Payroll Tax Lead

Company: Priority Technology Holdings, LLC
Location: New York City
Posted on: February 18, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Job title: Payroll Tax Lead Reports to: Finance Director, Priority Rollfi Department: Priority Rollfi Location: New York or New York, City or Remote Grade: 17 About Priority: Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. is a leading financial technology company on a mission to deliver a personalized, easy-to-adopt financial toolset that accelerates cash flow and optimizes working capital for businesses. Our vision is to eliminate the barriers to unlocking revenue - empowering businesses to grow faster and operate smarter. We achieve this through the Priority Commerce Engine, an innovative platform that combines payables, acquiring, and banking and treasury solutions. This unified approach allows businesses to streamline financial operations, reduce unnecessary costs, and uncover new revenue opportunities. At Priority, we're driven by results. We expect our people to be known for results - bringing expertise, momentum, and relentless focus to every challenge, helping our clients and each other thrive. About Rollfi: Rollfi is a part of Priority Technology Holdings (NASDAQ: PRTH), a leading profitable payments and banking fintech company that processes over $130B annually for 1M customers. Being part of Priority means we’re backed by enterprise-grade infrastructure and resources while operating with the speed, agility, and innovation of a startup. Together, we’re reimagining how businesses get paid, move money, and manage their workforce. Rollfi is a modern embedded payroll and benefits platform built for Banks, fintechs, marketplaces, and vertical SaaS companies. We make it easy for platforms to launch payroll and benefits experiences directly inside their product without the operational burden of becoming a payroll provider. By combining powerful APIs, developer-friendly tools, and automated tax compliance, Rollfi helps businesses turn payroll into a seamless, revenue-generating feature. About the Role: As a Payroll Tax Lead, you will play a critical role in driving operational excellence across our tax function. You’ll serve as a subject-matter expert and operational owner for key tax workflows, leading day-to-day execution while also setting standards, improving processes, and supporting the team through complex and escalated issues. This role blends hands-on tax operations with leadership, cross-functional influence, and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for someone who brings deep tax operations expertise, thrives in ownership and accountability, and is energized by building durable systems that scale with growth. Responsibilities: ? Own and lead core tax operations, including filings, remittances, account balancing, corrections, and amendments, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across jurisdictions. ? Serve as the escalation point for complex tax issues, filing tax amendments, conducting root-cause analysis and driving resolution in partnership with Customer Service andEngineering, and external stakeholders. ? Ensure ongoing tax compliance, proactively monitoring regulatory changes and translating them into updated filing specifications, controls, and system configurations. ? Manage tax account reconciliations, identifying discrepancies, trends, and systemic risks, and driving corrective actions to prevent recurrence. ? Drive operational improvements, identifying opportunities to simplify workflows, increase automation, reduce errors, and improve scalability using data and operational insights. ? Set standards and best practices for tax operations, helping document processes, refine controls, and improve audit readiness. ? Mentor and support team members, providing guidance, review, and knowledge sharing to elevate overall team capability and consistency. ? Partner cross-functionally to influence product decisions, workflow design, and partner-facing experiences that impact tax compliance and operational efficiency. ? You’ll work closely with modern payroll and tax platforms, internal tooling, and data systems to execute and optimize tax operations at scale. What Success Looks Like: ? Tax filings, remittances, amendments, and reconciliations are completed accurately and on time, with minimal escalations. ? Compliance risks are proactively identified and addressed through updated processes and controls. ? Complex tax issues are resolved efficiently with clear root-cause analysis and preventive actions. ? Key tax workflows are documented, standardized, and continuously improved for accuracy and scalability. ? Automation and process improvements reduce manual effort and error rates. ? Cross-functional partners experience the tax function as responsive, reliable, and solution-oriented. ? Team members demonstrate increased consistency through clear guidance and shared best practices. ? The Tax Operations function remains audit-ready with organized documentation and strong controls. ? Stakeholders trust the role to drive ownership, accountability, and sound decision-making in tax operations. Candidate Requirements: Required ? 5 years of experience in tax operations, payroll tax, compliance, or a related function, with increasing ownership or leadership responsibility. ? Hands-on experience with MasterTax, including filings, amendments, reconciliations, and troubleshooting in a payroll tax environment. ? Strong working knowledge of tax filing and remittance processes, corrections, amendments, and jurisdictional compliance requirements. ? Proven experience balancing tax accounts and resolving discrepancies in a high-volume or regulated operational environment. ? Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, owning outcomes and guiding others without needing formal people management. ? Track record of identifying process gaps and implementing operational improvements that scale. Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with comfort navigating ambiguity and complex systems. Work Environment & Culture: We believe that performance and experience go hand in hand - an exceptional employee experience is earned through contribution. We are a results-driven team, grounded in our core values: ownership, authenticity, service, trust, innovation, and camaraderie. Our culture is built for those who want to make an impact. We challenge each other to grow, celebrate progress, and support one another through shared goals and real connection. Whether you're building technology, serving clients, or supporting internal teams, you’ll be part of a company that empowers you to perform at your best and be known for results. Compensation and Benefits: Compensation range: $87,436-$117,915 We invest in the whole employee - personally and professionally. Our benefits package is designed to support your well-being, growth, and success - both inside and outside of work. Financial Wellness Bonus programs 401(k) match Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) HSA and FSA options Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs Health & Well-being Medical, dental, and vision coverage Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga) Time Off 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one Growth & Development Education expense reimbursement Leadership development programs Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support We believe great performance starts with feeling supported - and we’ve built our benefits with that in mind. Traditional Physical Requirements: Requires prolonged sitting, standing, bending, stooping and stretching. Requires the ability to lift 10 pounds. Requires eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity and a normal range of hearing and vision (with or without correction). Join our team at Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. and be part of a dynamic and innovative company that is transforming the financial technology landscape. Together, we can shape the future of payments and banking solutions while providing unmatched value to our clients.

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