Analyst, Payroll Accounting and Benefits

at  PHSA

ANALYST, PAYROLL ACCOUNTING AND BENEFITS

Payroll
Burnaby, BC
Reporting to the Advisor, Payroll Accounting and Benefits, the Analyst, Payroll Accounting and Benefits is responsible for providing a standardized and strategic approach to the accounting and benefits administered by BCCSS. This includes reviewing and analyzing work functions and processes to ensure due diligence, accuracy and timeliness of benefits related remittances and reports. This position will initiate, develop and maintain financial analysis to support the financial reporting from the Payroll systems. Reports and analysis prepared by the Analyst are used by members of the leadership team, Finance, as well as MOH.

WHAT YOU BRING

Qualifications

• A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree, in a relevant discipline and completion of the Payroll PCP or CPM, or a Professional accounting designation (CMA, CGA, or CA), plus five (5) years of recent related Payroll experience, including supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Knowledge of the CICA Handbook and applicable CRA requirements. Ability to lead business process improvement and systems development. Demonstrated customer services and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent communication skills including the ability to negotiate and persuade others. Excellent staff supervisory skills including the ability to deal effectively with all levels. Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines. Demonstrated ability to work in a multi Payroll environment with complex reporting and tight deadlines. Strong computer and financial application skills including demonstrated ability to productively use spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and database applications. Physical ability to perform the duties of the job.

Skills & Knowledge

• Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
• As a strong asset for consideration, we are looking for our successful candidate to have: Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

WHAT WE DO

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Cultivate partnerships – Serve with purpose.
Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services
PHSA is committed to equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.
One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’kula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.
Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and marginalization faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and self-determination of Indigenous communities. PHSA must uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents such as including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.

• Ensures payroll remittance and reporting functions are processed timely and accurately ensuring all discipline functions are met.
• Applies leadership skills to improve efficiency and accomplish operational and workflow objectives.
• Identifies errors for correction, and ensure proper documentations are in place, including planning and training to mitigate issues and concerns.
• Responsible for the overall documentation and standardization of benefits processes, coordinating with other functional teams to identify opportunities to drive process improvements and cost saving measures. while staying up to date on all company policies, collective agreements and government standards.
• Coaches staff, assigns, and reviews work plans; identifies training needs and promotes staff development and continuing learning. Provides input into the hiring and evaluation of staff.
• Manages the calendar of activities in Accounting & Benefits in conjunction with the Advisor, liaising benefit and deduction rate changes, and is involved in user acceptance testing.
• Provides specific data analysis, interpretation, and reporting to various stakeholders such as Finance, MOH, WCB, Statistics Canada and Revenue Canada, and the Ministry of Health. Develops and generates complex reports extracting data from multiple systems and databases to guide operational decision-making and to meet accountability requirements.
• Ensures accuracy for the financial reporting generated by payroll systems. Provides financial period reporting, analysis and reconciliations to the Finance Department covered by BCCSS. Provides support and insight into labour trends, benefit analysis and forecasting to the Finance departments.
• Identifies new initiatives, partnership opportunities and new developments in area of responsibility through literature review, contact with peers at other organizations, industry advisor groups, professional associations and attendance at seminars, workshops and education programs. Makes recommendations to streamline and standardize processes to Advisor for evaluation and approval and participates in implementing approved initiatives.
• Manages and handles payroll-related projects as assigned.