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POSITION SUMMARY:

Provides ADP pay segments (AutoPay, RUN, Enterprise, ProBusiness, GlobalView, Master Tax) and businesses (National Accounts, Major Accounts, SBS, GV, Corporate) mission critical statutory guidance and support for highly complex requirements for payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting to keep their systems statutorily compliant and to satisfy complex statutory questions initiated by internal ADP businesses or clients. Is statutory subject matter expert. Monitors, assesses, interprets, analyzes and communicates statutory requirements for US Federal, States, Territories (PR, Guam, VI, etc.), Locals and/or Canada Federal, Provinces, Territories. Recognizes and communicates industry trends and forecasts future impacts. Keeps business partners informed and ahead of statutory/legislative items that affect payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting. Assesses statutory impact and communicates accordingly. Is focal point and interfaces on a consultant level with various ADP departments on statutory related matters. Provides guidance internally to Statutory Research Shared Services staff, ADP Government Affairs and Legal departments. Reviews high level impact analysis documents. Authors and/or audits highly complex statutory change forms. Maintains key contacts with Federal, State, and Local government agencies and Canadian partners as assigned and works with partners in the timing and implementation of legislation/statutory rules and regulations. Works along side ADP Government Affairs area. Performs research to resolve or clarify highly complex statutory issues. Responsible for sharing knowledge and training staff on statutory related matters. Leads or performs statutory research activities/projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Product Development – Is Subject Matter Expert in payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting. Uses resources to seek out statutory information to ensure that businesses have what they need to maintain compliance. May include interpreting and tracking of pending legislation, jurisdictional website searches, tax publication and newspaper reviews, etc. to keep abreast of payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting trends and issues that may potentially have statutory impact to ADP’s products. Provides direction and guidance. Is primary auditor for highly complex statutory changes. May personally author highly complex statutory changes. Ensures that statutory items/requirements are communicated quickly and efficiently throughout the organization. 
• Product Support – Supports statutory related inquiries and reviews and resolves highly complex payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting related inquiries. May coordinate and organize SOC1 control objective review with outside audit firm. May be CPA Program Project Manager responsible for working with several pay segments to schedule, coordinate logistics, contract CPAs countrywide, set up and attend daily review meetings, document and report of program findings. Holds partner meetings monthly to educate business partners on non-standard statutory items. 
• Year-End – Gathers, prepares and delivers a presentation on statutory topics at partner regional year end conferences. Attends and provides statutory support at partners regional conference calls. Monitors WIP stat changes to ensure agencies announcements are captured and accounted for, explains impact and provides status. 
• Government Affairs – interfaces on a regular basis with VP from Government Affairs and provides input, clarity and assesses potential impact on payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting.
• Special Assignments / Projects – May handle/lead special projects/programs. Some examples: Year-End Planning, taxability studies, evaluation of processes and procedures, support of internal system or process needs. May be required to conduct statutory research, submit and present a white paper (presentation) on findings. May author or contribute concepts for client or regional communications as requested by ADP pay segments/businesses/marketing.
• Government Relations – acts as point person for creating and maintaining professional relationships with government contacts. May be required to attend government meetings.

Interprets and defines statutory requirements that may include but will not be not limited to:

• US Federal, state and local legislation
• Canadian federal and provincial legislation
• Withholding tax calculations and rules
• Quarterly and year-end reporting
• Taxability impacts of cafeteria benefit plans, retirement plans and other benefits
• Sick Pay Rules, FMLA, ACA
• Rules for garnishments, tax levies, and child support payments
• New hire reporting
• Reciprocity between states
• Minimum wage and rules for tipped employees
• State unemployment insurance (SUI) wage bases and rates
• Pay statement rules
• Other related statutory requirements having payroll, payroll tax and payroll tax reporting impact

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Tax, Accounting, or related area of concentration and 10 years of relevant experience required.
• Canadian payroll experience required.
• Puerto Rico payroll experience and fluency in Spanish a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• CPP preferred.

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