Canadian Payroll Implementation Lead

Alkegen; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkegen is seeking a Canadian Payroll Implementation Specialist in Dallas, TX to document Canadian payroll processes, pay groups, calendars, earnings, deductions and benefits, and to validate data interfaces.

You will collaborate with internal owners and the implementation partner to confirm federal and provincial requirements (including Quebec), review Dayforce configuration, develop test cases, and support cutover checks, parallel runs and initial production knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

• Document current Canadian payroll processes, pay groups, calendars, earnings, deductions, benefits, balances and interfaces.
• Validate federal and applicable provincial payroll requirements with internal owners and the implementation partner, including Quebec requirements where relevant.
• Review proposed Dayforce payroll configuration and identify gaps affecting taxes, statutory deductions, pension, union rules, remittances and employee pay.
• Support source data mapping and cleansing; reconcile converted employee payroll data, opening balances and year-to-date values.
• Develop Canadian payroll test cases for regular and off-cycle pay, overtime, retroactive changes, leave, terminations and year-end reporting.
• Execute and reconcile payroll parallel runs. Investigate gross-to-net and balance differences, document causes and verify corrections.
• Validate payroll outputs, bank files, remittance information, GL results and relevant third-party interfaces with accountable teams.
• Prepare payroll cutover checks, reconciliation evidence and operating instructions; support initial production runs and knowledge transfer.

Job description

Alkegen is seeking a Canadian Payroll Implementation Specialist in Dallas, TX to document Canadian payroll processes, pay groups, calendars, earnings, deductions and benefits, and to validate data interfaces.

You will collaborate with internal owners and the implementation partner to confirm federal and provincial requirements (including Quebec), review Dayforce configuration, develop test cases, and support cutover checks, parallel runs and initial production knowledge transfer.