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Senior Payroll Specialist

LHH
Nashville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 8/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/20/2026

Senior Payroll Tax Specialist


LHH is currently hiring a senior Payroll Tax Specialist based in Nashville. This position will ensure accurate calculations, deductions and remittance of federal, state and local taxes to adhere to compliance requirements. We are looking for payroll professionals who have experience processing multi-state payroll, payroll reporting and reconciliations.


Responsibilities Include:

  • Ensure payroll tax compliance across multi-entity, multi-state operations, including filings, reconciliations, and adjustments
  • Resolve payroll tax notices and discrepancies with federal, state, and local agencies
  • Support payroll system implementations, ensuring accurate tax configuration and compliance
  • Partner with internal teams to ensure accurate payroll tax reporting and issue resolution
  • Conduct audits and compliance reviews, reducing risk and improving regulatory adherence
  • Support entity expansions and organizational changes from a payroll tax perspective


Qualifications:

  • 4 years of experience within multi-state, large population (1,5000 employees) end to end processing
  • Excel- Advanced proficiency (X,V lookups, Pivot Table, etc.)- to reconcile heavy data sets
  • Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Working knowledge of payroll compliance, laws and tax regulations/updates
  • Comfortable working in a hybrid schedule (3 days in office/ 2 WFH)- office is in metro Nashville


Pay Rate $38-40/hr

Medical, dental, vision & 401k matching, PTO/paid holidays, discretionary bonus offered based on company/individual performance

Salary : $38 - $40

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