Payroll Specialist I

Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. Come join our team of 2,600 diverse individuals and access competitive rewards & benefits, all while knowing you are a part of a greater movement. This competitively rewarded role will enjoy hybrid working arrangements which can be fulfilled primarily from the Vancity head office location and your Lower Mainland based home office. Periodically, in-person events or activities will be required of you.

Are you gifted with numbers and a wizard in Excel? Does your team come to you for myTime support? Do you enjoy assisting and helping others with their needs by providing top notch customer service? This role is a great opportunity for someone who is analytical, works well under pressure meeting deadlines, and has excellent interpersonal skills.

If this sounds like you, please keep reading We’re looking for a **Payroll Specialist I** to join our Payroll Team. **In this role, you will**: - Support the delivery of established Payroll programs by providing advice & technical support to the People Support Centre and responding/escalating complex inquiries where possible enabling an efficient and seamless service experience. - Coordinate and conduct payroll related activities to enable the achievement of program objectives. - Analyze, reconcile, and resolve discrepancies in payroll transactions so that records are accurate and complete. **You Are**: - **An Investigator & Problem Solver**: - You have a natural curiosity and analytical eye to review information, detect anomalies, and investigate and resolve discrepancies. Able to solve problems and make decisions based on a specific set of standards and guidelines, escalating unresolved issues to senior staff as required. - **Deadline-driven & calm under pressure**: - Able to handle high volumes, can manage workflows to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely manner. - **Strong Communicator** - You have great communication and interpersonal skills, both verbally and written. This makes you a resource for your specialized area, providing specialized advice, guidance, explanations, and related support; you also might have helped develop program content. - **Able to use discretion**: - **A quick learner** - Open-minded and able to learn Vancity strategies, functions and programs, policies, procedures, systems and software. - **A team player** You are reliable, dedicated and synergistically work with others to support the team. **You Have**: - **Specialized Education **- Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) required. - **Experience**: - Minimum 3 years in Full Cycle payroll including exposure to Time and Attendance systems. Knowledgeable about Payroll and Accounting concepts, practices and techniques. **Bonus if you also have**: - A post-secondary diploma, or undergraduate degree in Business Administration - Experience in Finance or Accounting - Experience working with Collective Agreements. **The Team**: - The Payroll Specialist reports directly into the Manager, Payroll, located at our head office in Vancouver, - Salary Band: $49,700-$74,500* **We offer**: - We are the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada - Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs - We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we offer retirement programs to meet diverse needs - New employees receive between three and four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows — to a maximum of six weeks per year — as their length of service increases.

In addition, full-time, permanent staff can purchase up to six extra days of vacation through our flexible benefits package. - In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness, plus opportunities to take unpaid leave for a variety of reasons. At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. **Diversity** in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience.