Payroll Tax and Compliance Lead

Overview

This role supports the Payroll team by strengthening payroll governance, tax compliance, and controls across a complex, multi-jurisdictional environment. As the Payroll Tax and Compliance Lead, you will own payroll compliance monitoring, tax administration, and control effectiveness, partnering across HR, Finance, Legal, and external providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll tax administration and compliance across U.S. federal, state, and local jurisdictions, Canadian federal and provincial requirements, and applicable global payroll operations.
• Establish and monitor payroll controls, reconciliations, funding validation, payroll-to-GL controls, and audit processes to identify risk and prevent errors and financial leakage.
• Monitor regulatory changes and translate new requirements into payroll system, process, policy, and control updates while maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Investigate tax notices, payroll discrepancies, audit findings, and recurring exceptions using root-cause analysis to implement sustainable solutions.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Legal, government agencies, external advisors, and payroll vendors to identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and improve payroll processes.

Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Human Resources, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience with demonstrated expertise in payroll tax, compliance, controls, reconciliations, and audits within a complex, multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Demonstrated experience with Canadian payroll compliance and supporting global payroll compliance across multiple countries.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local payroll taxation and compliance, with strong analytical, problem-solving, and Microsoft Excel skills.

Preferred

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or other relevant payroll certification.
• Experience with enterprise payroll technology; Dayforce experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing payroll tax and/or global payroll vendors and resolving complex compliance matters with government agencies and external providers.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $96,142.80 - $144,214.20.
• Final compensation will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.
• Comprehensive benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, and more (benefits may vary by location and work type).

Location

Remote. To qualify for this remote opportunity, you must currently reside in one of the following approved states:

• Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Wyoming.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The employer is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected status.

Hiring Process

• After applying, a recruiter will review your application and contact qualified candidates.
• Interviews may include a phone screen, hiring manager interview, and panel interviews with business leaders.
• Additional steps or assessments may be required depending on the position.
• Applicants not selected to move forward will be notified at each stage.