Payroll Specialist

The Payroll Clerk is responsible for the day‑to‑day administration of bi‑weekly payroll across multiple provinces, ensuring accurate processing, timely delivery, and full compliance with legislative requirements. Core responsibilities include managing employee changes, maintaining payroll and benefits data, preparing reports, performing reconciliations, and supporting internal audits.

You identify as someone who is motivated by continuous learning and interested in taking on progressively more complex payroll responsibilities. You have a natural curiosity to review payroll routines and support with preparing workflows that support accuracy and compliance. By understanding how information flows from employees and managers into payroll systems, you help reduce manual entry, eliminate avoidable errors, and create a more predictable monthly cycle.

Your value comes from your interest and ability to recognize patterns and inefficiencies, then help translate them into practical improvements that teams can adopt easily. As you gain greater exposure to payroll projects, you actively incorporate new knowledge, refine processes, and contribute to a more streamlined and resilient payroll function.

Responsibilities:

Day to Day:

• Responsible for the preparation, coordination, and processing of a multi-province, bi-weekly payroll for multiple divisions within Canada
• Review and ensure accuracy of approved timesheets, earnings, deductions, and tax calculations in the payroll system
• Provide basic support for any general benefit related questions; work closely with Human Resources to support any sensitive/confidential benefit related matters that they are managing
• Ensure compliance with all applicable provincial and federal wage and hour laws, including tax filings and proper deductions
• Generate and file EHT tax returns for BC and Ontario, coordinating payment/refunds where

necessary

• Interface timely with Human Resources staff to process payroll and benefits administration changes and other queries, as required
• Provide timely, high quality and respectful customer service to our employees with respect to their queries
• Facilitate managers and employees understanding of payroll procedures
• Strengthen and develop the relationships with Payroll’s internal and external customers

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of experience with all payroll functions
• Minimum of post-secondary diploma (or equivalent) obtained in a related field
• Experience processing multi-province payroll preferred
• PCP required
• Experience with Ceridian Dayforce desirable
• Experience with system upgrades enhancements or conversion projects is an asset
• Strong working knowledge of payroll processing, payroll tax laws and related CRA reporting requirements
• Fundamental knowledge of accounting practices
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, with a proficiency in Microsoft Excel required
• Strong ability to use and understand the flow of transactions in an integrated and automated payroll accounting system

Compensation:

$55-65K, Vacation, benefits, permanent full time role, in office