Global Payroll Manager - Mississauga, Canada - IMAX

IMAX

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

ABOUT IMAX
IMAX is not your everyday entertainment experience.

With over 50 years of history as a global innovator in entertainment technology, our employees and their careers have constantly gone beyond the ordinary.

From offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, we combine proprietary software, architecture, and equipment with industry-leading knowledge and connections to create experiences that take audiences beyond the edge of their seats to a world they have never imagined.

Our Hollywood team are trusted movie business insiders with decades of production experience, acting as advisors to top filmmakers and studios across the world.

Our technology experts are leaders in the industry, constantly pushing the limits of what is possible in entertainment. Our sales and marketing teams are talented professionals who build and enhance the IMAX brand globally.

IMAX's network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the world, and our growing Live and Enhanced businesses have allowed us to bring the IMAX Experience to our partnerships across live music, events and streaming to provide the best possible experience across any screen.

As the world's leading entertainment technology company, IMAX has revolutionized the way people experience movies, and continues to push the boundaries of entertainment experiences forward.

Our employees are driven by a passion to take audiences around the world to places they have only dreamed of.

Come explore IMAX - where innovation, creativity and passion come together. Get inspired, get involved, and ignite your future with IMAX

Job Description/Requirements

Job Description:

Reporting to the Director, Global People Operations, the Manager of Global Payroll will be accountable to manage the entire global payroll function with a direct team and third-party payroll vendors.

This role will be responsible for the successful partnership with HR, Finance, Legal and other key stakeholders to deliver high level data accuracy and compliance related to payroll producers and polices.

Responsibilities:

Manage the entire payroll full-cycle process, ensure Company employees from all locations (CAN, US, UK, IRL, AUS & JAP) are paid on time and correctly
Manage all aspects of the payroll system, lead the payroll administration team, and ensure all payroll accounting procedures are accurate
Ensure adherence to all HR Payroll procedures and policies internally and externally.
Create payroll strategy and processes; additionally, investigate and analyze reports to ensure payroll accuracy
Manage vendor relationship and projects with ADP Workforce Now Payroll, Time & Attendance and ADP Streamline; additionally, manage vendor relationships with international payroll processing partners
Collect payroll data for inclusion in tax returns, and provide support for audits, preparing year-end employee tax slips or forms and submitting government filings to meet deadlines

Work closely with external auditors to complete the Company's annual audit of our company-sponsored retirement account, workers' compensation audit and financial statements audit.

Proactively prepare relevant management reports as needed
Ensure payroll compliance globally; prepare reports by compiling summaries of company earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability payments and non-taxable wages
Responsible for all year-end payroll taxation reporting and filing globally
Respond to legislative changes and provide advice and guidance as required
Ensure proper internal controls, system standards & documentation, policies and audit requirements are developed, met, and maintained
Partner with the Company's Controller to ensure the design and operation of SOX compliant controls related to payroll
Support the budgeting and forecasting process for payroll costs
Prepare and analyze corporate financial information related to payroll
Manage/partner with Controller on the expatriate tax process, ensuring required inputs from external service provider are received on a regular cadence and supports related GL reconciliations
Identify any areas of improvement within the payroll process and lead the implementation of new payroll process, programs and systems
Document and maintain administrative procedures for assigned payroll and benefit processes and look for ways to improve existing processes and programs
Drive and champion operational change management activities for special projects, payroll enhancements, benefits administration, 3rd party vendor integrations and other payroll impacting programs
Analyze and document payroll process flow from end to end & determine opportunities for process improvements and standardize process controls
Troubleshoot and manage complex payroll interfaces to downstream systems - SAP, ADP, Towers Watson, Fidelity, and other benefits related interfaces
Collaborate with the business and IT teams to ensure business requirements are vali