Job Title: Employment Tax Analyst 
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Approx. 25 hours a week (Part-Time)
Job Mode: Fully Remote

Job Description:
Individual will support payroll and employment tax compliance, agency reconciliation, and operational optimization activities across U.S. and Canada federal, state/provincial, and local jurisdictions. The role carries no people management or supervisory responsibilities.The engagement is intended to stabilize and strengthen employment tax operations by resolving agency-related issues, improving transparency and controls, and documenting current-state processes to support future operational improvements.

Reason for Need

• The hiring manager has been absorbing most employment tax responsibilities due to team constraints.
• The North America operations team does not have the expertise to manage these tasks independently.
• The goal is to bring in a specialist who can take over active research, manage agency interactions, and provide documentation and knowledge-sharing so the NA team can operate more effectively long-term.

Scope of Work

• Employment/payroll tax research and issue resolution.
• Interfacing with tax agencies (federal, state, local), including Treasury Offset Program experience.
• Handling multi-jurisdictional (multi-state) tax matters.
• Supporting tax account reconciliations and ensuring accuracy of filings (Forms 941, 940, and state/local equivalents).
• Providing recommendations based on operational insight—not strategic-only consulting.
• Operating independently with confidentiality, escalating risks with evidence rather than pushing issues back to the manager.

Role Expectations

• Not a payroll processing position; not embedded in daily operations.
• Requires an operator mindset: someone who has executed this work hands-on (not purely advisory).
• Will virtually shadow NA operations to understand workflow, then independently resolve open items and suggest long-term improvements.
• Reports primarily to Angela, with occasional direction from Jen, and collaborates with a governance/compliance team member.

Qualification: 

• 8+ years in employment/payroll tax for large multi-state organizations.
• Background in advisory firms (e.g., Deloitte, PNC) or shared services preferred.
• Proven experience communicating with government/tax agencies.
• Strong ability to work autonomously and interpret operational risk.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 44.90/hr.