Payroll Analyst

at  Manulife

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JOB SUMMARY:

As a member of the North America Payroll Services team, the Payroll Analyst will oversee and audit the daily operations of the Payroll department; identify and research discrepancies ensuring they are resolved in a proper and timely manner; be able to spot numerical errors, anomalies and trends in data. This role requires extensive knowledge of the laws and regulations in multiple states/provinces regarding compensation and taxation. In this high-volume and fast-paced team you will be working against tight deadlines with high volumes of work. This job reports to the Payroll Manager for the country (either U.S. or Canada).

General duties include:

• Take an active role in assisting the Payroll Manager and take responsibility for accurate and timely semi-monthly payroll processing for approximately 12,000 employees in 10 provinces with 10 companies
• Performs a variety of complex duties in the preparation of processing, maintenance of payroll, salary, tax payments, allowances, benefit calculations, equity compensation plans.
• Research, analyze, and retrieve data to prepare and maintain complex payroll records, summaries and reports
• Apply critical analysis to reconciliations and other large files to find patterns and anomalies in payroll, benefit, retirement and accounting data
• Set up and maintain database files; create spreadsheets, reports and documents as required
• Process Daily transactions from Inbound Interface from Workday, 3rd party vendors, and AskHR
• Reconcile and report payments (net pay, taxes, garnishments, etc.)
• Assists with internal and external audit walk throughs and support gathering
• Investigate and respond to Payroll Tier 1B escalated cases (tracked in Salesforce)
• Attends trainings and workshops as directed
• Works OT occasionally (around year end, to support audits, busy periods, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4 to 6 years of payroll processing, preferably high volume, with large selection of Canadian provinces
• Bachelor’s/University degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Fully capable of performing all Coordinator tasks
• Strong sense of logic and an aptitude for mathematics
• Strong knowledge of payroll processing, tax principles, wage & hours legislation
• PCP with NPI (National Payroll Institute) obtained or in progress
• Experience with large ERP systems like Workday, PeopleSoft, Oracle
• Experience with large third-party payroll providers like ADP, Ceridian, UKG
• Experience with ADP GlobalView (as a processing services client) preferred
• Exposure to complex payroll scenarios mobile employees, long and short-term business travelers, expatriates, converting payments into different currencies
• Able to demonstrate problem-solving and data analysis skills during interview
• Able and willing to participate in Teams, Zoom, Webex or other conference platforms on camera

General duties include:

• Take an active role in assisting the Payroll Manager and take responsibility for accurate and timely semi-monthly payroll processing for approximately 12,000 employees in 10 provinces with 10 companies
• Performs a variety of complex duties in the preparation of processing, maintenance of payroll, salary, tax payments, allowances, benefit calculations, equity compensation plans.
• Research, analyze, and retrieve data to prepare and maintain complex payroll records, summaries and reports
• Apply critical analysis to reconciliations and other large files to find patterns and anomalies in payroll, benefit, retirement and accounting data
• Set up and maintain database files; create spreadsheets, reports and documents as required
• Process Daily transactions from Inbound Interface from Workday, 3rd party vendors, and AskHR
• Reconcile and report payments (net pay, taxes, garnishments, etc.)
• Assists with internal and external audit walk throughs and support gathering
• Investigate and respond to Payroll Tier 1B escalated cases (tracked in Salesforce)
• Attends trainings and workshops as directed
• Works OT occasionally (around year end, to support audits, busy periods, etc.