Workday Payroll Analyst - extension knowledge of Canadian payroll taxes - 57542

HR Analyst

6 months

4 days a week in office

100 Wellington Street

Team responsibilities include:

• Balancing all year-end tax slips and completing year-end government filings

• Supporting all expatriate assignments and some globally mobile employees

• Participating in both internal and external audits

• Providing customized payroll and year-end tax slip support for the CEO and Senior Executive Team

• Managing end-to-end Board of Directors’ payrolls

• Identifying, reviewing, and preparing POIs for reconciliation as needed

• Reviewing and correcting taxes from the Retiree Demographic report and the US Tax Data Query

• Responding to employee inquiries through ServiceNow cases

Specific Accountabilities

• Ensuring the integrity of the Workday HR/Payroll data, including any tests or validations required

• Assisting in the preparation of manual and amended tax slips

• Supporting all payroll accounting year-end payroll data to ensure they are recorded and processed accurately

• Recommending and implementing changes to current processes to gain efficiencies and accuracy

• Managing adjustments and resolution with business partners as needed

• Processing quarterly Director Fees payroll

• Handling manual off-cycle processing and EIB data loads

• Processing bi-weekly cheque reversals

• Running and actioning Pier/Variance reports to correct data integrity errors, ensuring the accuracy of year-end tax slips

Other tasks as required

• Managing daily administrative processes and functions for expatriate payroll

• Supporting the processing of shadow payrolls

• Balancing payroll tax slip boxes

• Providing accurate and timely resolutions to inquiries from internal and external business partners

• Reviewing and validating the accuracy of annual PIER reports from CRA and RQ

• Perform other tasks as required

Qualifications

• Payroll Compliance Practitioner Designation (or working towards completion) PCP

• Strong knowledge of Canadian Federal/Provincial and U.S. regulatory and legislative requirements related to payroll (Canada Revenue Agency/ Revenu Quebec/IRS)

• Sound knowledge of Workday (Payroll & HR application), particularly in Year-end Workday processes, as well as expertise in Resolution Management and Pier/Variance report Reconciliation principles.

• Strong Excel skills

• Strong communication skills

• Strong analytical skills

Must Haves:

Working knowledge of workday (reporting)

Expat experience 3 yrs

Strong knowledge of Canadian Federal/Provincial and U.S. regulatory and legislative requirements related to payroll (Canada Revenue Agency/ Revenu Quebec/IRS),

Report Reconciliation principles experience

Strong Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Strong attention to detail

NICE-TO-HAVE

1.) Payroll Compliance Practitioner Designation (or working towards completion) PCP

2.) Has worked for a large organization