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Payroll Tax Specialist

Insight Global
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 12/15/2025 CLOSED ON 1/6/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Tax Specialist position at Insight Global?

Required Skills & Experience


Obtained bachelor’s degree

3-5 years of experience within a Payroll Tax position

Experience working within UKG

Previous experience ensuring accurate tax compliance at the federal, state, and local levels

Extensive experience preparing, processing, and filing tax forms

Ability to payroll tax fallouts on a biweekly basis

Extensive experience working cross functionally to resolve tax discrepancies and support audit request


Nice to Have Skills & Experience


Experience within new jurisdictions


Job Description


Insight Global is seeking a Payroll Tax Specialist for a client in North Houston. This individual will be joining the payroll department and is responsible for ensuring that this organization remains fully compliant with all federal, state, and local payroll tax requirements. This individual is expected to have experience within reconciliations, audits, and compliance. Additionally, this person will monitor tax filings and payments as well as manage state tax registrations, account applications and closures as needed. He/she will be expected to build strong relationships within the business, pay close attention to detail, have self-discipline to accomplish their goals, and be able to see and implement process improvement as it relates to payroll tax. This is a full-time position and the pay range for this role is between

Salary : $85,000 - $93,000

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