Payroll Specialist

Job summary

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for end-to-end payroll processing, including managing team member profiles in UKG and handling source deductions. They also support villages with payroll inquiries and collaborate with the benefits coordinator to ensure accurate benefit deductions and remittances.

Job details

Our Support Office in Kitchener, Ontario has an exciting opportunity for a Hybrid PAYROLL SPECIALIST to join their team. The hiring range for this role is: $50,000 - 55,000. At Schlegel Villages you can be YOU while being part of OUR Family. How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members: * Competitive salary, and benefits; * Significant opportunities for Growth and Development * Ongoing Team Member Appreciation incentives and rewards and recognition * Extended Health Benefits & Retirement Savings * Individualized Assistance for Team Member Education and Development * Loans and Scholarships to help our team members realize their greatest potential * Financial Hardship Support Program: Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund * A Unique Family Culture Payable Responsibilities: * Work closely with the recruiting team to ensure team members are set up in a timely and accurate manner * Maintain team member profiles within UKG * Support and guide villages with self service, schedule or pay inquiries * Responsible for end-to-end payroll processing including off cycles where required * Work closely with Benefit Coordinator to maintain benefit deductions, taxable amounts and proration formulas as required by collective agreements * Calculation of various payments such as top up and termination * Preparation and file uploads to Service Canada for Record of Employments * Responsible for accurate and timely processing of source deductions * Creation of Journal Entries related to payroll processing * Assist with monthly remittance for Union Dues, Pension & RRSP * Support external stake holders such as Service Canada with payroll inquiries ensuring to uphold the highest level of customer service * Assist with other projects or initiatives as needed Experience and Qualifications * Five or more years of experience in medium volume unionized payroll environment * Highly organized and detailed oriented with ability to problem solve * Self-directed and motivated, as well as a team player * Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of tasks and duties in an efficient manner in a deadline-oriented environment * Able to adjust to rapidly changing situations * High degree of sensitivity, good judgement, and confidentiality * Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills * Experience with UKG an asset * Proficient in Excel * Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or Canadian Payroll Association an asset If you are interested in the Payable Specialist Position, please complete the application process and upload a current resume. At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation [https://the-ria.ca/about-ria/about-us/our-history/], Village design [http://schlegelvillages.com/about] and culture [http://schlegelvillages.com/culturechange] change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams. We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”. Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader. Equity, diversity and inclusion are ingrained within the Schlegel Culture, and our Villages are more welcoming, open-hearted and vibrant because of it. Each Village is strengthened by the unique lived experience of every person connected to it. Everyone is included and respected in their spirituality, cultural diversity and individuality. Regardless of ability, heritage or cultural roots, our people are embraced, just as they are, and we celebrate and support life purpose within the community. At Schlegel Villages, our hiring practices reflect our commitment to human connection and strong relationships that we strive to provide in our Villages. We do not use artificial intelligence in our screening or selection processes; applications are reviewed by our recruitment professionals who thoughtfully assess candidate’s fit with our posted opportunities, mission and values.

What you’ll do

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for end-to-end payroll processing, including managing team member profiles in UKG and handling source deductions. They also support villages with payroll inquiries and collaborate with the benefits coordinator to ensure accurate benefit deductions and remittances.

Requirements

Candidates must have five or more years of experience in a medium volume unionized payroll environment and possess strong organizational skills. Proficiency in Excel and experience with UKG are highly valued, along with a degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Extended health benefits
• Retirement savings
• Growth and development opportunities
• Team member appreciation incentives
• Financial hardship support program
• Loans and scholarships

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Customer service · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Detail-oriented · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• RRSP Administration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Payroll processing
• UKG
• Excel
• Record of employments
• Source deductions
• Journal entries
• Union dues
• Pension administration
• RRSP administration
• Customer service
• Problem solving
• Communication
• Detail oriented
• Time management
• Confidentiality
• Payroll Processing
• Ability To Meet Deadlines
• Payroll Compliance Practitioner
• Self-Discipline
• Accounts Payable
• Accounting
• Artificial Intelligence
• Calculations
• Customer Service
• Cultural Diversity
• Disabilities
• Finance
• Equities
• Holistic Health
• Innovation
• Problem Solving
• Loans
• Remittance
• Self Service Technologies

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Human Resources
• Administrative
• Payroll Specialist
• Payroll Specialist (General)
• Payroll Clerks
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks