Functional, US Payroll Tax Analyst, RSITE

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software and a Salesforce and AWS partner. The Company has operations globally and offers a comprehensive family of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database, and technology software, and enables clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources for innovation. To date, over 5,500 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted enterprise software solutions provider. To learn more, please visit riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI)

We are actively seeking a Functional, US Payroll Tax Analyst, RSITE​. This is a remote position and can be based anywhere is the U.S.

Position Summary

This role is a Functional, US Payroll Tax Analyst, RSITE in our Global Product Development group, supporting the US. The primary responsibility for this role is to ensure that our customer’s SAP/RSITE Payroll Tax Engine is compliant with the various legal requirements published by legislative entities.

Functional, US Payroll Tax Analyst, RSITE combine in-depth product expertise with the latest tax and regulatory changes to provide input to user stories through system impact analysis, participate in solution design, and offer test strategies and acceptance criteria for the scrum team in an Agile environment. The position will follow each tax and regulatory change from discovery through successful translation into an application update, ensuring the result is a potentially shippable increment. This role is vital in providing high quality deliverables to our clients and keeping their mission critical enterprise applications in compliance. This role reports directly to the Sr. Manager Business Solutions, SAP/RSITE North America.

 Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of US Payroll Taxes
• Demonstrate proficiency in Payroll from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process
• Supply subject matter expertise in how US HR/Payroll legislation related to payroll tax is set up, calculated, and reported in SAP
• Provide in-depth functional knowledge of large-scale ERP applications (preferrable SAP) across multiple releases to support payroll tax calculations
• Ability to work within the Rimini Street Agile framework, participate in scrum ceremonies, accept feedback from Scrum Master, Product Owner, and scrum team members
• Assist the Product Owner in preparing prioritized stories in the backlog for product backlog refinement with the scrum team
• Actively participate in scrum activities and ceremonies
• Assist the scrum team in evaluating and breaking down user stories to ensure timely deliverables of legislative changes to clients
• Convert Business Requirements describing a legislative change into functional specifications/product requirements, which outline how RSITE and SAP will be configured and/or developed to support the legislative change
• Work closely with the development team to ensure adherence to the acceptance criteria by providing system/process knowledge expertise, assist with testing, and perform demos of the completed product to the Product Owner and stakeholders
• Ensure total product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations through the analysis of each tax and legislative change and provide functional information detailing the impact to a specific SAP/RSITE Tax Engine application
• Work with team to ensure high quality deliverables - assist team with test strategies, review test plans, perform system tests
• Provide end user documentation that is client-facing, with an appropriate level of content for clients to understand the legislative change, system business process impacts (ready for use by the sales and marketing team)
• Assist with or produce client educational information, presentations, webinars, etc., using a variety or tools and communication modes
• Assist with client case issues from troubleshooting through resolution
• Effective communication skills and maintain working relationships with teams and stakeholders
• Communicate effectively across various teams
• Be committed to excellence and high-quality standards

Location

• Remote - US 

 Education

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• FPC, Certified Payroll Professional, or equivalent

Experience

• Experience (5+ years) SAP HR/Payroll or other large scale ERP system with integrated US Tax Calculations
• In depth understanding of payroll in US from a legislative perspective and understanding how a payroll department works and what the payroll department expects
• A record of successful roles in multiple Enterprise Application projects (including full development and full QA lifecycle processes)
• Ability to work closely with the Global Tax & Regulatory team to ensure the accurate transfer and understanding of all critical information relating to each tax and regulatory change
• Ability to work closely with development to ensure adherence to functional specifications and to work with QA team to develop high level test plans and test strategies

Skills

• Proficient in developing Business Analysis and Functional specification documentations from regulatory and tax data
• Ability to explain payroll processes and calculations independent of ERP system
• Ability to manually calculate US Federal, State, and Local Taxes correctly without software or online calculator
• Experience preferred in the support of US SAP HR/Payroll operations
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with SQL or SQLite
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with other groups within the delivery organization
• Good English, conversational and written
• Team player
• Experience with Agile methodology

Why Rimini Street?

Rimini Street Inc. is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable Federal, State, and Local Laws regarding recruitment and hiring.

Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable Federal, State, or Local laws. Rimini Street Inc. offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to employees.

Compensation is based on role, location, and level of applicable experience.

Rimini’s target pay for each position is available upon request during the applicant’s Interview process.

The general salary range for this type of role is 103k - 129k depending on skills and experience.

Benefits for US employees include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) program
• Generous Paid time off (PTO)

We are looking for talented, passionate people to help us build our future at Rimini Street. We hire only the best, the most extraordinary professionals and provide compensation, bonuses, and benefits to match the skills of our top-performing team members. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy growing together, and get excited about learning new skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a true impact as part of a team of extraordinary professionals? This is the place for you.

Our work is challenging and meaningful. We start and end each day with a sense of achievement and purpose guided by our core values, the Four Cs: 

• Company
  • We dream big and innovate boldly.

• Colleagues
  • We work with extraordinary people who create a culture of mutual respect and collaboration. 

• Clients
  • We relentlessly pursue solutions that help clients achieve their goals. Our unmatched client care is rooted in our passion for exceptional service. 

• Community 
  • We believe in leaving the world a better place than we found it. With the Rimini Street Foundation, we’ve made positive impacts in six continents for over 425 charities.

Accelerating Company Growth

• Nasdaq-listed under ticker symbol RMNI since October 2017 
• Over 5,500 signed clients, including over 180 of the Fortune 500 and Global 100 companies
• Over 2,000 team members in 23 countries
• US and international recognition for industry leadership and philanthropic efforts. See all of our awards and recognitions here: https://www.riministreet.com/company/awards/ 

Rimini Street is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

To learn more about how Rimini Street is redefining the enterprise software support industry, visit http://www.riministreet.com 

Please Note: Rimini Street does not accept resumes submitted by recruiting/staffing firms unless specifically requested by Human Resources. Unsolicited resumes will be ineligible for referral fees.