Payroll Accounting Analyst

**Payroll Accounting Analyst**:
Reporting to the Manager, Payroll Governance, the Payroll Accounting Analyst is responsible for, supporting month-end processes, preparing account reconciliations for payroll costs and supporting labour analysis.

**This position is located at 115 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver.**

**What you’ll do**
- Reviews payroll tax remittance report and prepares the weekly payroll tax remittance reconciliation.
- Prepares monthly invoicing for payroll costs including intercompany billing and cross
- departmental labour cost redistribution.
- Calculates quarterly Employer Health Tax payments, prepares adjustment entries and files annual returns.
- Performs quarterly WorkSafe BC reconciliation and proposes adjustment entries.
- Coordinates with Payroll team and performs monthly extended health benefit, pension and vacation reconciliation.
- Supports the budget and forecasting process throughout the year.
- Collaborates with operations finance and FP&A team to understand business need in labour analytics and develops reports to achieve key joint initiatives.
- Prepares monthly G/L account reconciliations, investigation of reconciling items, and preparation of journal entries, including monthly allocation entries.
- Collaborates with HR Total Rewards team; performs analysis on the IBP and other incentives calculation and reviews journal entries.
- Performs labour variance analysis by interpreting payroll reports; connecting payroll reports with accounting records; identifies the issues; bridges the gap between different systems and functions and proposes resolutions.
- Prepares year-end working papers for audit purposes, along with other reports and analysis as requested.
- Liaises with financial reporting, operations finance, transactional accounting team to ensure the accuracy and completeness of labour costs and cost distribution.
- Collaborates with HR Admin team and assists with the annual pension filing.
- Reviews weekly timecard journal entries posting and provides GL coding instructions to payroll team in payroll processing.
- Liaises with various finance teams in the main business sectors including Shipyards and Marine group on GL structure re-alignment and develops reports as requested.
- Reviews accounting instruction setup for payroll costs (AAIs) and proposes recommendations.
- Participates in ad-hoc projects including Financial Reporting ERP system transformation and new HR & Payroll platform implementation.
- Documents processes to ensure performance of key controls and provide support as necessary.

**What you’ll bring**
- Bachelor degree in accounting; CGA/CMA/CPA or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive payroll & benefits accounting experience.
- Strong understanding of accounting and payroll concepts.
- Ability to prepare and reconcile variety of journal entries, reports and analysis.
- Ability to accurately process payroll journal entries in a timely and accurate manner.
- Strong understanding of accounting month end procedures and payroll concepts.
- Strong analytical skills to understand large and complex account reconciliations.
- Strong organization and time-management skills.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel.
- Experience in developing reports using Business Intelligence tools such as SAP BI and Power BI is an asset
- Experience with JD Edwards Enterprise One or proven computer aptitude with major ERP system.
- Strong communication skills. Ability to communicate (read and write) effectively in a business environment.
- Maintains the highest degree of confidentiality in all matters

**Why you’ll love working here**
- We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, wellness/fitness reimbursement for memberships or registration fees, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.

**About us**:
Seaspan Shipyards: Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.

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