Payroll Analyst

Job Function:

• Accountable for performing payroll processing services for employees and pensioners including inputting, updating, and maintaining various computer systems.
• Ensure payroll processing activities are in accordance with payroll processing procedures, collective agreements, HR policies, and internal controls to ensure accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality of data.
• Strong data validations and auditing procedures are paramount to all payroll processing activities to avoid negative impacts to HR/government processing reliant on accurate data.
• Responsible for maintaining and producing remittances/reports and distributing information as needed and to working collaboratively within the team.
• Support the day-to-day operations of the Payroll Operations team by handling administrative information and performing complex analysis on Payroll including pay analysis and OVP.
• Review and approves employee data processes and transactions as needed.
• Support the Payroll Leader and the Payroll Supervisors to ensure efficiencies are gained and
• provide support to staff in processing transactions, acting as a point of escalation.
• Escalate items to the Supervisor and/or Manager and additional parties (e.g. COEs, HRSC, external vendors) as required.

Responsibilities:

General

• Support Payroll Leader with day-to-day operations for the Payroll function
• Provide additional Payroll processing support during high volume
• periods

Data Analysis

• Manage the overpayment process, by conducting analysis and providing
• solutions
• Develop and prepare reports to assist the Payroll Leader with
• monitoring the performance of the team
• Develop and prepare reports to assist the business with making
• strategic decisions

Subject Matter Expert

• Act as a payroll subject matter expert for the organization and as a
• key point of contact for Payroll related escalations
• Support development/presentation of training programs related to Payroll processing
• Provide feedback and recommendations on potential impacts of Payroll changes

Payroll Reconciliation

• Coordinate Payroll reconciliation and audit efforts led by Finance;
• coordinate teams and data requests within Payroll

Special Projects

• Assist with special payroll related projects focused on streamlining
• processes/operations and implementing new Payroll solutions/services
• Support and participate in complex projects with multiple work streams
• and multiple stakeholders

Process Oversight

• Monitor and track KPIs using a dashboard or similar tool
• Prepare internal and external reporting to meet regulatory and management reporting requirements, while optimizing processes and identifying cost efficiencies
• Manage all Payroll-related SOPs and documentation, ensuring they are kept up to date with system releases

Continuous Improvement

• Advocate for and participate in continuous improvement., identify possible trends, risks, and business improvements
• Perform Other Duties as Required

Education and Experience:

• Requires a knowledge of accounting and payroll principles related to payroll processing and reporting system in order to reconcile differences.
• Requires a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation. This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired either through the successful completion of a four year university education in human resources or accounting or by having the equivalent level of education.
• Working experience with SAP Payroll system and ServiceNow(Help Desk tool).
• Advance knowledge of Excel
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with staff, internal and external parties.

Other Requirements:

• Must be able to work 2 days in the office at 483 Bay Street, Toronto, ON
• Must be able to work on site for 5 days a week for the first 2 weeks of employment for training.