Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Here we go again, we're growing Join our HR Team as a Payroll & Benefits Specialist (Calgary, AB, corporate office onsite). You will be part of something big @ High Tide Inc.

Do you love Payroll and Benefits, well now is the time to join our expanding and pretty cool HR team Apply today.

About the Role

High Tide Inc. is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented
Payroll and Benefits Specialist
in our
Calgary corporate office onsite
to join our fast-paced and collaborative Human Resources team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a high-volume environment and enjoys playing a key role in ensuring employees are paid accurately, on time, and supported through benefits administration. In this role, you will support the end-to-end payroll and benefits process across multiple legal entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and exceptional service. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams while managing a variety of responsibilities, including payroll processing, time and attendance review, and benefits administration. If you enjoy balancing precision with people-focused work and want to contribute to a growing organization, then this role is for you. Apply today and start 2026 with a new career

Responsibilities

• Calculate pay according to hours worked incorporating leaves, overtime, vacation pay, statutory holidays, payroll deductions and other payroll transactions.
• Lead and assist with company's benefits rollout program; ensure employees are onboarded; manage their enrollment and renewal.
• Calculate benefits deductions, manage beneficiary forms, update portal with wage changes.
• Maintain and manage time and attendance software for hourly staff including shift approvals, shift cancellations and shift scheduling.
• Strong knowledge of termination process calculations as per employment standards across all Canadian provinces.
• Initiate periodical payments; prepare and administer cheques, initiate direct deposits.
• Work with HR and operational stakeholders to work through payroll discrepancies.
• Issues statements, invoices, receipts and maintain financial records.
• Update paper and electronic payroll records by maintaining employee changes across various systems (adjustments on pay rates, transfers, new entity movement, consolidation, etc.).
• Prepare ROE/T4 on a timely basis and assist with EI inquiries.
• Support the Finance team with payroll reports (monthly headcount, quarterly report, etc. as needed).
• Special projects & ad hoc reporting as required by internal stakeholders.
• Onboarding and offboarding employees in the Payroll system.
• Provide and assist management with Dayforce and timesheet approval training.
• Cross reference various modules within HRIS to maintain data integrity.
• Perform union deductions and calculations.
• Report for worker's compensation for all provinces and administer Ontario employer health tax accordingly for all legal entities.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and high volume environment with consistent growth and be able to meet all deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization.
• Some knowledge of payroll principles.
• Some knowledge and experience using Ceridian Dayforce or other systems.
• WSIB and WCB compliance for all Canadian provinces.
• Experience and understanding of employer health taxes in Manitoba and Ontario.
• Level of knowledge with CRA requirements for each provincial legislation.
• Clear, concise and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to tolerate a high degree of ambiguity, ability to work in highly dynamic, ever-changing environment while meeting deadlines.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Ability to work in an office working environment.
• Required Payroll designation (PCP or CPM).

Required Skills

Some knowledge of payroll principles, some knowledge and experience using Ceridian Dayforce or other systems, WSIB and WCB compliance for all Canadian provinces, experience and understanding of employer health taxes in Manitoba and Ontario, level of knowledge with CRA requirements for each provincial legislation, clear, concise and effective verbal and written communication skills, intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel.

Preferred Skills

Ability to work in a fast paced and high volume environment with consistent growth and be able to meet all deadlines, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization, ability to tolerate a high degree of ambiguity, ability to work in highly dynamic, ever-changing environment while meeting deadlines.