Payroll and HR systems specialist managing full - cycle payroll, benefits, and pensions for Burlington Public Library. Supporting Dayforce, learning, performance, recruitment, and employee administration.
About the role
- Senior Payroll Analyst supporting Tucows’ US and Canadian payroll, tax reconciliation, and year-end operations. Remote contract role with potential extension.
Responsibilities
- Execute core payroll processes across US, Canadian, and global jurisdictions
- Perform statutory federal, state, local, and Canadian tax filings and prepare audit documentation and correction files
- Lead pre-year-end audit checks, data hygiene reviews, balancing runs, and US W-2/1099 and Canadian T4/RL-1 issuance
- Assist with UK/EMEA year-end data verification
- Support organizational projects through report generation, legacy data extraction, employee profile audits, system alignment, and parallel test validations
- Validate biweekly and monthly payroll inputs for hourly and salaried populations, including variable compensation, taxable benefits, reimbursements, and statutory deductions
- Resolve employee payroll escalation tickets involving pay inquiries, tax withholding adjustments, and historical pay adjustments
- Liaise with CRA, Revenu Québec, IRS, state agencies, ADP, and iiPay to resolve discrepancies
- Support compliance, internal audits, SOX reviews, and government reporting
- Partner with HR and Finance to resolve payroll issues
- Administer benefits and RRSP programs, including deductions, vendor reporting, and reconciliations
Requirements
- 5–8+ years of hands-on payroll processing and reconciliation experience; US and Canada required
- Experience supporting organizational projects, system implementations, or complex tax reconciliation initiatives
- Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
- PCP or CPP designation preferred
- Prior experience operating in a remote-first, multi-entity environment
- Advanced knowledge of third-party payroll systems such as ADP, iiPay, and Hibob
- Expert-level Microsoft Excel proficiency, including XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, nested formulas, and data matching
- Deep understanding of US Federal/State/Local tax setups and Canadian payroll legislation, tax forms, and remittance rules
- Experience with payroll data mapping, process audits, parallel run testing, and data migrations
- Experience reconciling payroll and benefit accounts and preparing related journal entries
- Ability to manage high-volume tasks independently against strict deadlines
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills
- High confidentiality, integrity, and discretion when handling sensitive information
Benefits
- Opportunity for contract extension
- Remote-first work flexibility
- Benefits and RRSP programs
- Total rewards offering
- Reasonable accommodation for disabilities
- Diverse and inclusive workplace
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