ABOUT US:

Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.
Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.
We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.
Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the 13th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation!
Overview:
To be successful in this role, you must be detail-oriented, confident, analytical and knowledgeable with Canadian payroll practices.
You can work autonomously, but also as a collaborative member of a team throughout Canada. You will work closely with the Payroll Manager, Human Resources, the Operations team and other relevant departments to ensure efficiency and consistency of payroll and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Process and monitor semi-monthly payrolls across multiple provinces for employees in Canada.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with departments such as HR, Accounting/Finance and Operations to obtain the information required to process payroll and resolve any issues.
• Upload, verify, and audit payroll entries in UKG including new hires, terminations, changes, earnings, deductions, filing ROEs and more.
• Ensure that all Federal and Provincial laws and any compliance matters are followed.
• Continually review workflow to resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting, analyzing information, determining cause, and correcting in timely manner to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure accuracy by auditing payroll information for legislative compliance and internal policy compliance.
• Assist in delivering reports and information to Accounting/Finance, HR and managers as well as third parties (Workers Compensation, RPP, EHT, other) as requested.
• Assist Payroll Manager throughout the year and during Year End by running and auditing reports required for T4, RL1 and T2200 processing and filing, as well as other government reporting as needed.
• Full understanding of multi-province, multi-location payroll set up to assist Payroll Manager with new federal/provincial payroll tax setups as needed.
• Demonstrate a high level of responsiveness to inquiries and requests from managers and employees.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• PCP (Payroll Compliance Practitioner) payroll designation completed or in progress is required.
• Knowledge of all pertinent federal and provincial regulations, filing and compliance requirements affecting payroll.
• Experience with UKG Payroll highly preferred.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and Outlook required.
• Demonstrated attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy and ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines and maintain high quality work.
• Ability to ensure privacy/confidentiality of employee information at all times.
• Proven knowledge of standard payroll concepts, practices and procedures.
• Strong communication, analytical and mathematic skills.
• Preference will be given to candidates with commercial real estate experience.

Workplace Type: On-Site Our Equal Opportunity Commitment:
Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.
The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.
Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
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• Process and monitor semi-monthly payrolls across multiple provinces for employees in Canada.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with departments such as HR, Accounting/Finance and Operations to obtain the information required to process payroll and resolve any issues.
• Upload, verify, and audit payroll entries in UKG including new hires, terminations, changes, earnings, deductions, filing ROEs and more.
• Ensure that all Federal and Provincial laws and any compliance matters are followed.
• Continually review workflow to resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting, analyzing information, determining cause, and correcting in timely manner to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure accuracy by auditing payroll information for legislative compliance and internal policy compliance.
• Assist in delivering reports and information to Accounting/Finance, HR and managers as well as third parties (Workers Compensation, RPP, EHT, other) as requested.
• Assist Payroll Manager throughout the year and during Year End by running and auditing reports required for T4, RL1 and T2200 processing and filing, as well as other government reporting as needed.
• Full understanding of multi-province, multi-location payroll set up to assist Payroll Manager with new federal/provincial payroll tax setups as needed.
• Demonstrate a high level of responsiveness to inquiries and requests from managers and employees.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned