Analyst, Payroll

Brookfield Asset Management; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector seeks an Analyst, Payroll to join their Human Resources team in Toronto. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in payroll administration for Canadian and US employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Candidates should have a solid background in payroll processing and a university degree in HR or Business Administration. With excellent analytical and communication skills, you will collaborate with various departments to deliver timely payroll services and support employee inquiries.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Relevant post-secondary degree required.
• Preferred: Payroll Compliance Practitioner certification.

Responsibilities

• Administer payroll for Canadian and US employees.
• Validate accuracy of employee/payroll/tax records.
• Verify payroll outputs for accuracy.

Skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

University or college degree (HR, Business Administration)

Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) Certification

Tools

Workday

MS Office (Excel)

Job description

Human Resources Services (HRS) is an internal function providing global operations and business support across Brookfield’s lines of business.

The Analyst, Payroll role is divided equally between customer service / relations management and technical expertise, responsible for the administration of payroll for Canadian and US employees. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the Analyst will be responsible for receiving, assessing, and validating HR and employee changes, entering pay and tax changes, and addressing general inquiries related to pay and tax. The role also involves auditing and analyzing multi-province / state employee transactions for accuracy, timely processing, and compliance.

The Analyst, Payroll will work closely with Human Resources and Accounting departments to ensure accuracy and timeliness when delivering and auditing pay.

Responsibilities

Verifies payroll outputs for accuracy, sensibility and overall correctness and mitigates as required before loading into system production.

Executes standard audit data verification process for all payroll data to ensure information is correct and maintained properly, at both the employee and employer level.

Validates accuracy of employee / payroll / tax records including auditing and analyzing records for compliance with established employment, labor, compliance, and company standards.

Prepares variance and validation reporting including balancing and controlling earnings and deduction totals, inspecting system output such as registers and standard reports, determining and correcting out-of-balance conditions.

Creates and prepares general ledger entries for interface in collaboration with HRIS and Finance.

Monitors and files tax reports and forms; responds to tax inquires; completes quarterly and year end balancing.

Runs existing structured and ad hoc reports for validation purposes, for inclusion in financial statements and to fulfill requests by management, HR, and Finance.

Prepares wires and funds Payroll and Benefits; monitors for transaction completion and mitigates any stopped workflows.

Wage garnishment support, processing, and validation

Supports Union population across the US which includes processing and validation of union invoicing.

Other administrative duties as assigned.

Technical Skills

Workday payroll knowledge

Prior experience processing payroll in a multi-company, multi-jurisdiction environment

Proven organizational and problem-solving skills.

Previous analysis and audit experience

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office applications, including excel (ex. functions, pivot tables, macros)

System / database troubleshooting, utilization, and detail orientation to data integrity

Payroll and time administration / timekeeping background including troubleshooting, compliance and reporting.

Experience producing payroll utilizing an HRIS system. Workday experience would be an asset.

Effectively work with peers by leveraging differences in objectives and responsibilities

Educates oneself on peers’ processes and directives

Demonstrates a shared understanding of the overarching mandate the team is collectively seeking to accomplish while aligning priorities with built-in organization dependencies requiring teamwork.

Reinforces team objectives through independent work, collaboration and communication

Establishes an environment of mutual trust, respect and accountability

Service / Personal Skills

Generates accurate and timely work-product based on criteria of assigned responsibilities

Skillfully and promptly exhibits flexibility by working with Payroll Manager and available resources to adapt work to changing scenarios as required

Demonstrates productive analytical thinking when it comes to solutioning

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Provides superior customer service consistent with Brookfield’s global delivery standards

Exhibits consistent and diligent attention to and application of detail

Exercises sound judgment including appropriate escalation to management

Demonstrate superior self-organization skills with reference to day-to-day operational responsibilities and assignments

Utilizes problem-solving skills in a deliberate and well-considered manner to identify and resolve issues

Exercises conscious and practical control over the amount of time spent on specific activities

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines

Provides and administers processes to support a high degree of customer service and supports staff to deliver payroll and answer enquiries under that orientation

Focuses on the client needs for desired outcomes

Experience

3+ years of relevant experience

Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) Certification preferred

University or college degree (HR, Business Administration) required

New York Salary Range : $80,000 - $90,000