Join Our Team: Making a Difference at Eaton

Join Eaton’s Global Financial Services and Systems North America team and help positively impact our business by providing timely and high-quality financial services. We are currently seeking an Employment Tax & Compliance Manager on our Americas payroll center of excellence team. This position will be available for hybrid work out of our North America Headquarters in Beachwood, OH or any of our Eaton sites if candidate is not within a 50-mile radius of Eaton site, remote work available.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $120075.03 - $176110.04 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

Who we are: Our Americas payroll center of excellence team insures compliant and accurate payroll for all employees in the U.S. and Canada. Our end-to-end payroll processes for +28,000 employees in the United States and Canada with gross US payroll payments of $2.1 Billion and Canada payroll payments of $100.5 Million.

Our commitment: We are not just about business; we are about making a difference. Our team is dedicated to improving lives and safeguarding the environment through our products and services.

What will you do?

As the US and Canada Payroll Leader, you will ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws related to payroll processing. You will lead a team of approximately four employees, fostering their development in payroll compliance and employment tax processing through motivation, mentoring, and coaching. Your responsibilities include managing the payroll employment tax process to ensure timely and accurate tax filings and payments across 12-16 legal entities in the US and Canada. You will maintain in-depth knowledge of relevant tax laws, manage vendor relations, and provide regular updates to Eaton leadership on service provider activities and return on investment. Additionally, you will support payroll employment compliance across all states we operation in, analyze and resolve payroll tax issues, improve operational performance metrics, consult with IRS, and state tax agencies, lead change management initiatives, and stay current with business changes through seminars and publications. The employment tax and state compliance expert is responsible for managing the employment tax team and ensuring that Eaton complies to all federal, state and local requirements in the U.S. and Canada. You will achieve compliance by maintaining in-depth knowledge of relevant federal, state, and local tax laws and policies and insuring your team does as well.

What will make you successful?

To be successful in this role, you will need full knowledge of payroll statutory requirements to ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. Your proficiency in Microsoft products is essential for utilizing tools like Excel and Word for efficient payroll management. Prior experience with payroll systems and US payroll tax compliance is crucial for handling payroll processes and ensuring tax compliance. Additionally, understanding the payroll process flow is important to recognize its impact on downstream processes such as tax reporting, general ledger, vendor updates, and employee records.

We are looking for candidates who are diverse in their backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and who can bring fresh and innovative ideas to our team.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

• Minimum of 7 years of work experience with 3 or more of those years working in or with payroll in a company that works in multiple states.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 7.11.2024.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/careers/US%20Benefits%20updated%2010.24.22.pdf) for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.