Senior Ruby on Rails Developer to design and build reporting, payroll deduction calculation logic,

Are you looking for a challenging role where you will have the opportunity to have a huge impact on an industry leader? Do you have outstanding relationships and a creative streak? Do you have strong attention to detail?

Location: Ottawa, ON (Onsite)

Salary: $23.35/Hour

Duration: 12 months contract (Possibility of Extension)

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week - Core hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST

Advantages

• Work full-time hours on a 12-month assignment
• Earn $23.35/h
• Onsite role
• Global opportunities for professional growth and development

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all federal and provincial payroll regulations, including assisting payroll manager with year-end processing (T4s, RL1s), tax remittances, registrations, amendments, and statutory filings across all current and legacy legal entities.
• Ownership of Workers’ Compensation and EHT reporting and remittances, ensuring timely, accurate filings and alignment with regulatory agency expectations.
• Review inputs, manual and off-cycle payroll transactions and partnering with Payroll leadership to ensure appropriate risk management and financial oversight.
• Provide oversight and direction to the third-party payroll processing team, ensuring accuracy of payroll entries, timely issue resolution, and audit readiness.
• Independently processes weekly and bi-weekly payroll for all Canadian employees, verifying time entries, validating pay codes, and ensuring accurate and timely compensation, including the maintenance and processing of hourly employee’s time from UKG.
• Assume full ownership of historical timekeeping corrections for Canadian entities, proactively resolving discrepancies to maintain accurate payroll and compliance.
• Review and process LiveLink submissions independently, validating pay data to ensure compliance with applicable provincial payroll legislation and company policies.
• Independently runs end-to-end weekly and bi-weekly payroll audits for all Canadian employees, maintaining a high standard of accuracy and meeting all payroll deadlines.
• Work closely with the Payroll Manager to coordinate internal and external payroll audits, deliver thorough documentation, prompt audit support, and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Accurately process all payroll-related reimbursements and top-ups, including expenses, OTP, STD, parental, and maternity leave, while coordinating with employees, internal HR teams and finance to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Responsible for the set-up, maintenance and correspondence of Garnishments, Support and Tax Levies, serves as liaison between the employees and Garnishment agencies.
• Audit the Federal and Provincial withholding taxes for new hires and ongoing employees, including approval of tax elections based on Federal and Provincial requirements.
• Proactively identify and resolve ADP direct deposit discrepancies, minimizing payment delays and ensuring accurate payroll distribution.
• Respond to and manage ad hoc payroll report requests and inquiries from HR, employees and management, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely resolution.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for payroll inquiries, proactively managing MyThales cases and email communications to provide clear and accurate information and timely resolutions to employees and management.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and progressive professional experience.
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Canadian payroll operations, including deep knowledge of federal and provincial payroll legislation, taxation requirements, statutory reporting, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven experience operating in complex, high-volume, and multi-entity payroll environments, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and operational change.
• Basis understanding of payroll tax filings, registrations, remittances, and regulatory frameworks across multiple provinces and legal entities.
• Experience operating within a shared services or matrixed environment, with a strong understanding of end-to-end HR, compensation, and financial cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex payroll, tax, and workforce data, assess risk exposure, and make sound, independent decisions with appropriate escalation when required.
• Strong Excel skills, including data analysis, formulas, pivot tables, and reporting, applied to streamline payroll operations and ensure accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining compliance, accuracy, and internal control standards.