Payroll & Benefits Administrator

South-Country-Equipment; Regina; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Health benefits

Dental care

Life insurance

Vision care

Paid time off

Store discount

Job summary

South Country Equipment, a family-owned John Deere dealer network in southern Saskatchewan, is hiring a Payroll and Benefits Administrator to join our administration team. You will ensure accurate payroll processing for a diverse workforce and administer employee benefits and pension plans in alignment with company policies.

You will collaborate with HR and accounting to maintain compliance and provide timely payroll reporting, while supporting staff through employee life cycles and benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years of payroll processing experience.
• Knowledge of payroll procedures, policies and standards, including federal/provincial laws and regulations.
• Experience using Payworks or ADP is an asset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Accounting education or PCP designation is an asset.
• Experience in agriculture or equipment dealership is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Accurately process semi-monthly payroll for a mixed workforce of hourly, salaried and commissioned staff.
• Maintain and administer employee benefits and pension in line with policies.
• Collaborate with HR and accounting to ensure payroll compliance.
• Liaise with insurance providers for leaves and disability coverage.
• Enter journal entries for pay runs and support payroll reporting.

Skills

Payroll processing

Payroll procedures

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organizational skills

Education

Accounting education

PCP designation

Tools

Payworks

ADP

Job description

Are you looking to work with a family-owned business with corporate resources? Does working with innovation and cutting edge technology excite you? Would you like working in an environment where you have the freedom to achieve your career goals? Then look no further than South Country Equipment!

We are a family-owned, 8-location John Deere dealer network that operates through southern Saskatchewan. We have a culture that focuses on working as a team and supporting one another to accomplish our goals. As the agriculture industry continues to innovate, so does South Country. We ensure that the farmers we support are educated and equipped to take their operations to the next level.

Our Culture

At South Country we pride ourselves in our team members’ success and accomplishments. Those that have had success within South Country typically share the following traits:

• A team first mentality
• Eagerness to take on new challenges and development
• A welcoming and friendly personality
• The ability to understand how their role supports the bigger picture and how they play a part in achieving our enterprise goals
• A passion for supporting the agriculture industry in their community
• To learn more about us: watch this video

Details:

Location: Emerald Park, SK

Apply by: October 25, 2026

Position type: Full-time, permanent

What is in it for you:

• Training and development opportunities
• Career growth opportunities
• A welcoming family owned and operated organization that puts individuals first
• Opportunity to represent John Deere and support growers in food production
• Utilizing John Deere and outside sourced professional training to support with continuous learning
• Autonomy to set you up for success and allow you to be part of the innovation within agriculture
• Paid overtime hours

What you’ll do:

Our Payroll and Benefits Administrator will work within the administration team to ensure that all staff are paid and have their benefits administered in line with company policies. You will be a key support to our organization and our staff during their entire employee life cycle. Duties will include:

• Accurately enter and review pay related information in balances for a semi-monthly pay cycle
• Analyze payroll entries for timely and accurate processing of employee records
• Process payroll for a workforce with a mix of hourly, salaried and commissioned employees
• Monitor and process employee pension and benefits
• Liaise with insurance providers to process the administration of disability and injury leaves
• Provide assistance in application of established human resources policies and procedures
• Participate in orientation of new employees, in set up of forms, benefits, policy resources and provide group benefit information to employees on coverage provided and procedures for making changes
• Maintain a relationship with managers and employees to ensure payroll processes are understood and communicated
• Input journal entries for pay runs
• ·Working with human resources and the accounting team, ensure payroll practices are compliant

What you bring:

• 3+ years of payroll processing experience
• Knowledge of payroll procedures, policies and standards, practices of personnel and payroll/tax administration including applicable Federal, Provincial laws, regulations, and policies required
• Experience using Payworks or ADP would be considered an asset
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Education in accounting or completion of the PCP designation would be considered an asset
• Experience within an agriculture or equipment dealer would be considered an asset

• Pension plan
• Health benefits
• Dental care
• Life insurance
• Vision care
• Paid time off
• Store discount