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Get Access To All JobsADP TotalSource is hiring a Tax Product Support Specialist.
- Are you ready to join a company offering career advancement opportunities throughout your career journey?
- Do you want to join a company with award-winning training and world-class service guidelines to help you achieve success, growth, and continued learning?
- Are you looking for an inclusive environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?
If so, this may be the opportunity for you.
In this position, you will serve as the subject matter expert for tax products and compliance programs, supporting the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and regulatory compliance of solutions used across the organization. You will partner closely with Smart Compliance Solutions, Tax, Product Management, Operations, and Technology to manage agency events, investigate and resolve product and compliance issues, and ensure changes in regulatory requirements are accurately implemented and communicated.
This role plays a critical part in maintaining compliance, supporting operational continuity, and ensuring tax products and processes remain aligned with evolving federal, state, and local agency requirements.
What you can expect on a typical day:
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert for tax, compliance processes, and operational workflows.
- Partner directly with Smart Compliance Solutions to research, analyze, and resolve agency-related issues impacting clients, products, or operations.
- Evaluate federal, state, and local tax compliance changes and coordinate implementation activities with business and technology teams.
- Investigate product, compliance, and agency-related issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions through resolution.
- Ensure timely communication of regulatory changes, product updates, agency events, and operational impacts to internal stakeholders and impacted teams.
- Engage with tax agencies, when necessary, to obtain clarification on regulatory requirements, filing procedures, account maintenance activities, and compliance guidance.
- Partner with Tax SMEs, Product Management, and Technology teams to define requirements for compliance-driven product enhancements.
- Support testing and validation activities to ensure compliance requirements are accurately implemented within products and operational processes.
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, knowledge articles, and operational documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve product performance, compliance accuracy, operational efficiency, and client experience.
- Monitor product health, identify trends, and recommend process or system improvements to increase accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
- Coordinate cross-functional efforts to ensure tax products remain compliant, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
- Provide support across multiple tax functional spaces as business needs evolve, ensuring continuity of operations and regulatory compliance.
- Act as an escalation point for complex product, operational, and compliance-related inquiries.
- Receives general direction; works independently most of the time.
- Regularly operates under deadlines and subject to extreme workloads.
- Performs other relevant duties and assignments as directed.
TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience supporting tax compliance and payroll tax.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience).
BONUS POINTS FOR THESE:
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting operations within a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) environment, with knowledge of multi-jurisdiction tax compliance, agency interactions, and client service operations.
- Knowledge of Tax Online Processing System (TOPS) and other TotalSource applications is preferred.
YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:
- Be yourself in a culture that values equity, inclusion, and belonging and creates a safe space for diverse perspectives and insights.
- Belong by joining one of our Business Resource Groups where you can connect globally with networks and allies who share common interests and experiences.
- Grow your career in an agile, dynamic environment with plenty of opportunities to progress.
- Continuously learn through ongoing training, development, and mentorship opportunities.
- Be your healthiest. Best-in-class benefits start on Day 1 because healthy associates are happy ones.
- Focus on your mental health and well-being. We're here to provide exceptional service to our clients, and none of that happens without each of us taking care of ourselves and being there for one another.
- Join a company committed to giving back and generating a lasting, positive impact upon the communities in which we work and live.
- Get paid to pay it forward. Company-paid time off for volunteering for causes you care about.
A little about ADP:
We are a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration and a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics, and compliance expertise. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating a down-to-earth culture that embraces our core values, welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. We've received recognition for our work by many esteemed organizations, learn more at ADP Awards and Recognition.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP:
ADP is committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace, and is further committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic including: race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status or disability. Hiring decisions are based upon ADP’s operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, cooperation, and job performance.
Ethics at ADP:
ADP has a long, proud history of conducting business with the highest ethical standards and full compliance with all applicable laws. We also expect our people to uphold our values with the highest level of integrity and behave in a manner that fosters an honest and respectful workplace. Click https://jobs.adp.com/life-at-adp/ to learn more about ADP’s culture and our full set of values.
ADP TotalSource is hiring a Tax Product Support Specialist.
- Are you ready to join a company offering career advancement opportunities throughout your career journey?
- Do you want to join a company with award-winning training and world-class service guidelines to help you achieve success, growth, and continued learning?
- Are you looking for an inclusive environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?
If so, this may be the opportunity for you.
In this position, you will serve as the subject matter expert for tax products and compliance programs, supporting the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and regulatory compliance of solutions used across the organization. You will partner closely with Smart Compliance Solutions, Tax, Product Management, Operations, and Technology to manage agency events, investigate and resolve product and compliance issues, and ensure changes in regulatory requirements are accurately implemented and communicated.
This role plays a critical part in maintaining compliance, supporting operational continuity, and ensuring tax products and processes remain aligned with evolving federal, state, and local agency requirements.
What you can expect on a typical day:
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert for tax, compliance processes, and operational workflows.
- Partner directly with Smart Compliance Solutions to research, analyze, and resolve agency-related issues impacting clients, products, or operations.
- Evaluate federal, state, and local tax compliance changes and coordinate implementation activities with business and technology teams.
- Investigate product, compliance, and agency-related issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions through resolution.
- Ensure timely communication of regulatory changes, product updates, agency events, and operational impacts to internal stakeholders and impacted teams.
- Engage with tax agencies, when necessary, to obtain clarification on regulatory requirements, filing procedures, account maintenance activities, and compliance guidance.
