Payroll Compliance Analyst

About the position As a Payroll Compliance Analyst, you will play a crucial role in managing the complete payroll cycle for our Canadian-based entities, ensuring compliance with local regulations and company policies. This position is fully remote, allowing you to work from the comfort of your home while contributing to the efficiency and accuracy of payroll operations. Your primary responsibility will be to process recurring payroll, ensuring that all transactions are timely and accurate. You will collect personal information, employment, and benefits data from various HR systems and third-party service providers, such as insurance and RRSP providers, and upload this data to the employee profiles in the payroll system. In addition to processing payroll, you will manage updates to the payroll system, testing and validating changes that arise from company policies or local regulations. You will consolidate time and absence data from the HR system, ensuring its accuracy and completeness. Your role will also involve processing various payroll input requests, including one-time payments, stock-based compensation, and taxable benefits. You will be responsible for bringing data into the payroll system, resolving exceptions, and calculating payroll accurately. You will review payroll results and make necessary adjustments to pay slips before transmitting them for payment. Coordination with our payroll system provider for remittance will also be part of your duties. Furthermore, you will prepare and file any payroll deliverables required by local authorities and internal/external partners, such as T4/RL1 summaries and worker's compensation disclosures. Providing payroll-related support to employees, including preparing communications related to payroll, will be essential. You will also participate in the payroll year-end process, preparing and distributing year-end slips to employees, and assist in the monthly closing of accounting records by providing reports and addressing payroll-related inquiries from internal teams. Responsibilities • Process recurring payroll while ensuring consistent timeliness and accuracy , • Collect personal information, employment and benefits data from HR systems/teams and third-party service providers , • Upload data to the employee profile in the payroll system , • Manage payroll system updates, test and validate to reflect changes arising from company policies or local regulations , • Consolidate time/absence data from HR system, ensuring accuracy and completeness , • Process any other payroll inputs requests, such as one-time payments, stock-based compensation, taxable benefits or specific operations-related withholding , • Bring-in data to the payroll system, resolve exceptions and proceed with calculating payroll , • Review payroll results and process any required adjustments to pay slips before transmitting for payment , • Coordinate payroll remittance with our payroll system provider payment services , • Prepare and file any payroll deliverable required by local authorities and internal/external partners , • Provide payroll-related support to employees, including preparing all communications related to payroll , • Participate in the payroll year-end process, including the preparation and distribution of year-end slips to employees , • Participate in the monthly closing of accounting records by providing reports and answering payroll-related questions from internal teams Requirements • College degree (DEC) in administration, HR or accounting AND Minimum 3 years of experience in payroll administration , • OR Bachelor's degree (BAC) in administration, human resources or labor and Industrial relations AND Minimum 1 year of experience in payroll administration , • OR Equivalent experience Nice-to-haves • Good knowledge of Canada & Quebec payroll-related laws and regulations , • Bilingual (French: Advanced; English: Intermediate) , • Experience with Workday, UKG or other HR/payroll software , • Professional payroll certification (SCP, GAP or SCPQ) , • Basic proficiency in MS office Excel and manipulation of data , • Able to manage periods of busy work and priorities , • Thoroughness and attention to details , • Strong communication skills to interact with employees and internal/external partners across Canada and US

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