Position Title: Director Benefits & Payroll

Client Details:
The company is one of the country’s leading providers of home and community health care services and is a Canadian-owned company. With over 100 locations across the country, including home care offices, pharmacies and infusion clinics, our company has more than 18,000 staff members and provides care to over 350,000 clients. The company has also been a recipient of Canada’s Best Managed Companies award since 2006 and is a Platinum Member.

Role Summary:
The Director, Benefits and Payroll is accountable for the strategic direction of the Companies Payroll and Benefit’s administration. This role is responsible for leading the timely and accurate Payroll and Benefit’s processing for approximately 18,000 employees Nationally across all Provinces in Canada.
Given the nature of the business, timely and accurate pay and benefits are essential for the success of our business.

The ideal candidate is:

A strategic and visionary individual who will lead our organization’s Payroll and Benefits administration into the future; with a focus on process efficiencies and a continuous improvement mindset
Detailed oriented with exceptional attention to detail to ensure that deliverables are accurate and complete
Collaborative with our Operations, HR and Finance teams in driving the organization forward;
Well versed in HR and Accounting principles as it relates to payroll and benefits
A positive and dedicated leader who is passionate about team building, process improvement, operational effectiveness and a service orientated approach

Key Job Responsibilities:

Provide strategic and operational leadership to the payroll and benefits team.
Lead the payroll and benefits team activities and ensures compliance and alignment of all activities with strategic operational goals, overseeing the full cycle of payroll and benefits for multiple entities to produce accurate payroll and benefits utilizing PeopleSoft.
Provide guidance to the team to investigate and resolve issues promptly. Ensures compliance with all federal and provincial boards.
Proactively identify opportunities to lead, streamline and transform processes, socialize any changes and lead through the changes across the organization.
Lead and participate in ongoing payroll, benefits and HR related projects and initiatives
Liaise with the IT Team on: Impacts and testing of new tax upgrade releases and enhancements to PeopleSoft application change requirements.
Coach and manage direct reports, who in turn manage teams under them. This includes performance appraisals, succession planning, training, and career development.
Review compensation related account reconciliations
Share Plan Administration for a Privately held Company.
Interpret union collective agreements and determine payroll and benefit requirements including system changes.
Third-party remittances to all external boards and benefit carriers.
Analyze payroll, benefits and general ledger accounts to find inconsistencies and ensure compliance and prepare correcting journal entries.
Lead payroll year end processes, annual reconciliation, and all associated reporting with T4s, RL1, T4As, T2200s and TP64s.
Provide oversight and assist with the training and rollout of payroll and benefits to new branches/entities.
Maintain and standardize all payroll and benefit procedures and ensure updates and training are conducted as needed.
Run or modify reports to analyze payroll and benefits to ensure the accuracy of payroll and benefits processes and controls.
Manage the distribution of workload within the payroll and benefit groups to ensure effective and efficient workflow operations.

Location:
Greater Toronto Area (Hybrid Working Model)

Salary Range:
Competitive Based on Experience plus Bonus (20%)

Requirements:

University degree, preferable with a degree in Business or HR
CPM Designation with the Canadian Payroll Association
Project management, process transformation background is an asset

8+ years recent experience as a Director or Senior Manager in the Payroll and Benefits related fields. 5+ years of people management and ideally 2+ years managing people leaders
5+ years of project management experience.
5+ years of accounting experience on the payroll and benefits side, including payroll related account reconciliations.
3+ Years of experience in Employee Share Plan Administration for a Private Company.
Healthcare industry dealing with multiple pay cycles, provinces and significant volume is an asset
CEBS Certification an asset
Bilingual (French/English) an asset

Excellent time management skills, thinking ahead to deliverables and getting all stakeholders lined up for team to deliver on deadlines.
Strong attention to detail, time management skills, ability to multi-task and maintain a high level of productivity in a deadline-driven environment.
Exceptional collaboration (internal and external) and interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment, including communication skills both written and oral. Ability to be a go getter and get things done.
Ability to be an “out of box” thinker and a strategic thinker.
Working knowledge of MS Excel (Pivot Tables, V Look ups) Power Point, Word and Visio.
Exhibits confidence in presenting to leadership on issues and has the influence to drive change
Experience in PeopleSoft HR preferred

ID2277 - Director Benefits & Payroll