Senior Payroll Specialist

at  Yardi Systems Inc

Join Our Yardi Canada Team as a Senior Payroll Specialist to manage and execute biweekly full-cycle payroll processing for our Canadian workforce. This pivotal role extends to assisting the Payroll Manager with international payroll operations spanning multiple offices and countries. The ideal candidate will lead responses to audits and tax filings and will be regarded as a subject matter expert on payroll procedures and regulatory compliance. Your expertise will ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery, contributing to our company’s success and employee satisfaction.

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Yardi Canada is a market leader in Real Estate Accounting and Property Management software worldwide, with offices around the globe. We have been serving the Canadian market for over 20 years and are known for our innovative customer driven approach to software development. Our market share reflects the fact that we are continually keeping our clients ahead of the technology curve with development in areas like AI and IOT, and we are offering clients ways to optimize their returns and better serve their clients.

• Verify and audit employee timesheet data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with all applicable national, local, and provincial laws.
• Manage vacation balances, accruals, and leaves of absences.
• Ensure taxes, deductions, benefits, and other payroll-related elements are accurately calculated, documented, and processed.
• Prepare and submit required statutory reports and tax forms (T2200 etc.).
• Research and process retroactive payments in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensure employee payroll data is up-to-date and all data changes (address changes, direct deposit updates, rate changes, tax changes, etc.) are processed in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Answer employee questions regarding their pay statement; handle escalated questions from junior team members.
• Lead the processing of new hires and terminations, calculate, and prepare final payments for employee terminations.
• Assist with year-end processing.
• Manage wage garnishments, including responding to and complying with government requests, providing required documentation, implementing withholdings, and remitting payments.
• Prepare and remit information for internal and external audits for compliance purposes.
• Complete post-payroll activities, including remittance of statutory and non-statutory deductions to third parties.
• Respond to verification of employment requests.
• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of local, national, provincial payroll regulations, tax regulations, and labor laws.
• Exercise and maintain a high-level of discretion and confidentiality.
• Support international offices with timesheets, processing payroll, and other payroll related tasks.
• Work on special projects as directed by management.