People & Payroll Administrator

Are you a payroll professional with human resources skills? Or an HR professional wanting to learn payroll? Or maybe you have experience doing both already If so, our People & Culture team is looking for you.

As our People & Payroll Administrator you are part of a team providing services to over 200 employees. You would be working on people centered tasks for 75% of the time and payroll for 25%. Most importantly, you are the friendly voice and presence of our department to help employees with HR and payroll related actions. With a positive attitude you understand how to balance professional good service with detail-oriented work.

You would work full-time in the Cermaq Canada’s Campbell River office reporting to the People & Performance Manager. You get an excellent company paid benefit package, bonus plan and competitive compensation, plus an opportunity to learn and grow as our company does. You get a matching RRSP contribution, too

Your new role would be working for a global leader in sustainable aquaculture, Cermaq Canada. Located along the beautiful coastal waters of Vancouver Island, Cermaq is a salmon farming company focused on operational excellence. With our skilled team, we strive for a high-quality product achieved through sustainable aquaculture practices. Our award-winning safety culture, world-class certifications and reconciliation efforts make for a rewarding and engaging culture for you to learn and grow.

Position Accountabilities

Human Resources Function - shared responsibilities with your team
- Providing support to the People & Culture team for employee life cycle management from recruitment through to offboarding such as orientation, performance management, employee recognition, training & development, and progressive discipline
- Managing employee access and set-up on a variety of internal IT systems
- Manage department projects or participate on project teams focused on employee relations and their experience
- Track, audit and continually improve HR processes with your team
- Support employee engagement initiatives such as recognition, employee events, etc
- Demonstrate safety leadership by participating in the safety program and supporting it with department actions

Payroll & Benefit Administrator Function
- Administer bi-weekly pay, bonuses and payroll from timesheet submission through commitment and reporting out in a timely and accurate manner
- Acting as a technical resource for managers and employees for all payroll and benefit related matters
- Administer group benefit enrollments, including addition of family member & updates within the benefit provider’s web portal.
- Preparation of various payroll reports. These reports include vacation reports, overtime reports, Finance reports by Employee/department/labour costs, etc. All reports are completed by downloading information and completing the analysis in Excel
- Seek opportunities to continually improve the payroll and benefit processes for greater service, transparency or efficiency

Position Requirements
Education & Experience
- Strong Microsoft Work, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
- Excellent customer service skills and multi-tasking abilities to manage changing priorities and tight deadlines
- Able to complete Excel formulas over multiple tabs, pivot tables, v-lookups, filters and analyze the data for errors and/or omissions
- Valid driver’s license required due to occasional regional travel to other worksites on Vancouver Island
- Recent payroll processing experience using a computerized payroll system, experience with Ceridian Dayforce would be considered an asset

You bring either
- Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) considered an asset but not required.
- Expert knowledge of the BC Employment Standards Act and Federal regulations that govern provincial employees

And/or
- Human Resources experience or education in a medium to large size organization as an administrator or generalist

This permanent full-time position is based out of our Campbell River head office and works Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm with some flexibility required for travel and events. Company benefits are available upon hire.

**How to Apply**:
Cermaq Canada is an equal opportunities employer who provides a workplace that is free of discrimination.