Contract Payroll Analyst

Contract Payroll Analyst

About this role

Brunel is currently seeking a Contract Payroll Analyst to support a Human Resources team in Calgary. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will bring a strong payroll background and help with all aspects of Canadian payroll, including time and scheduling and ongoing payroll auditing. This role is a great fit for someone who is proactive, detail oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

What you'll do

• Prepare and process payroll for Canadian employees, including salaried, fixed rate, temporary, and expatriate employees.
• Manage SAP time and schedule queries, including updating, auditing, reviewing, testing, and validating.
• Configure and maintain time and schedules.
• Take part in pay period audits and data reviews. Investigate and resolve discrepancies, or escalate them in a timely manner.
• Monitor and report on leave balances.
• Support regulatory filing and year-end activities, including year-end tax forms.
• Help maintain payroll policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with federal, provincial, and local legislation.
• Partner with HR, Finance, and IT to keep payroll and time processes aligned with the wider business.
• Research and respond to employee, manager, and external inquiries in a timely manner.
• Contribute to payroll and time projects such as audits, enhancements, and system upgrades.
• Support external auditors during payroll audits.
• Back up other payroll team members during absences.
• Handle sensitive employee information with strict confidentiality.
• Look for ways to improve payroll and time processes.

What you bring

• Legally eligible to work in Canada.
• 4+ years of progressive payroll experience with an integrated financial and payroll system.
• Experience with a large ERP payroll system. SAP Payroll and SAP time administration experience are strong assets.
• Experience running in-house payroll, and processing multi-provincial and multi-cycle payroll, is preferred.
• Strong understanding of federal, provincial, and local payroll regulations.
• Professional payroll certification or designation is highly desirable.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, including last-minute changes.
• Strong interpersonal, customer service, and communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new processes and technologies.

What We Offer

Why work with Brunel? We are proud to offer exciting career opportunities from over 100 offices globally in 42 countries. Advancing your career takes time and effort – let us match you to your ideal position.

About Us

Brunel has a reputation for working with some of the best in the business. That’s what we continually strive for. Brunel provides the global recruitment and workforce services you need to lead your industry. With 50 years of market experience in Renewable Energy, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Mining and Infrastructure, we help you finish major projects safely, compliantly, on-time, within budget and at the highest quality, so you can keep growing – anywhere in the world.