Senior Manager, Payroll Tax

With a career at HMSHost, you really benefit! We Offer

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Generous paid time off (vacation, flex or sick)
• *401(k) retirement plan with company match
• *Company paid life insurance
• *Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Training and exciting career growth opportunities
• Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus

*Benefits may vary by position so ask your recruiter for details.

Purpose:The Senior Manager, Payroll Tax & Garnishments oversees payroll tax operations for both U.S. and Canadian entities, ensuring accurate system maintenance and timely responses to tax-related inquiries. This role also ensures garnishment processing is consistently compliant with federal and state regulations, mitigating the risk of penalties or default judgments.

Essential Functions:

• Manages the outsourced ADP payroll tax function and garnishments to ensure compliance; supports with investigating tax issues
• Assists ADP tax team to complete year-end processes within ADP system; complete YE processes and adjustments in PeopleSoft
• Manages quarter-end processes and quarterly tax updates from PeopleSoft; runs test payroll runs in PeopleSoft to ensure quarterly tax updates are completed successfully, coordinating with IT to move updates to production
• Participates in systems upgrades and testing for tax and garnishment updates, serving as the liaison between the company and the third-party garnishment processor, and resolving and payroll issues; participates in system upgrade design and process testing and troubleshoots various HRMS & Payroll issues within PeopleSoft HRMS
• Supports weekly tax transmissions to a third-party tax processing service and ensures timely and accurate tax funding on a weekly basis
• Performs third-party sick pay adjustments and TEFRA adjustments
• Assists with HR Help Desk inquiries such as job verifications and unemployment claims; works with ADP and Equifax service team as necessary
• Gathers data for internal and external audits related to payroll tax; responds to tax related inquiries from agencies and team members
• Evaluates garnishment processes to identify and correct inefficiencies; manage implementation of processes improvements.
• Coordinates the reconciliation of garnishment disbursement files and manages funding requests in collaboration with Treasury.
• Works with the Legal department to resolve garnishment legal issues including default judgments; works with Payroll HRMS to ensure that reinstatements are processed timely and correctly for union and non-union associates
• Maintains all files and correspondence with third-party vendor and respective law offices, tax jurisdictions, IRS, bankruptcy courts, etc.

Reporting Relationship: The Senior Manager, Payroll Tax & Garnishments reports to the Director of Payroll

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

• Education and Experience: The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 6 years: In a leadership role: Requires 2 years of experience supervising a team of payroll professionals engaged in executing payroll tax and garnishment programs In a technical role: Requires 6-8 years of payroll experience engaged in delivering payroll tax and garnishment programs A bachelor’s degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 3 of the 6-year requirement An MBA or a master’s level degree in a program related to the functional area can count for an additional 2 years of 6-year requirement In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience Must have at least 4 years of experience processing payroll in a high-volume environment
• Specialized Training: Training that leads to very strong knowledge of state, federal, and provincial payroll tax and garnishment laws, as well as wage and hour regulations
• Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits Requires PeopleSoft HRMS experience including Query, implementation or upgrade experience a plus Proficiency in Microsoft Office Requires the ability to maintain confidential data and ensure that correspondence with sensitive data is done in a manner that adheres to compliant methodology Exceptional customer service skills and a keen eye for detail Possesses strong business acumen and a forward-thinking approach to payroll management, with the ability to evaluate long-term impacts and drive alignment with organizational goals. Demonstrated history of understanding the needs of the business, stakeholders, the employee population and individual circumstances Demonstrated history of maintaining positive work environments through coaching, developing, and leading teams to achieve common goals
• Location: This role is based at the F&B Center of Excellence in Bethesda, MD

Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates (“the Company”), is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and to comply with anti-discrimination laws and regulations. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal opportunities to applicants and team members without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, age, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military service and veteran status, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances (referred to as “protected characteristics”).

Benefits

Competitive compensationFlexible spending account for health expenses401(k) retirement savings planPaid VacationEmployee and family members comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision care, long term disability, short term disability, and life insuranceCredit Union MembershipHMSHost benefits vary by location and some associates may not be eligible for certain benefits. Associates covered by a collective bargaining agreement may be eligible for different benefits. HMSHost reserves the right to amend and/or terminate a benefit plan at any time.