Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Are you excited about the prospect of joining a startup organization?

Interested in being a part of the changing skies in Canada and beyond?

Want to work with world-class leaders who have extensive industry know-how?

Curious about how it feels to contribute and join Canada’s newest airline while redefining affordable air travel?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you

We are seeking a **Payroll & Benefits Specialist** for our Finance department to join our rapidly expanding, dynamic team

**WHO WE ARE**:
Let your career fly with Lynx Air, Canada's newest ultra-affordable airline. Our mission is to make air travel accessible for all, by offering low-cost, safe and customer-first flying experiences. With airfares sky-high in Canada, we're here to change the game Our brand-new fleet of Boeing 737 MAX planes will take passengers to select Canadian and USA destinations at an ultra-affordable price point and we're excited to be building our team that will help us get there. With backing from prominent investors, we're poised to revolutionize the Canadian airline industry.

Join our team and be part of the changing skies of Canadian aviation

**WHAT THE ROLE ENTAILS**:
Reporting to the Controller in the Calgary office, the Payroll & Benefits Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of payroll processes are executed with the upmost care and attention to detail. The incumbent will act as a primary contact for Lynx Air regarding pay-related inquiries and provide recommendations for payroll, pension, and benefit process improvements.

**WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING**:
**Process Canadian payroll**:

- Prepare, verify, process, balance, and audit semi-monthly payrolls for salaried and casual employees, and Flight Crew and Cabin Crew (in accordance with crew agreements), provincial and federal legislation (for federally regulated employees), policies and procedures
- Process monthly payroll adjustments and reconcile earnings and deductions
- Calculate and process taxable benefits
- Reconcile Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) contributions
- Review payroll data and investigate and correct data integrity issues
- Maintain adequate back up for payroll inputs and adjustments

**Benefits administration**:

- Reconcile monthly benefit premiums and billings
- Ensure benefits premiums are deducted accurately from employees pays and correct any discrepancies
- Validate and correct errors in benefit interface files
- Enroll new employees in the benefits program
- Coordinate with the benefits providers for any issues or concerns
- Benefits Administration that includes;
- Ensuring beneficiaries are updated and complete
- Ensuring employees are enrolled
- Troubleshooting login concerns

**Payroll processes**:

- Be willing and able to deliver superior service in answering routine questions from employees and crew
- Process calendar year-end tasks (T4 reconciliations)
- Assist with internal and external audit requirements
- Work with Finance to resolve finance and payroll issues (i.e., GL account changes)
- Support with regular system updates by testing payroll functions
- Possible expense reports for crew processed daily through Avanti
- Review Payroll processes and provide information on payroll system requirements and determine potential avenues for improvement

**Coordinate with the Human Resources department on**:

- Onboarding: correctly setting up new employees daily and following up with new employees to fill gaps on missing information
- Offboarding: correctly terminate employees daily taking into account final pay calculations, vacation owing, file Record of Employment with Service Canada etc.
- Other payroll services as necessary

**WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE**:

- Canadian Payroll Association’s Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) accreditation
- 5 years (or more) relevant experience in processing payroll and administering benefits (preference for Federal regulated industries)
- Ability to manage priorities independently
- Strong customer service and professional judgment skills.
- Strong continuous improvement mindset
- Very strong technical proficiency with an HRIS system
- Critical thinker able to evaluate and interpret data to implement creative solutions
- Problem solver who regularly seeks opportunities for improvement and implements positive changes
- Capable of working in ambiguity and identifying an optimal approach for finding a resolution
- Experience in payroll accounting
- Experience working in a daily/hourly pay environment is a definite asset
- Experience with continuous improvement or other project management initiatives is strongly preferred
- Experience with Avanti payroll system is an asset

**WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM US**:

- Industry competitive salary
- The chance to be part of building something from the ground up. Aggressive growth plans of the organization mean there is no limit to how far you can grow your career with the organization
- An env