HR Analyst II X 2

Job Title: HR Analyst II
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 6 Months

Description:
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:
Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 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

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-HAVE Hard Skills:

• 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

• Payroll Compliance Practitioner Designation (or working towards completion) PCP
• Has worked for a large organization