Payroll Analyst

Payroll
- Toronto

**SPRING LIVING OVERVIEW**

Spring Living Retirement Communities (springliving.ca) owns and operates 22 retirement communities in Ontario and Quebec and has an ambitious strategy to continue to grow the portfolio through acquisition of mid-market retirement residences across Canada over the next 3-5 years. Spring Living’s mission is to create warm, welcoming and secure environments for residents, foster caring connections, and provide personalized services by team members who are committed to making a significant IMPACT every day.

Spring Living is the Retirement Community platform of Marlin Spring, a Real Estate company that strategically acquires, develops, constructs and repositions assets throughout North America.

**JOB OVERVIEW**

The Payroll Analyst specialized expertise in Payroll processing, data analysis and Reporting Analytics. Reporting to the Payroll and HR Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for Payroll related KPI reporting, identifying opportunities for improvements, pertaining to controls, accuracy and compliance. Responsible for the full cycle weekly payroll run for a growing portfolio of retirement communities.

**ROLES AND RESONSIBILITIES**
- Develops metrics to measure compliance with federal, provincial and regulatory legislation and maintain abreast of payroll related legislative changes.
- Create, prepare and validate payroll derived reports monthly, quarterly and annual packages that deliver value add to management across areas such and benefits, pensions, wage progression, sick time, hours worked trends and analysis.
- Report on payroll issues and changes to ensure quality service levels and payroll accuracy are maintained.
- Develop ad-hoc reporting as needed for acquisitions etc.
- Maintain the internal Payroll Knowledge Library and SharePoint.
- Work in tandem with the HR & Payroll Manager to complete year end tasks such as reconciliation of payroll information to vendor accounts and financials, as well as validation and production of T4 statements for our members.
- Monitor and maintain the accuracy of employee data, deductions, garnishments, benefit enrollments and pensions contributions.
- Review, analyze and reconcile payroll and other payroll related data and remittances according to established timelines.
- Responsible for the accurate and on time delivery of a weekly payroll for a designated group of retirement residences and communication with leaders.

**KEY ATTRIBUTES / QUALIFICATIONS**:
Required:

- 2+ or more years of delivering full cycle payroll processing including year end delivery.
- Degree/courses in Business, Payroll preferred or Human Resources.
- Payroll Compliance designation (or working towards completion). Hands on knowledge with Ceridian Dayforce or ADP Workforce Now is preferred.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint to create data-based reports such as dashboards, visual aides, training material, and documentation of internal processes.
- Strong analytic skills, ability to look at data trends and/or inefficiencies and formulate a solution-based approach to problems.
- High level of initiative, willingness to learn and decisiveness.
- Be familiar with unionized wage rate and entitlement (vacation, sick, overtime) progressions according to Unionized Collective Bargaining agreements.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Tact and empathy to communicate when responding to sensitive and/or confidential information and issues.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment while understanding what is mission critical, comfortable with ambiguity where not all situations/scenarios are the same.

In accordance with Spring Living’s duty to protect the health and safety of team members and residents, all team members are requested to be fully vaccinated by the Canadian approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to the start of their first shift. Proof of vaccination is required.

Spring Living is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under Ontario’s accessibility laws.

Spring Living is committed to fair and accessible employment practices. If you require accommodation (including but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternative format documents, ASL Interpreter or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.