- Partner with Tax SMEs, Product Management, and Technology teams to define requirements for compliance-driven product enhancements.
- Support testing and validation activities to ensure compliance requirements are accurately implemented within products and operational processes.
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, knowledge articles, and operational documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve product performance, compliance accuracy, operational efficiency, and client experience.
- Monitor product health, identify trends, and recommend process or system improvements to increase accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
- Coordinate cross-functional efforts to ensure tax products remain compliant, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
- Provide support across multiple tax functional spaces as business needs evolve, ensuring continuity of operations and regulatory compliance.
- Act as an escalation point for complex product, operational, and compliance-related inquiries.
- Receives general direction; works independently most of the time.
- Regularly operates under deadlines and subject to extreme workloads.
- Performs other relevant duties and assignments as directed.
TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience supporting tax compliance and payroll tax.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience).
BONUS POINTS FOR THESE:
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting operations within a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) environment, with knowledge of multi-jurisdiction tax compliance, agency interactions, and client service operations.
- Knowledge of Tax Online Processing System (TOPS) and other TotalSource applications is preferred.
YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:
- Be yourself in a culture that values equity, inclusion, and belonging and creates a safe space for diverse perspectives and insights.
- Belong by joining one of our Business Resource Groups where you can connect globally with networks and allies who share common interests and experiences.
- Grow your career in an agile, dynamic environment with plenty of opportunities to progress.
- Continuously learn through ongoing training, development, and mentorship opportunities.
- Be your healthiest. Best-in-class benefits start on Day 1 because healthy associates are happy ones.
- Focus on your mental health and well-being. We're here to provide exceptional service to our clients, and none of that happens without each of us taking care of ourselves and being there for one another.
- Join a company committed to giving back and generating a lasting, positive impact upon the communities in which we work and live.
- Get paid to pay it forward. Company-paid time off for volunteering for causes you care about.
A little about ADP:
We are a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration and a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics, and compliance expertise. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating a down-to-earth culture that embraces our core values, welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. We've received recognition for our work by many esteemed organizations, learn more at ADP Awards and Recognition.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP:
ADP is committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace, and is further committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic including: race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status or disability. Hiring decisions are based upon ADP’s operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, cooperation, and job performance.
Ethics at ADP:
ADP has a long, proud history of conducting business with the highest ethical standards and full compliance with all applicable laws. We also expect our people to uphold our values with the highest level of integrity and behave in a manner that fosters an honest and respectful workplace. Click https://jobs.adp.com/life-at-adp/ to learn more about ADP’s culture and our full set of values.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Product Support Specialist
Target software and SaaS companies
Product support roles at software companies are far more likely to qualify for STEM OPT extension than those at non-tech firms. Focus your search on companies whose core product is software, where your technical background directly supports the role.
Confirm STEM OPT eligibility before applying
Not every Product Support Specialist role qualifies for the 24-month STEM extension. Verify your degree field matches the STEM OPT designated degree list and that the job description emphasizes technical skills, not just customer-facing communication.
Ask about H-1B sponsorship timelines early
Many companies sponsor H-1B visas for support specialists who move into senior or technical roles. Ask during later interview rounds whether the company has a history of sponsoring support staff before accepting an offer.
Highlight technical troubleshooting skills
Employers sponsoring OPT for this role want candidates who can handle API integrations, log analysis, or product configuration, not just ticket routing. Emphasize technical depth in your resume to stand out from candidates without STEM backgrounds.
Get your I-20 STEM OPT recommendation early
Your DSO must recommend the STEM OPT extension on your I-20 before USCIS can approve it. Start the process at least 90 days before your initial OPT expires so you avoid any gap in work authorization while waiting for approval.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for OPT-friendly roles
Searching general job boards wastes time on roles that won't consider OPT candidates. Migrate Mate surfaces Product Support Specialist positions at employers who actively hire F-1 students, so you spend less time filtering and more time applying.
Product Support Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Product Support Specialist on F-1 OPT?
Yes, Product Support Specialist roles qualify for F-1 OPT as long as the work is directly related to your degree field. If your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science, information systems, or engineering, you may also qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving you up to 36 months of total work authorization.
Does a Product Support Specialist role qualify for STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree and the specific role. If your degree appears on the STEM OPT designated degree list and the job involves technical work like software configuration, API troubleshooting, or systems analysis, it will likely qualify. Roles that are primarily account management or customer service without a technical component may not meet the standard. Confirm eligibility with your DSO before accepting an offer.
Do employers sponsor H-1B visas for Product Support Specialists?
Many software and SaaS companies do sponsor H-1B visas for Product Support Specialists, particularly those who demonstrate technical depth or move into senior support or solutions engineering roles over time. Sponsorship is less common at companies where the role sits within a general customer service function. Researching a company's H-1B filing history is the most reliable way to gauge their willingness to sponsor before you apply.
Where can I find Product Support Specialist jobs that accept OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT and international students, so every role listed is at an employer open to work visa situations. Rather than filtering out sponsored candidates, the employers on Migrate Mate are actively looking for international talent, which saves you significant time compared to applying broadly and discovering sponsorship limitations late in the process.
What happens if my OPT expires before my H-1B is approved?
If your employer files your H-1B petition before your OPT expires, you are covered under cap-gap protection, which automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that year. If the H-1B is selected in the lottery and approved, your status transitions on October 1. If it is not selected, you will need to explore alternative visa options or depart the U.S. before your cap-gap protection ends.