Senior Payroll Specialist
Norda Stelo
Required skills
About the role
Translated into English from French by Korum. The employer's original wording is on their site.
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Reporting to the Manager, Total Compensation, the Senior Payroll Specialist acts as an expert and key resource for complex files. In collaboration with the Payroll and Employee Benefits team, this person ensures compliance of practices, contributes to optimising the Dayforce system and plays a key role in business continuity. They also take part in acquisition and entity integration projects, as well as the digital transformation of processes, in an international context.
Compliance, governance and payroll expertiseAct as an expert adviser on Canadian and international payroll.
Ensure payroll practices comply with the legal, tax and regulatory requirements applicable in each jurisdiction where the company operates.
Actively monitor legislative, tax and regulatory changes likely to affect payroll and assess their impact on the organisation's practices.
Design, document and perform pre- and post-payroll quality controls to ensure the accuracy and integrity of processing.
Take part in internal and external audits and follow up on the resulting recommendations.
Keep policies, procedures and controls governing the payroll function up to date.
Plan, coordinate and carry out all year-end payroll activities, including the production and validation of tax slips.
Act as the escalation point for complex situations involving taxation, employee mobility, organisational restructuring or other compliance issues.
Lead the evolution and optimisation of payroll-related systems and tools.
Work with systems specialists and HR partners to ensure appropriate configuration of business rules, pay codes and complex parameters.
Validate configuration changes, coordinate testing and support the go-live of new functionality.
Support the integration of acquisitions and new entities into the organisation's payroll systems and processes.
Lead the development, review, optimisation and documentation of payroll processes.
Identify opportunities for improvement and recommend solutions to increase the efficiency, reliability and automation of payroll processes.
Contribute to payroll function transformation projects and support stakeholders in implementing changes.
Process, or oversee the processing of, the most complex payroll files.
Act as a key resource for the payroll team on technical, regulatory and operational issues.
Support and advise team members in resolving complex situations and contribute to developing their expertise.
Work closely with the Manager, Total Compensation, to prioritise activities, coordinate interventions and resolve operational issues.
Provide operational cover for the various payroll activities to maintain business continuity.
Stay directly involved in operations by processing a payroll group each week.
Our must-haves
Hold a college or university qualification in administration, accounting or a related field.
Hold the PCP (Payroll Compliance Practitioner) certification from the National Payroll Institute or be working towards it; this certification is a major asset.
Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in payroll management.
Have in-depth experience of payroll management in a multi-jurisdictional Canadian context.
Demonstrate experience in a context of acquisitions, entity integration or organisational transformation.
Master payroll management systems as well as the ERPs and HRIS used to process payroll data; Dayforce expertise is a major asset.
Have a solid understanding of Canadian payroll legislation as well as a good knowledge of US regulations, an asset.
Demonstrate a strong ability to analyse and solve complex problems.
Show exceptional rigour and a strong attention to accuracy.
Demonstrate the ability to influence and support team members without necessarily having line management responsibility.
Have advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 tools.
Be fluent in English, as the role requires dealing with English-speaking partners and colleagues in the United States and Western Canada.
Don't have all the experience you are looking for? Consider applying anyway!
Norda Stelo subscribes to the principle of equal employment opportunity and strongly encourages women, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, people belonging to the LGBTQIA2+ communities, Indigenous people and/or people belonging to a traditionally marginalised group to apply.
We can provide accommodations according to your needs. For more information about our accessible workplace and our inclusive culture, please contact us at the following address: [contact details removed]
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