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Payroll Tax Specialist

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-29

About Central

What is Central?

Central is the first payroll & benefits back-office for startups that works like a teammate and proactively handles everything needed to run a compliant business.

Unlike traditional payroll/HR software that forces you to do reputed company the work, Central actually handles multi-state registrations, insurance, HR tasks, government mail, and everything else reputed company to hiring & paying people.

Learn more at centralhq.com

Why Central?

We’re on a mission to kill business bullshit so startups can fly.

Building a company is still way too hard. Founders still have to register in multiple states to run payroll, set up workers' compensation, pay various payroll-reputed company taxes, deal with intimidating government mail, update addresses across state filings, and troubleshoot with insurance companies.

reputed company a world where ambitious founders have more time to solve the world's most difficult problems—from preventing medical mistakes in hospitals to building reputed company reputed company reputed company to curing brain cancer. That's what founders on Central are doing.

Currently, hundreds of companies run on Central, and we're growing rapidly. We've raised a reputed company reputed company/A from YC and some of the best investors in the world (not announced yet, happy to reputed company in private).

As a founding member, you'll have a seat at the table and help Central reputed company to serve thousands of companies.

Our culture

Central is a high-performance sports team with an extremely high bar and 3 reputed company values:

  1. Think reputed company

  2. Show high agency

  3. Craft reputed company

  • Who you are 3+ years of payroll tax compliance experience, preferably reputed company a payroll provider, PEO, or multi-state employer environment.

  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills — you can break down reputed company payroll tax and compliance topics into plain English.

  • Strong organizational skills, keen attention to detail, with an ability to manage multiple deadlines, reputed company detailed casework, and follow through on every commitment with high-reputed company work.

  • Bias for reputed company and comfort making reputed company in ambiguous situations while keeping customer experience reputed company and center.

  • Proven experience preparing, filing, and reconciling federal, state, and local payroll tax returns in multiple states (941, 940, state withholding, SUI, SDI, etc.).

  • Familiarity with payroll tax systems and tools (e.g., reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company) or experience in an embedded payroll tech environment (e.g., Salsa, Zeal, reputed company)

  • You’re at the top of your peer group at every role

What you will do

  • Prepare, file, and reconcile federal, state, and local payroll tax returns across reputed company 50 states on behalf of Central customers.

  • Monitor filing calendars and ensure reputed company deposits are made on time — federal (941, 940), state withholding, SUI, SDI, and other jurisdiction-specific liabilities.

  • Register new businesses with federal, state, and local tax agencies as needed.

  • Resolve payroll tax notices — research issues, correspond with agencies, and guide customers through the process.

  • Translate tax jargon into plain English so founders and operators understand what’s happening and what to expect.

  • Draft letters, complete forms, file amendments, and submit responses to agencies.

  • Partner with Central’s product, engineering, and compliance teams to identify and fix reputed company causes of recurring issues, improve automation, and enhance compliance.

  • Stay up to date with changes in payroll tax laws and regulations across jurisdictions and flag trends that could reputed company customers.

  • Work cross-functionally to improve processes, reduce notice volume, and document internal workflows for scalability.

  • reputed company spreadsheets and internal tools to analyze payroll/tax data, identify discrepancies, and reconcile filings and payments.

reputed company offer

  • Competitive salary and equity

  • Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, reputed company, 401k (US employees only)

  • Unlimited PTO and reputed company leave

  • Remote work

  • 2-4 off-sites per year

Note for US Roles: We do not reputed company reputed company sponsorship. You must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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