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Job Description
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
- Ensures absolute confidentiality without exception.
- Manages the full-cycle payroll for all our employees in Canada and the US.
- Administers employee benefits.
- Reports on human resource and financial metrics.
- Prepares and reconciles all payroll earnings, deductions, and accruals for pay period, monthly and annual reporting, including government and taxes (T4, W2, etc.)
- Manages, monitors, and implements required changes within the payroll and HR systems, whether because of changes in law or legislation, contractual obligations and/or Company policy.
- Ensures accurate data record keeping in employee databases.
- Administers the vacation and performance management systems within the salary group.
- Actively and continuously pursues improvement in processes and execution for improved financial results while enhancing the employment experience throughout the organization.
- Maintains the electronic and physical employee files.
- Provides leadership within the payroll and related departments.
- Special projects and other duties as assigned.
Education Required:
- Certification as a Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation and working towards Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP).
- Post-secondary education in compensation and benefits, and accounting are considered an asset.
Skills and Experience Required:
- Ability to maintain strict confidence.
- Payroll and collective agreement interpretation experience in a multi-union workplace
- Highly analytical approach while keeping the overall goals in perspective.
- At least 7 years' experience in payroll administration, attaining increased responsibility and scope.
- Exceptional computer skills within various applications, including ERP, payroll systems, and Excel.
- Proven ability to learn new systems, and work collaboratively to improve existing systems.
- Experience with Payworks preferred.
- Problem solver.
- Proven ability to build strong working relationships.
- Experience working under pressure with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.