Payroll Specialist | Richmond | On Site

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys managing full-cycle payroll with precision, while also contributing to the ongoing enhancement of payroll procedures and internal controls. You'll work with a dedicated team of two other payroll professionals and report directly to the Controller.

Advantages
•Stable, long-standing company
•Supportive, knowledgeable finance team with room to contribute meaningfully to process enhancements
•Opportunity to take ownership of key payroll functions while helping refine and build out future SOPs
•Competitive compensation and benefits package

Responsibilities
•Process end-to-end payroll for unionized and non-unionized staff across BC (500 headcount apx.), ensuring compliance with current legislation and collective agreements
•Maintain and update employee records related to pay, benefits, leaves, and other compensation changes
•Administer government filings, including T4s, ROEs, and other year-end documents
•Collaborate cross-functionally with HR and Accounting teams to align payroll with financial reporting needs
•Support payroll-related journal entries and reconciliations of payroll accounts
•Identify and implement improvements to payroll workflows and participate in the development and documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Qualifications
•5+ years of payroll processing experience required
•Ability to manage payroll in a predominantly paper-based setting; includes collecting, verifying, and inputting physical timesheets with a high level of accuracy
•Experience processing in a high-volume environment preferred (300 + headcount ideal)
•Sound knowledge of Canadian payroll regulations and best practices
•Experience with unionized payroll and collective agreements is a strong asset
•Experience with payroll software such as ADP, Ceridian, or Payworks is an asset; internal platform is tailored to the industry.
•PCP certification or working toward designation preferred
•Excellent communication skills and the ability to support continuous improvement

Summary
The role offers the chance to join a stable and well-established team, with significant opportunity to contribute to process improvements and the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs). The successful candidate will work closely with two existing payroll team members.

If you have a strong foundation in payroll and are comfortable working in a highly paper-based environment, we encourage you to apply.

Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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