Job Summary

Under supervision of the Corporate Payroll Manager, this position ensures the complete and accurate processing of the day-to-day payroll for the Corporation.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews, calculates, completes and processes special pay, adjustments, deductions and final pay cheques and produces records of employment.
• Ensures that deductions taken properly reflect special situations, e.g. partial pay, termination, transfer etc.
• Receives, reviews, corrects, enters and processes payroll data from all departments.
• Prepares and reconciles all deductions withheld from employees and assigns them to the appropriate payees and prepares the payroll summary.
• Initiates running of payroll earnings, deduction, and tax reports, extracting large volumes of data to excel for analysis, reconciliation, and balancing.
• Responds to a variety of payroll-related enquiries from employees, administration and external agencies.
• Calculates, enters, processes and records manual and requested off-cycle cheques.
• Distributes payroll information to all departments and boards.
• Performs designated duties of the Payroll Supervisor as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 education.
• Successful completion of a one-year post-secondary business or related program, plus successful completion of, and registered as, a certified Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) from the National Payroll Institute.
• Five years' progressively responsible related payroll experience.
• Experience working with payroll in a large size ERP (SAP-S4) enabled organization.  Experience with SAP S4/HANA Payroll, SuccessFactors, and WorkForce would be considered an asset.
• Possession of a valid Saskatchewan Class 5 Driver’s Licence.
• Considerable knowledge of business English.
• Considerable knowledge of hourly and salaried payroll terminology and practices.
• Considerable knowledge of federal and provincial laws, City regulations and union agreements applicable to payroll.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite programs; including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint. Ability to develop and maintain Excel spreadsheets at an intermediate to advanced level of complexity.
• Ability to interpret, and make decisions in accordance with, established policies and procedures.
• Ability to maintain sustained attention to detail and work within deadlines.
• Ability to make arithmetic calculations with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.