Manager, Payroll Compliance

What We'll Bring:

TransUnion is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.

What You'll Bring:

This GFSS Payroll Tax and Compliance Manager to oversee all aspects of payroll tax reporting, regulatory compliance, and audits across our Americas operations. This individual will play a critical role in ensuring that payroll processes remain compliant with international, federal, state, and local tax regulations, while driving process standardization and risk mitigation across regions.

Day to Day You’ll Be

Key Responsibilities

1. Payroll Tax Management

• Ensure accurate calculation, withholding, reporting, and remittance of payroll taxes across multiple countries and jurisdictions.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes affecting payroll tax compliance globally and ensure timely implementation of updates.
• Oversee the preparation and filing of tax returns and year-end forms (e.g., W-2, 1099, T4, etc.) in accordance with local laws.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors, tax agencies, and internal stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and ensure timely tax filings.

2. Compliance & Governance

• Lead payroll compliance efforts across all regions, including adherence to internal controls, SOX requirements, data privacy, and labor laws.
• Conduct periodic audits of payroll tax data and processes to identify discrepancies or risks.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on payroll tax regulations, providing guidance to payroll, finance, HR, and legal teams.
• Maintain and continuously improve the global payroll control framework.

3. Global Projects & Process Improvement

• Drive implementation of global payroll tax process improvements and automation initiatives.
• Support system upgrades, new country setups, and integrations from a tax and compliance perspective.
• Partner with internal teams (e.g., HRIS, Legal, Finance) to ensure upstream and downstream data accuracy and alignment.

4. Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead or support cross-functional and payroll tax initiatives.
• Collaborating with regional payroll leads to ensure consistent tax practices.
• Train and support payroll team members on evolving compliance standards and tax procedures.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
• Minimum of 5+ years of payroll tax experience, with at least 2 years in a global or multinational environment
• Strong knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations, with exposure.
• Familiarity with payroll systems such as ADP and Workday.
• Experience managing year-end payroll tax processes and filings
• Proven track record in managing audits and mitigating tax compliance risk

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Impact You'll Make:

What’s In It for you?

At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.

As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:

TransUnion – a place to grow:

If there’s something on the list of essential / desirable skills that you can’t quite tick off, don’t let that put you off applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful.

We know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together

Flexibility at TU:

We recognize that our people need the freedom to balance their day-to-day lives with their work. This is why we’ve set out to create inclusive and flexible policies and practices for you to accommodate all your responsibilities and needs: children, family and beyond. If the role is advertised as full time, don’t let this stop you from applying. Let us know if you’re looking for a part time or flexible working arrangement and we can discuss this with you.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Adherence to Company policies, sound judgment and trustworthiness, working safely, communicating respectfully, and safeguarding business operations, confidential and proprietary information, and the Company’s reputation are also essential expectations of this position.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Benefits:

TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, up to 12 paid holidays per year, health benefits (including medical, dental, and vision plan options and health spending accounts), mental health support, disability benefits, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility planning coverage, legal benefits, long-term care insurance, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k) retirement savings with employer match, and access to TransUnion’s Employee Resource Groups. Spousal, domestic partner, and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select health and welfare plans.

We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. Additionally, in accordance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, TransUnion takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in all levels of employment and develops annual affirmative action plans. Components of TransUnion’s Affirmative Action Program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are available for review to any associate or applicant for employment upon request by contacting ERCoE@transunion.com.

Pay Scale Information:

The U.S. base salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $135,000.00 annually. *The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this job. At TransUnion, actual compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual’s education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations.

Regular, fulltime non-sales positions may be eligible to participate in TransUnion’s annual bonus plan. Certain positions may be also eligible for long-term incentives and other payments based on applicable company guidance and plan documents.

The application window for this job posting is estimated to close on 09/17/2025. Job postings may come down early or be extended due to business need or volume of applicants.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

Manager I, Payroll

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