Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Overview:
High Tide is seeking a dynamic and fast paced **Payroll and Benefits Specialist**. Reporting to the Vice President of Human Resources, the Payroll and Benefits Specialist will provide support in all activities regarding the management and administration of employee compensation, time & attendance, and benefits administration for various employees and legal entities throughout the organization. The incumbent will undertake variety of tasks such as entering payroll information, calculating wages and making payments.

**Responsibilities**:

- Calculate pay according to hours worked incorporating leaves, overtime, vacation pay, statutory holidays, payroll deductions and other payroll transactions.
- Lead and assist with company’s benefits rollout program; ensure employees are onboarded; manage their enrollment and renewal.
- Calculate Benefits deductions, manage beneficiary forms, update portal with wage changes.
- Maintain and manage time and attendance software for hourly staff including shift approvals, shift cancellations and shift scheduling.
- Strong knowledge of termination process calculations as per employment standards across all Canadian provinces.
- Initiate periodical payments; prepare and administer cheques, initiate direct deposits.
- Work with HR and operational stakeholders to work through payroll discrepancies.
- Issues statements, invoices, receipts and maintain financial records.
- Update paper and electronic payroll records by maintaining employee changes across various systems (adjustments on pay rates, transfers, new entity movement, consolidation, etc.).
- Prepare ROE/T4 on a timely basis and assist with EI inquiries
- Support the Finance team with payroll reports (monthly headcount, quarterly report, etc. as needed).
- Special projects & ad hoc reporting as required by internal stakeholders.
- Onboarding and offboarding employees in the Payroll system ( Dayforce, Humi, When I Work, Rise).
- Provide and assist management with Dayforce and Timesheet Approval Training.
- Cross reference various modules within HRIS to maintain data integrity.
- Perform union deductions and calculations.
- Report for Worker's compensation for all provinces and administer Ontario Employer Health tax accordingly for all legal entities.

Qualifications:

- Strong degree of prioritization, organization, and urgency to manage multiple competing pay groups with various deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast paced and high volume environment with consistent growth.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization.
- In-depth knowledge of payroll principles and payroll audit working in a public company.
- Broad knowledge and understanding of business processes and business systems.
- Prior knowledge and experience using Ceridian Dayforce.
- US experience a strong asset.
- WSIB and WCB compliance for all Canadian provinces.
- Strong experience and understanding of Employer Health Taxes in Manitoba and Ontario.
- Strong understanding of CRA requirements for each provincial legislation.
- Clear, concise and effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to tolerate a high degree of ambiguity, ability to work in highly dynamic, ever-changing environment while meeting deadlines.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and MS Excel.
- Ability to work in an office working environment. Required Education and Experience
- Formal payroll designation (PCP, CPM) or in the process of completion in accordance with Canadian Payroll Association guidelines.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar position.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent.

About Us:
**High Tide Inc.** is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world’s most powerful plant and is the second-largest cannabis retailer globally by store count**⁷**. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:

- Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 191 current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in the world.
- Retail Innovation: Fastendr is a unique and fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.

Brands: High Tide’s industry-leading and consumer-facing brand roster includes Queen of Bud, Cabana Cannabis Co, Daily High Club, Vodka Glass, Puff Puff Pass, Dopezilla, Atomik, Hue, Evolution and more.

Wholesale Distribution: High Tide keeps that cannabis category stocked with wholesale solutions via Valiant.

Licensing: High Tide continues to push cannabis culture forward through fresh partnerships and license agreements under the Famous Brandz name