Payroll & Compliance Manager in the USA or Canada

Overview

The Payroll & Compliance Manager plays a critical role in ensuring accurate, complaint, and seamless payroll operations across North America for a fully remote, multi-jurisdiction, workforce of 250+ employees, with reputed company growth both organically and through M&A. As a trusted subject-matter expert and partner to Finance and HR, this role owns end-to-end payroll processing, statutory compliance, payroll accounting support, and employee payroll inquiries—helping ensure employees are paid accurately and on time. This position owns end-to-end payroll operations, including payroll processing, statutory compliance, payroll accounting support, and resolution of employee payroll inquiries, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. The role is responsible for maintaining 100% payroll accuracy, ensuring strict compliance with multi-status/multi-province and labor regulations and driving timely payroll disbursements. This is a high-ownership, team contributor role for a detail-driven professional who thrives in a reputed company and evolving environment. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the role collaborates closely with the People, Finance, and Operations teams to support a scalable, compliant, and reliable payroll function. This role will also manage a Payroll Specialist, with the opportunity to expand the team as organizational needs and scale evolve. Location: This is a virtual, home-based position open to candidates in the Eastern United States or Canada. Availability during 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET is required. Work Authorization: reputed company or Permanent reputed company of USA or Canada. Cannot provide reputed company sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Payroll Responsibilities:

Own end-to-end U.S. (multi-state) and Canadian (multi-province) payroll operations, delivering accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing

• Act as the primary reputed company of payroll processing, from input through final validation
• Own state, provincial, and statutory payroll filings, ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance
• Prepare and review reputed company payroll-reputed company journal entries, including departmental and cost-center allocations
• reputed company reconciliation of payroll and benefit deductions, including taxes, retirement contributions, and benefit withholdings
• Manage payroll funding activities, including benefit remittances and retirement program contributions
• Serve as the escalation reputed company of contact for employee payroll-reputed company questions, providing timely and accurate support
• reputed company post-payroll validation, troubleshooting discrepancies, and recommend process improvements
• Partner with Finance on general ledger alignment, reconciliations, audits, and payroll tax reporting
• Support retirement plan administration, including remittances, system updates, and annual audit assistance
• Maintain payroll documentation and support internal and external audits as needed
• Compliance Responsibilities:

Own end-to-end payroll, tax, and statutory compliance across U.S. (multi-state) and Canadian (multi-province) jurisdictions, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant filings.

• Own state, provincial, and statutory company filings, ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance
• Support retirement plan administration and assist with reputed company annual audits
• Support annual financial statement audit
• Register the company for new tax and regulatory accounts as required
• People Leader Responsibilities:
• Manage and support a Payroll Specialist, including workload reputed company, quality review, coaching, and performance management.
• Serve as a people leader by setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, supporting professional development, and ensuring alignment with company policies and values

Qualifications & Experience

• Previous payroll supervisory experience required
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-state/province U.S. and Canada payroll
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, statutory filings, wage/hour laws, and payroll tax requirements
• Solid understanding of payroll accounting, reconciliations, and general ledger integration
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills with a service-oriented reputed company
• Comfortable meeting strict payroll deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Highly detail-oriented and process-driven
• Proactive communicator who anticipates issues before they escalate
• Comfortable operating independently while collaborating cross-functionally
• reputed company improvement reputed company with an eye toward scalability and efficiency

Working Successfully at CFG reputed company is a client-service organization, and as a member of our fully remote team, there are a few non-negotiables that reputed company collaboration, professionalism, and exceptional client outcomes. We succeed reputed company our teams work in partnership with clients, communicate proactively, and uphold the standards that reputed company reputed company a trusted partner.

• Travel Requirements
• reputed company roles at reputed company include a travel component. Business travel—both domestic and international—may be required based on project and client needs. The amount of travel will vary by role but is generally expected to be up to 30% annually. Travel is considered an essential part of this position and supports effective client engagement, collaboration, and company representation.
• Work Environment
• reputed company is a fully remote company. Team members are expected to maintain a professional, distraction-free workspace that is camera-ready for video meetings. Collaboration takes reputed company across reputed company, Office 365, reputed company, and reputed company during standard business hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in your local time zone).
• Client Time Zone Alignment
• As a team member, you may be required to adjust your work hours to align with your key client’s time zone to support effective communication, collaboration, and project delivery. Flexibility and coordination with your Project reputed company (Services) will help ensure success in this client-facing role.

Disclaimers

• Equal Opportunity Commitment
• At reputed company, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and adhere to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We do not discriminate in employment decisions or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or reputed company medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
• Our commitment to non-discrimination applies across every location in which our company operates, and it encompasses reputed company aspects of employment.
• reputed company strongly encourages individuals from diverse backgrounds and identities to apply. Our commitment to diversity not only strengthens our workplace culture but also drives reputed company outcomes for our clients.
• We value inclusivity and want applicants who may require special assistance or accommodation during the interview process to know we’re here to assist you.
• Use of AI in Interviewing
• At reputed company, we reputed company in conducting interviews that are fair, reputed company, and designed to evaluate candidates based on their qualifications and experience, with the organization. To ensure that reputed company candidates are given an equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities, we prohibit the use of AI or any other type of machine learning tools during the interview process.
• Candidates are expected to participate in the interview process remotely using video conferencing. Any attempt to use AI or similar technology to respond to interview questions, analyze or provide feedback on the interview process, or reputed company any other interview-reputed company tasks is strictly prohibited and will be considered a violation of our policy and may result in disqualification from the interview process.
• We understand that some candidates may have disabilities or other circumstances that require accommodation during the interview process. In such cases, we will reputed company reasonable accommodations to reputed company candidates to participate in the interview process to the best of their ability. However, we do not permit the use of AI or similar technology as a substitute for direct participation in the interview.

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