Analyst Payroll Operations & Compliance - 18 month contract
Requisition ID: 191852
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: HR Payroll Services
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Stellarton
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team!
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Process multiple biweekly payrolls and monthly retiree payroll
- Process off-cycle payroll deposits or cheque requests
- Reconcile, remit, and report on all payroll liabilities including but not limited to CRA, RQ, WCB (all provinces), EHT, MB Health Tax, NL Health Tax, Group Benefits, Pension, Garnishments, Union Dues, Union Benefits and Party Funds
- Reconcile and report on vacation liability account
- Prepare key performance indicator reports
- Prepare period end working papers for all payroll liability accounts
- Prepare journal entries
- Reconcile banking accounts
- Issue Cost Center Owner Reports and respond to inquiries
- Analyze complex Payroll issues
- Respond to Regional Human Resource and Finance inquiries
- Improve business efficiency and identify areas for process improvement
- Prepare and execute year end activities (including producing and reconciling T4s, T4As, RL-1s and annual returns for WCB including all provinces, EHT, NL Health Tax and MB Health Tax)
- Process annual bonus payments
- Process Record of Employment (ROE’s) in accordance with Service Canada requirements
What you have to offer:
- Undergraduate in Accounting/Business with 2+ years experience or 4+ years of relevant work experience
- Knowledge of Ceridian Dayforce and SAP HR/Payroll considered a strong asset
- Previous experience with payroll implementation projects considered an asset
- Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making ability
- Bilingual – English and French is an asset
- PCP or PLP certification preferred
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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.