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Payroll Tax Manager

Databricks
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Hybrid (Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA)$161k - $221.5kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Internal subject matter expert on payroll tax, advising payroll, equity, HR, and accounting teams on legislative changes; lead all payroll tax audits and inquiries; develop global payroll tax policy and minimize payroll tax risk.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with our global payroll team to review payroll tax calculations and document technical positions.
  • Identify opportunities for refunds or otherwise de-risk our global payroll tax positions.
  • Support M&A integration to ensure pre- and post-close payroll tax positions are supported and optimized for the business.
  • Work alongside our equity administration group to validate equity withholding and assist with other shareholder transaction planning.
  • Assist our payroll team with global payroll tax communications and responses to employee inquiries.
  • Collaborate with other tax team members on payroll tax matters that impact our global direct and indirect tax matters, such as gross receipts taxes and business-level employer taxes.
  • Partner with our equity administration team to ensure that equity tax reporting is accurately reflected in our payroll tax filings and collaborate to solve cross-functional payroll tax matters.
  • Lead global payroll tax audits (internal and external) by responding to information requests, communicating our positions, and remediating any identified exposures.
  • Guide global payroll tax policy and implementation.
  • Assist the accounting team to help reconcile payroll tax accounts, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation to support compliance and audit requirements.
  • Collaborate with HR, Finance, Accounting, Equity Administration, Legal, and Benefits on cross-functional initiatives including employee versus EOR decisions, and new entity creation.
  • Participate in M&A due diligence and integration activities to ensure accurate tax setup and reporting.
  • Partner with our Finance Data Team and other stakeholders to re-imagine the payroll tax reporting process and identify opportunities to build on Databricks technology.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of payroll tax experience.
  • Strong knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
  • Knowledge of international payroll tax regulations.
  • Knowledge of equity compensation tax matters.
  • Experience with payroll systems and tax filing platforms (SAP, NetSuite, Workday preferred).
  • Experience leveraging automation tools or AI at work.
  • Experience with payroll tax audits and negotiating with revenue authorities.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Skills

Required:Payroll tax complianceAudit leadershipCross-functional collaboration
Nice to have:M&A tax integration

Benefits

  • Benefits information available via regional page linked in job description.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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