Senior Canadian Payroll Specialist - Hybrid Night Shift

406011PC PHL Fresenius Medical Care Solutions Services (Philippines), Inc.; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 3,996,000 - 5,329,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care AG is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to own end-to-end Canadian payroll for our Managed Services. You will ensure accuracy, compliance, and an excellent employee experience while driving process improvements and mentoring teammates.

You will collaborate with external vendors and internal partners, lead initiative-driven payroll enhancements, and support onboarding and training to elevate the payroll function in a fast-paced, hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5–7 years of payroll experience with Canada payroll exposure.
• Strong understanding of Canadian payroll legislation, payroll tax requirements, statutory deductions, and compliance regulations.
• Experience managing complex payroll cases and resolving payroll-related issues with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with payroll systems, HRIS platforms, and Time & Attendance solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for Canadian employees, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll delivery.
• Review payroll calculations, statutory deductions, tax withholdings, and payroll outputs prior to payroll finalization.
• Serve as the primary escalation point and subject-matter expert for complex payroll inquiries and issues.
• Investigate payroll discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Partner with third-party payroll providers and internal stakeholders to address operational and compliance-related matters.
• Conduct quality reviews of payroll work and provide guidance and coaching to team members.
• Lead initiatives that improve payroll processes, standardization, automation, and service delivery.
• Support onboarding, training, knowledge-sharing, and capability-building within the payroll team.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Benefits, Time & Attendance, and business leaders to resolve cross-functional payroll matters.
• Identify process risks and opportunities to enhance payroll accuracy, efficiency, employee experience, and compliance.
• Contribute to operational excellence projects and support the achievement of service-level commitments.

Skills

Canadian payroll

Payroll compliance

Problem solving

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Payroll systems

HRIS platforms

Time & Attendance

Job description

Fresenius Medical Care AG is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to own end-to-end Canadian payroll for our Managed Services. You will ensure accuracy, compliance, and an excellent employee experience while driving process improvements and mentoring teammates.

You will collaborate with external vendors and internal partners, lead initiative-driven payroll enhancements, and support onboarding and training to elevate the payroll function in a fast-paced, hybrid environment.