Senior Tax and Payroll Specialist

Risepoint is an education technology company that provides world-class support and trusted expertise to more than 100 universities and colleges. We primarily work with regional universities, helping them develop and grow their high-ROI, workforce-focused online degree programs in critical areas such as nursing, teaching, business, and public service. Risepoint is dedicated to increasing access to affordable education so that more students, especially working adults, can improve their careers and meet employer and community needs.

Join Our Mission Risepoint is an education technology company that provides world-class support and trusted expertise to more than 100 universities and colleges. We primarily work with regional universities, helping them develop and grow their high-ROI, workforce-focused online degree programs in critical areas such as nursing, teaching, business, and public service. Risepoint is dedicated to increasing access to affordable education so that more students, especially working adults, can improve their careers and meet employer and community needs.

The Impact You Will Make This role plays a critical part in ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time while maintaining compliance with complex payroll tax regulations across multiple jurisdictions. By executing payroll operations and supporting tax compliance, this position helps minimize risk, improve processes, and enhance the overall employee experience.

The role

directly contributes to operational excellence, compliance integrity, and continuous improvement within payroll. How You Will Bring Our Mission to Life

###What You Will Do### This role will support Risepoint’s mission by ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing for employees, enabling them to focus on their work and growth. Through attention to detail, strong execution, and collaboration, candidate will help create a reliable payroll

###experience### that supports employees across the organization and reinforces trust in our processes.

###Experience### That Matters Most • Strong hands-on

###experience### executing end-to-end payroll in a multi-state environment using Workday, combined with knowledge of payroll tax compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions • Proven ability to manage payroll processing, tax filings, and reconciliations with a high level of accuracy, while using systems like ADP SmartCompliance •

###Experience### handling tax notices, resolving discrepancies, and supporting audits is essential, along with the ability to navigate complex payroll scenarios and meet strict deadlines • Excel

###skills### are a must, including strong proficiency in Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs for data analysis and reconciliation

###Experience### That’s Great to Have • CPP certification is a plus, but not required •

Experience

supporting international payroll or working with teams outside the U. S. is also beneficial • Exposure to year-end activities, such as W-2 and W-2c processing, as well as participation in payroll audits, is helpful but not required #LI-JB1 Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Reliable. Empowered. Adaptable.

Customer-centric. Heart. These are some of the words that describe Risepoint employees.

We have spent the past nearly 20 years helping universities grow by expanding access to affordable, life-changing education for working adults. As an education technology company that provides trusted partnership and expertise to more than 125 universities and colleges, we primarily work with regional universities, helping them create online programs in critical areas such as nursing, teaching, business, and public service.

We are dedicated to increasing access to affordable education so that more students can improve their careers and their communities.