Payroll Specialist

Join our team as a Payroll Specialist! As an experienced team member, the Payroll Specialist demonstrates a high level of autonomy, initiative, and collaboration, bringing creative solutions to challenges and driving continuous improvement in payroll operations and employee experience. The Payroll Specialist plays a crucial role by ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll activities.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Leading payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant regulations for over 4000 salaried and hourly staff, across multiple jurisdictions in Canada and the United States.
• Reviewing and auditing payroll data for accuracy and completeness by applying internal control processes.
• Handling complex payroll transactions, including bonuses, incentives, retros, and deductions.
• Addressing and resolving payroll-related issues and discrepancies in a timely and efficient manner.
• Completing year end audits, including month end and year end closing accruals and payroll account reconciliations.
• Ensuring payroll related remittances such as tax withholdings are done accurately and on a timely basis.
• Processing Records of Employment, contributing to year end activities, IE. T4s, RL1, T2200.
• Proactively identifying payroll changes and providing innovative solutions.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement improvements and automation into processes.
  
  

As The Successful Candidate, You Have

• National Payroll Institute designation
• Minimum of 3 years of payroll processing experience specifically related to full cycle payroll processing.
• Post-secondary degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Multi-province payroll processing experience. US payroll experience is considered an asset.
• Proficiency in payroll and time tracking software, experience with UKG Pro considered an asset.
• Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, and organizational skills. Detail oriented with a high level of accuracy. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High level of initiative and innovation mindset, ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Bilingualism, French and English is considered an asset.
  
  

How You'll Benefit working at our Home Office: 

• A comprehensive total rewards package, including two free pairs of glasses and lenses per year.
• A coaching culture that fosters ongoing growth and development opportunities.
• A people-first culture, (but dogs are also welcome).
• An organization that gives back locally and nationally and supports you in doing so as well.
  
  

Why You Should Join Us: 

FYihealth group is Canada's leading diversified healthcare organization comprised of FYidoctors, Visique, BonLook, and solis optics. Doctor-led, professionally managed, and patient-focused, the organization concentrates on delivering outstanding eye care with patient-centric products and services. Operating in over 360 locations across the country and employing close to 4,000 team members, we are Canada’s fastest-growing eye care provider with our Canadian-owned ophthalmic lens manufacturing facility and distribution center.

Our purpose is to enhance the lives of our patients. If you’re excited about joining a team that puts patients first and enjoys the process, you belong with us! Our doctor-led, patient-first approach has driven our rapid growth. We're committed to being more than just a workplace, emphasizing opportunity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. At FYi, you'll have a meaningful impact on people's lives and have fun doing it.

At FYihealth group, our core values are Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity. We embrace differences and are committed to fostering a culture of belonging. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are happy to provide accommodations or adjustments, should they be required, at any point in the application process. Whether it's extra preparation time, micro breaks during interviews, accessible communication supports, or technology aids, your comfort and success are important to us. If you require any accommodations or adjustments, please let your recruiter know. All accommodation information will be kept confidential and used solely to ensure an accessible candidate experience.