Senior Payroll Associate

Job Responsibility:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is hiring a Senior Payroll Associate on a temporary (up to 12 months) basis within our People & Culture team. This position is a hybrid opportunity, so the successful candidate must be local to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

If you value collaboration, have a high attention to detail and thrive in a fast-paced environment this is an opportunity for you!

What you'll do:

• Process bi-weekly pay for a portfolio of local Co-op clients, ensuring that all payroll remittances are completed accurately and within deadlines.
• Provide professional and timely customer support to clients to address pay related issues and questions.
• Maintain understanding of Canadian payroll regulations to assist colleagues and local Co-op clients.
• Assist with year-end job duties and reports including T4's and vacation payouts.
• Receive and review payroll correspondence to update employee files and special payments including bonuses, severance, vacation pay, etc.
• Follow up and clear error notifications received from third-party benefit providers following each bi-weekly upload submission and maintain retained insurances for employees on leave.
• Prepare Workers Compensation Benefits (WCB) reports and remittances as required, maintain payroll forms, documents, and printed output under security, oversee disposal at appropriate times, and package and return prior years' data to local Co-op clients.
• Follow up on PIER reports received from CRA.
• Other duties as required.

Who you'll work with :

You will work closely with the Payroll Services team and will report into the Supervisor, Payroll Services. This team strives to cultivate a culture of support, collaboration, and community.

Why it matters:

We help local Co-ops grow and thrive by offering a range of professional services, including marketing, market research, information technology, human resources, accounting, risk management and business development.

Who you are:

You are looking for a career in Payroll and:

• Have a minimum of 1 year of related accounting and/or payroll experience. Preference will be given to candidates with experience related to the applicable functional area OR have 2.5 years of accounting and/or payroll experience OR 1 year of accounting and/or payroll experience. Preference will be given to candidates with experience related to the applicable functional area.
• You have 4 progressive financial accounting courses (from an accredited postsecondary institution) OR have 8 progressive financial accounting courses (from an accredited postsecondary institution) OR two-year Business Diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution with a major in accounting.
• You're honest and trustworthy, are results oriented, and strive to be the best in what you do.
• You believe in collaboration, building relationships and value the perspectives of others.
• You are customer-focused, detail oriented, and meet deadlines.

What we offer:

• Encouragement to take advantage of learning opportunities to grow and develop as a Team Member.
• As a co-operative, we do business differently. We believe in working together to serve Western Canadians, delivering profits back to our communities and investing in sustainable growth. To learn more about who we are and what we offer, visit .

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process to ensure an enjoyable candidate experience. If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, we invite you to submit your requests to us via View email address on ca.edajobs.com. All information received will be kept confidential.

If this opportunity speaks to you, we invite you to apply by September 4, 2024.

We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to continue in the recruitment process will be contacted.

As this position is considered a position of trust, you may be required to complete a criminal record check in accordance with FCL policies.

FCL embraces diversity and inclusion. We're working to create a workforce that is as diverse as the communities we serve and an environment where every team member brings their whole self to work. We believe all candidates should feel at home with us and be given the opportunity to fully participate during the recruitment process.