How You'll Make An Impact

The Senior Payroll Advisor owns the accurate, compliant and timely delivery of payroll for our US and Canada employees. Based in Vancouver as a member of the North America payroll team, you will combine hands-on payroll expertise with system-implementation experience.

What You'll Do

Payroll Operations – US & Canada

• Run end-to-end multi-state (US) and multi-province (Canada) payrolls, on- and off-cycle, to deadline.
• Ensure accurate earnings, deductions, taxes, benefits, garnishments and statutory pay.
• Own year-end and regulatory filings (W-2, T4 / RL-1) and reconcile payroll to the general ledger.
• Resolve employee and stakeholder queries and escalations to a high service standard.
  
  

In-house Payroll & Implementation

• Support the system implementation on the payroll operation.
• Configure, test (parallel runs), validate and document pay rules, earning / deduction codes and integrations.
• Partner with the project team and system vendor on data migration, HRIS / time / GL interfaces and cutover.
• Build and maintain SOPs, controls and process documentation for the in-house model.
  
  

Compliance & Controls

• Ensure compliance with US federal/state and Canadian federal/provincial payroll legislation and tax.
• Maintain statutory accuracy, including employment-standards and leave entitlements.
• Support internal and external audits and SOX-style payroll controls.
  
  

Leave-to-pay & Reporting

• Administer the pay impact of leave (maternity, paternity, disability, FMLA / statutory), coordinating with carriers / vendors, and support the move of leave administration into Payroll.
• Produce payroll reporting, reconciliations and dashboards; support the payroll approval matrix and drive automation and process improvement.
  
  

The Experience You Bring

• 5+ years’ payroll experience covering both US (multi-state) and Canada (multi-province) payroll.
• Demonstrable in-house payroll experience — running payroll internally, not solely via a managed / outsourced provider.
• Hands-on payroll system implementation / migration experience on a modern cloud-based payroll / HCM platform — full lifecycle: configuration, parallel testing, data migration and cutover.
• Strong working knowledge of US and Canadian payroll legislation, tax and statutory requirements.
• Advanced Excel and confidence working with payroll / HRIS data and system integrations.
• Payroll certification preferred — CPP (PayrollOrg, US) and/or PCP / PLP (National Payroll Institute, Canada).
• Precision and ownership - accountable for accuracy under tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across HR, Finance and vendors.
• Analytical, solutions-focused, and discreet with highly confidential data.
• Comfortable leading through change and ambiguity during transformation.
  
  

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience in a global or matrixed organization, with exposure to EMEA / APJ payroll.
• Leave-to-pay administration (LOA, disability, statutory leave) and vendor / carrier coordination.
• Familiarity with time & attendance systems and GL / finance integrations.
  
  

Aren’t sure if you’re a match? We know that impostor syndrome and the confidence gap can prevent us from meeting spectacular candidates — so don’t hesitate to apply; you could be the perfect fit!

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