, trusted advisor to employees and HR teams on payroll tax inquiries, using clear communication to explain complex tax outcomes.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of hands‑on payroll tax experience supporting a multinational or large U.S. employer.
- Solid working knowledge of U.S. employment taxes (federal/state/local withholding, FIT, SIT, FUTA, SUTA), deposit and filing processes.
- Experience using payroll and HR systems such as ADP and SAP (exposure to Workday, Ceridian, Dayforce is a plus).
- Able to work assigned hours (standard shifts: 4 PM–1 AM IST or 6 PM–3 AM IST) and work from the Bengaluru office five days a week.
What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Qualifications)
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple EINs and multi‑state tax scenarios.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, macros) and familiarity with data-query or reconciliation tools.
- Proven ability to manage payroll tax notices and entity registrations with state tax agencies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Effective communicator with experience working cross-functionally with non-tax stakeholders and external payroll providers (e.g., ADP).
Compensation & Philosophy
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
