Manager, Payroll Tax

Work Location Type: Remote

Req Number 323824

About Grainger:

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $101,300-168,900. Anticipated base pay compensation range for remote based out of state candidates is $93,800-156,400.

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

For additional information and details regarding Grainger’s benefits, please click on the link below:

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.

The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Position Details:

The Manager, Payroll Tax is responsible for payroll tax compliance for approximately 20,000 employees by ensuring compliance, and controls for North America. The payroll tax manager is responsible for the payroll team located in the US and the outsourced payroll partner who is responsible to ensure that the North American payroll process meets defined service level agreements and quality targets, and that continuous improvement opportunities are identified and executed as necessary to ensure those targets are achieved and sustained. This position focuses on compliance to internal policies, key controls and government regulations, and creates an environment in which our employees’ expectations are anticipated and consistently met. The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge and experience in the area of payroll operations and systems including SAP and ADP Payroll, expatriate payroll, payroll controls, vendor management, SOX requirements, SOC1 controls, labor law and tax compliance.

This person will also act as an advisor and partner to both employees and managers ensuring we have a seamless and accurate quarter, and year end, including ensuring proper audits, and controls.

This is a hybrid position and is onsite 2 days a week in Lake Forest. This role can also be remote based for out of state candidates.

This role is available for relocation assistance.

This role is eligible for an incentive plan.

You Will:

• Responsible for managing all aspects of payroll compliance, inclusive of Payroll tax, garnishments, and keeping up to date with updated and new payroll tax laws
• Manage the timeliness of team member experience for all ServiceNow cases relating to Payroll tax & compliance
• Develops key performance indicators to monitor and evaluate effectiveness of payroll tax processes
• Identifies and implements process improvements
• Responsible for ensuring standard operating procedures are up to date and accurate for Payroll tax team
• Responsible to bring all Payroll tax and compliance issues to Payroll Director to ensure alignment and proactive resolution to remediate any future issues
• Serves as subject matter expert for payroll tax
• Ensure payroll tax setups are accurate (state, local, and provincial)
• Responsible to balance the quarter on a quarterly basis and to provide backup to the Payroll Director to ensure a successful year end process
• Train, coach and support payroll tax team
• Identify opportunities for process and continuous improvements

You Have:

• Minimum of 8 years of payroll tax experience with multiple tax jurisdictions
• Canadian payroll experience required
• ADP work experience required
• SAP ECP/ECT experience preferred
• Ability to effectively supervise team members and work as a member of that team and organize work activities for other members of that team
• Demonstrated coaching/mentoring skills and issue management problem solving skills

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.