Payroll Specialist Lead ensuring accurate, compliant global payroll at Remote, a platform for hiring and managing international teams. Optimizing Zendesk, SOPs, training, and cross - functional operations.
About the role
- Spécialiste paie principale assurant la conformité canadienne et internationale chez Norda Stelo. Optimisation de Dayforce, intégration d’acquisitions et soutien aux opérations hebdomadaires.
Responsibilities
- Act as a subject matter expert and advisor on Canadian and international payroll
- Ensure payroll practices comply with legal, tax, and regulatory requirements
- Monitor legislative, tax, and regulatory changes and assess their impacts
- Design, document, and execute pre- and post-payroll quality controls
- Participate in internal and external audits and follow up on recommendations
- Maintain payroll policies, procedures, and controls
- Plan, coordinate, and carry out year-end payroll activities, including tax slips
- Act as the escalation point for complex matters related to taxation, employee mobility, restructurings, and compliance
- Lead the evolution and optimization of payroll systems and tools
- Collaborate on the configuration of business rules, payroll codes, and complex parameters
- Validate configuration changes, coordinate testing, and support go-live activities
- Support the integration of acquisitions and new entities into payroll systems and processes
- Lead the development, review, optimization, and documentation of payroll processes
- Identify opportunities for improvement and recommend solutions to increase efficiency, reliability, and automation
- Contribute to payroll transformation projects and support stakeholders through change
- Process or oversee the most complex payroll cases
- Advise the payroll team on technical, regulatory, and operational matters
- Support team members in resolving complex situations and contribute to the development of their 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 currently working toward it; certification is a significant asset
- Minimum of 10 years of payroll management experience
- Extensive experience managing payroll in a Canadian multi-jurisdictional environment
- Experience in an acquisitions, entity integration, or organizational transformation environment
- Proficiency with payroll management systems, as well as ERP and HRIS platforms dedicated to payroll data processing; Dayforce expertise is a significant asset
- Strong understanding of Canadian payroll legislation
- 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 managerial 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 available based on individual needs
- Accessible workplace and inclusive culture
- Equal employment opportunity
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