Director of US Payroll and Tax Compliance

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🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧾 Payroll

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Career TEAM

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1996

💼 Consulting

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Education • Non-profit

Career TEAM is a workforce services provider that focuses on addressing complex social challenges such as reducing unemployment and eradicating poverty. They utilize both high-touch and high-tech solutions, including their innovative software, Career EDGE, to enhance career services and support job seekers across the United States. With over 1 million job seekers served, Career TEAM partners with government organizations and workforce development boards to deliver case management, training, and business services, helping people find meaningful employment and advance in their careers.

📋 Description

• Supervise, mentor, and develop a Philippines-based payroll team, including hiring, structuring, and coaching • Manage the full payroll lifecycle across 15+ US states and serve as the final escalation point for complex tax and systems issues • Lead withholding, filing, and reconciliation across state jurisdictions, including SUTA/FUTA, FICA, and local tax nexus management • Own ADP Workforce Now or an equivalent payroll platform, ensuring system integrity, integration, and continuous optimization • Manage registration of new state tax IDs and oversee compliance obligations across the growing US footprint • Lead responses to federal and state tax notices, garnishments, and year-end reconciliations, including W-2/W-3 processing • Deliver payroll and compliance reporting to the C-suite, including 401(k) contributions, audit status, and trend analysis • Drive the transition from manual, reactive payroll processing to automated, scalable, audit-ready operations • Report directly to the VP of Human Resources • Collaborate with US-based Finance, HR, and Operations leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of US multi-state payroll experience, with at least 3 years in a people leadership role • Demonstrated experience building, structuring, or scaling a Philippines-based payroll team • Deep expertise in US multi-state tax compliance, including SUTA/FUTA, FICA, W-2/W-3, and state nexus • Advanced Excel proficiency: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, Macros, Power Query, and large-dataset modeling • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field • Ability and commitment to work 10:00 PM – 7:00 AM PHST • Successful completion of a background check, including criminal, prior employment, and education verification • Preferred: experience with ADP Workforce Now, Kronos/UKG, or comparable enterprise payroll platforms • Preferred: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation • Preferred: experience managing 401(k) reporting, garnishments, and multi-entity payroll environments

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote; work from anywhere in the Philippines • Competitive Night Shift Differential for 10:00 PM – 7:00 AM PHST • Premium health insurance with options to add dependents • 15 accrued PTO days + Philippine public holidays • Clear path for advancement within a scaling US organization • Full-time employment with a US-based company operating across 15+ states