Payroll Specialist processing multi - provincial Canadian payroll for DLL, a global asset finance company. Managing compliance, remittances, reporting, and employee payroll inquiries.
About the role
- Spécialiste principal de la paie chez Norda Stelo, entreprise d’ingénierie et d’innovation. Pilotage de la conformité, des systèmes Dayforce et de la transformation des processus de paie.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor on Canadian and international payroll
- Ensure payroll practices comply with applicable legal, tax, and regulatory requirements
- Monitor legislative, tax, and regulatory changes and assess their impact
- Design, document, and execute pre- and post-payroll quality controls
- Participate in internal and external audits and follow up on recommendations
- Keep payroll policies, procedures, and controls up to date
- Plan, coordinate, and carry out year-end payroll activities
- Act as the escalation point for complex situations involving taxation, employee mobility, and restructurings
- Lead the evolution and optimization of payroll-related systems and tools
- Collaborate with systems specialists and HR partners to configure business rules, pay codes, and complex parameters
- Validate configuration changes, coordinate testing, and support deployment to production
- Support the integration of acquisitions and new entities into payroll systems and processes
- Lead the development, review, optimization, and documentation of payroll processes
- Identify improvement opportunities and recommend solutions to enhance efficiency, reliability, and automation
- Contribute to payroll transformation projects and support stakeholders throughout the process
- Process or oversee the most complex payroll cases
- Act as a resource for the payroll team
- Advise the team on resolving complex situations and contribute to the development of its expertise
- Collaborate with the Manager, Total Rewards, to prioritize activities and resolve operational issues
- Provide operational backup to ensure business continuity
- Take responsibility for processing one payroll group each week
Requirements
- College or university education in business administration, accounting, or a related field
- PCP (Payroll Compliance Practitioner) certification from the National Payroll Institute, or working toward obtaining it; this certification is a significant asset
- At least 10 years of experience in payroll management
- Extensive experience managing payroll in a Canadian multi-jurisdictional environment
- Experience in an acquisition, entity integration, or organizational transformation environment
- Proficiency with payroll management systems, as well as ERP and HRIS platforms used to process payroll data; Dayforce expertise is a significant asset
- Strong understanding of Canadian payroll legislation and good knowledge of U.S. regulations is an asset
- Strong analytical and complex problem-solving skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and a strong commitment to accuracy
- Ability to influence and support team members without necessarily having direct supervisory responsibility
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 tools
- Fluency in English, as the position requires interaction with English-speaking partners and colleagues in the United States and Western Canada
Benefits
- Accommodation measures tailored to individual needs
- Accessible workplace
- Inclusive culture
- Equal employment opportunity
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