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Payroll Tax Specialist

CFS
  • Queens, NY
  • $35–$45 Per Hour
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Job Description


  • Payroll Tax Specialist


Compensation



  • $35-45/hr commensurate with experience


Why This Opportunity Stands Out



  • Own high-volume filing activity across multiple legal entities and states.

  • Gain practical exposure to Form 941, withholding, SUTA, unemployment, state, and sales tax filings.

  • Work directly with an experienced finance manager and established tax team.

  • Receive hands-on training within a specialized ERP environment.


Key Responsibilities of the Tax Filing Specialist



  • Complete approximately 167 to 175 recurring tax filings across multiple companies and states.

  • Prepare Form 941, withholding, SUTA, unemployment, state, and sales tax filings.

  • Pull reports from the MQ ERP system and use existing Excel files to support tax computations.

  • Review filing information for completeness and escalate issues to the manager.

  • Maintain filing progress against company-specific deadlines.


Must-Have Skills/Experience



  • Previous experience completing Form 941, withholding tax, SUTA, or unemployment tax filings.

  • Experience supporting multistate tax filings for multiple companies or legal entities.

  • Working knowledge of Excel and the ability to learn an unfamiliar ERP system quickly.


Location



  • Long Island City, New York, with on-site work preferred and hybrid flexibility based on business needs


Schedule



  • 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with a one-hour lunch



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Numbers & Facts

LocationQueens, NY
IndustryFinancial Services
Salary$35–$45 Per Hour
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1994
Websitehttp://www.cfstaffing.com/

About Company

Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.

CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.

Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.

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Skills

  • Corporate Taxunmatched
  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
  • Financial Managementunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Messaging Middlewareunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Payroll Taxunmatched
  • Sales Taxunmatched
  • State Taxunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched

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