US and Canada Payroll Manager

The role

The US and Canada Payroll Manager owns end-to-end payroll for both countries in Workday. This individual contributor will lead the transition of US payroll from managed services to an in-house function.

What you will do

• Own every US and Canada payroll cycle end to end in Workday
• Review and approve the work of the Global Payroll Administrator
• Run pre- and post-payroll audits and reconciliations
• Maintain federal, state and local withholding and reciprocity rules
• Oversee quarterly filings and year-end reporting
• Manage Canadian remittances, ROEs, and year-end reporting
• Manage the international accounting firm partner for Canada payroll
• Lead the plan to move US payroll processing in-house
• Find and fix broken or manual processes
• Maintain documented controls and provide audit support

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive US payroll experience
• Independent ownership of multistate payroll
• Hands-on experience processing US payroll in Workday
• Strong knowledge of federal, state and local payroll tax, year-end reporting, and amendments
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proven process improvement record
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Based in the US
• Able to work Pacific or Eastern business hours
• Hands-on Canadian payroll experience
• Comfortable managing an outsourced payroll provider

Nice to have

• Experience with managed services and payroll tax providers such as ADP or a Workday partner
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions or payroll system integrations
• Comfort using AI tools and automation to improve payroll work
• Experience moving payroll processing from a managed services provider to in-house
• CPP, FPC or similar certification
• Exposure to multinational payroll or Deel

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• meaningful bonus program
• healthcare insurance
• pension/retirement matching
• comprehensive life insurance
• employee assistance program
• time off plans
• paid company holidays

Before you apply

• candidates are required to complete comprehensive criminal background check
• verification of education
• verification of employment
• publicly posted social media sites may be reviewed

About the company

Delinea is the identity security platform that continuously controls what AI agents, humans and machines can do and for how long.