Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
The Payroll Specialist is accountable for accurate, timely, and compliant full-cycle payroll processing for
Canadian non-union employees, while maintaining strong controls, confidentiality, and service to employees
and leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Process and oversee full-cycle payroll for approximately 200 Canadian salaried and hourly employees.
- Review payroll and time batches for accuracy, completeness, approval status, and proper coding to
department and job.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for payroll-related inquiries, resolving issues accurately and
professionally.
- Review RRSP contribution reporting and coordinate required payroll deductions, employer
contributions, and related reconciliations.
- Maintain payroll information by obtaining, validating, and following up on required employee and
employment data.
- Update payroll records by reviewing approved changes to tax elections, benefits, deductions, job titles,
departments, and transfers.
- Prepare payroll reports summarizing earnings, statutory deductions, benefits, leave, taxable benefits,
and non-taxable payments.
- Calculate, review, and support statutory payroll remittances for employee and employer portions in
accordance with applicable requirements.
- Reconcile payroll accounts, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies in partnership with Finance
and Human Resources.
- Maintain payroll guidelines by working with Human Resources to update payroll policies, procedures,
and process documentation.
- Update documentation to adapt to new payroll platform
- Support compliance with applicable Canadian payroll, employment standards, tax, and statutory
reporting requirements by monitoring changes and advising management on required actions.
- Maintain employee confidence and protect payroll operations by safeguarding confidential employee,
compensation, and payroll data.
- Support month-end close by preparing payroll general ledger outputs, reconciliations, and related
supporting schedules.
- Prepare ad hoc payroll reporting, analysis, and audit support for leadership, Finance, Human
Resources, and external stakeholders as required.
Required Skills:
- Full-cycle Canadian payroll processing and payroll operations management.
- Strong data accuracy, data entry controls, and payroll record maintenance.
- Payroll reporting, reconciliations, variance analysis, and general ledger support.
- Knowledge of compensation structures, wage administration, deductions, benefits, and taxable
benefits.
- Benefits and RRSP payroll administration experience.
- Ability to develop, document, and improve payroll standards, procedures, and internal controls.
- Financial and accounting literacy, including payroll journals, accruals, and account reconciliations.
- Payroll Compliance Professional certification, or equivalent Canadian payroll certification, preferred.
- Working knowledge of Canadian employment standards legislation, payroll tax, and statutory
remittance requirements.
Preferred Skills:
- Entertainment industry experience preferred
- Payroll cost allocation/split experience
- 5-10+ years of experience
- ADP Experience
Education:
- High School education or equivalent required.
- BA/BS in applicable field preferred.
Streamland Media is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, consistent with applicable Canadian
employment, human rights, and accessibility legislation
