Your Skills & Experience:
Beyond core technical payroll knowledge, we are seeking an innovative, highly data-literate payroll professional who actively identifies opportunities to leverage modern tools, AI, and emerging technologies to automate workflows and transform end-to-end payroll operations.
For consideration, you must bring the following skills, experience and behaviours to our team:
● Experience: 3+ years of proven experience in a senior analyst payroll role, specifically working with Americas payroll (US required; Canada and LATAM experience is a major plus).
● Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field—or an equivalent payroll certification.
● Regulatory Compliance: Solid understanding of US/Canadian payroll taxes, statutory deductions, and labour regulations.
● Hands-on experience processing payroll and running reports in Workday and/or Dayforce (Ceridian).
● Spreadsheet Skills: Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and Google Sheets (must be comfortable using Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and managing large data sets).
● Familiarity with how HRIS data flows into downstream payroll and Finance/GL systems.
● Strong ability to perform pre- and post-payroll reconciliations, investigate gross-to-net variances, and flag data errors before finalization.
● Experience supporting month-end close procedures, including preparing journal entries and assisting Finance/FP&A teams with cost analysis.
● Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to partner effectively across HR, Finance, and external vendors.
● Ability to stay organized and solve problems independently in a fast-paced, global team environment.
● Customer service focus with the ability and sound judgment to handle highly sensitive information.
● Process improvement mindset: have a passion for reengineering payroll processes in implementing a first-class payroll service.
● Strong interest in applying emerging technologies—such as AI, ML, and RPA—to re-engineer enterprise payroll workflows, eliminate manual touchpoints, and unlock value-added insights for workforce planning.