Tax Accountant II

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Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) provides helps people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or other long-term health conditions stay at home and “self-direct” their care. Known as consumer direction in New York, this long-term care model empowers people to take control of who provides their services and where. PPL was selected to be the Statewide Fiscal Intermediary for the New York Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) starting in 2025. We will, along with a diverse alliance of service partners across the state, support the delivery of culturally sensitive and disability competent care to CDPAP participants. We are looking for people who share our passion for helping New Yorkers live happy, healthy, and independent lives to support CDPAP consumers and their personal assistants across a broad spectrum of services and functions.

Our culture attracts and rewards people who are compassionate, results-oriented, and driven to exceed customer expectations. We desire motivated candidates who are excited to join our fast-paced, consumer-focused environment, and who want to make a difference in helping transform the lives of the people we serve.

Learn more about PPL and CDPAP at https://pplfirst.com/cdpap

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs a broad range of general accounting or tax accounting functions with lead responsibility. Follows established procedures and guidelines to perform accounting procedures accurately and on time.

• Applies demonstrated project management skills to ensure project deliverables and expectations are met daily.

• Implement controls on outsourced payroll tax provider related to the NY CDPAP program

• Identify workload balancing concerns amongst their team.

• Maintains accurate financial records or account books/workpapers and/or calculates and documents tax filings or reviews payroll tax filings.

• Executes daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual processes as needed.

• Review the quality of staff assignments to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

• Identifies areas for process improvement investigation.

• Make standard calculations to accurately compile and report statistics, classify, code, and record financial transactions and post entries to the general ledger.

• Verifies, sorts, posts, and checks claims, bills, invoices, and vouchers and ensures accurate settlement of tax deposits.

• Answers employee inquiries or escalated items as needed.

• Aides' management in identifying employee performance issues.

• Reviews of payroll tax filings for the IRS or NYS

• Prepares tax correspondence to address tax notices, validating tax files, submitting support tickets as issues are identified, and ensuring accurate settlement of daily tax deposits as needed.

• Performs User Acceptance Testing when need is identified.

• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of federal and state financial or tax regulations.

• Excellent project management skills.

• Excellent PC spreadsheet and database skills.

• Ability to reconcile tax filings.

• Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines.

• Ability to work with changing priorities.

• Resourceful.

• Knowledge of computerized information systems used in financial and/or accounting applications.

• Knowledge of standard and/or fund accounting principles, methods, and applications.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

• Account balancing and reconciling skills.

Qualifications:

Education: College degree preferred; or equivalent work experience required.

Experience: 3-year progressive experience with automated financial operations center projects, 3 years prior tax and financial administration experience. Experience working with outsourced payroll provider preferred

Working Conditions: Office Setting / Remote with NY State residency

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Salary: $76,000 / annually

The above is intended to describe the general contents and requirements of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities, or skills of personnel so classified.

PPL is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PPL, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PPL will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!