Pay Master - Montréal, Canada - Domtar

Domtar

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

2 days ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Position title:
Pay Master

Location:
Montreal (hybrid)

Reports to:
Payroll Operations, Manager

The payroll group has as a mission to manage the payroll operations within a timeframe, conform to the fiscal rules and regulations in addition to the policies and procedures of the company.

Reporting to the Payroll Operations, Manager, the Paymaster is primarily responsible to coordinate and for carrying out complex payroll analyses to support the payroll production activities for all unionized and non-unionized employees in all of Domtar's divisions, within prescribed time frames and maintaining constant quality control.

This person must also coordinate year-end activities and, if needed, payroll production activities.

Poste aussi affiché en français sous le titre Paie-Maître / Analyste de la paie

Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

Ensure that Payroll complies with all government, state, legislative and fiscal regulations, and with conventional standards and internal processes and procedures;
Coordinate all payroll operational activities performed by payroll, coordinators. Ensure compliance with deadlines and deliveries requests;
Provide support to Payroll resources and other parties involved in employee payroll so that all said regulations are understood and properly applied;
Control and analyze any variances and inconsistencies related to payroll processing, specific employee files, or other situations, and ensure they are rectified so that the payroll production can be completed;
Perform the payroll quality control for executive and management committee member. Ensure the accuracy of all payments and the timely distribution of change notifications (STIP, LTIP, shares, taxable benefits, and so on);
Ensure and participate in the implementation and updating of financial controls (SOX), including internal and external audit processes (audit's process) and audits requested by third parties (states, governments, municipalities, etc.);
Coordinate the yearend process and ensure compliance with timelines. Manage the flow of the various documents received from the parties involved for the same yearend process. Ensure meet timelines for taxes and summary in a timely manner;
Carry out, coordinate and control the various tests for improving the payroll systems and interfaces, as well as those related to fiscal and legislative updates, and ensure the test results are reliable;
Train payroll employees and assist in the transmission of payroll knowledge to the HRIS team;
Participate in new initiatives and projects related to Payroll, HRIS and all other departments requiring payroll expertise.

Key Skills:

Proven ability to coordinate payroll production activities;
Strong analytical skills and sound judgment;
Experience in processing a full cycle of pay with a high volume of employees (minimum 2000 employees)
Excellent team player;
Strong customer service orientation;
Ability to vulgarize concepts;
Excellent ability to manage priorities and deadlines;
Sense of autonomy and discipline.
Good knowledge of payroll rules;
Strong experience with Microsoft Office Software, particularly with Excel;
Bilingual, French and English, both spoken and written.

Professional Experience/Qualifications:

College diploma in administration or accounting;
Certified by the

CPA:
Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) or Certified Payroll Manager (CPM);

At least six (6) years of relevant experience, including a minimum of two (2) years of experience in a similar position (Paymaster);
At least four (4) years of experience in a Payroll Technician position (handling the Canadian and/or U.S. payroll process from start to finish, including yearend payroll production);
Indepth knowledge of the SAP system or experience with a large payroll system;
Indepth knowledge of Canadian and/or American payroll expertise.
You must successfully complete a selection process that includes interviews, aptitude tests (for some positions) as well as preemployment verification._
Domtar is an equal opportunity employer. We invite women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply_
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Our offer:

A downtown location (Place des Arts metro);
A 35 hours work week
A modern and spacious work environment;
A flexible insurance plan (life, medical, dental);
An employee assistance program;
A childcare center on location;
Competitive compensation, including annual bonus plan;
A pension plan with matching company contributions;
Employerpaid development and continuing education.

About

Domtar is a leading provider of a wide variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty and packaging papers, market pulp and airlaid nonwovens.

With approximately 5,800 employees serving more than 50 countries around the world, Domtar is driven by a commitment to turn sustainable wood fiber into useful products