Adviser, Payroll Tax & Accounting | Conseiller(ère), Fiscalité de la paie et comptabilité

Rio Tinto • Montreal, QC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for an Advisor, Payroll Tax & accounting to act as a subject matter expert in Canadian payroll tax and statutory compliance, ensuring accurate filings, remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting while strengthening controls and supporting capability building across the payroll team. This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented, technically strong, and compliance-driven payroll professional to apply their expertise in Canadian payroll tax, statutory remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting while acting as a trusted SME and coach to the broader payroll team. Reporting to the Manager, Payroll, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Employee Services People Services, you will ensure accurate and timely compliance with CRA, MRQ, CPP, EI, provincial income tax, Workers’ Compensation, and other statutory requirements. You will support and validate DAS submissions, remittances, and related payroll tax compliance activities. You will produce and review compliance reporting, including PIER reports, and resolve discrepancies as needed. You will perform and review payroll tax account reconciliations, including GL to statutory balance reviews. You will investigate and resolve variances across payroll, finance, and statutory filings. You will strengthen internal controls related to payroll tax, statutory reporting, and compliance risk mitigation. You will support year-end reporting activities, including T4, T4A, RL-1 preparation, validation, amendments, and corrections. You will act as a technical resource and coach to the payroll team, helping document processes and improve accuracy, efficiency, and knowledge.

Requirements

• Strong experience in Canadian payroll tax, statutory compliance, remittances, and year-end reporting.
• Hands-on experience with payroll tax reconciliations, variance analysis, and resolving discrepancies across payroll and finance.
• Solid understanding of CRA, MRQ, DAS, CPP, EI, Workers’ Compensation, and provincial tax requirements.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable interpreting legislation and applying it to practical payroll processes.
• Strong risk and controls mindset, with the ability to support audits, inquiries, and compliance reviews.
• Collaborative technical resource who can coach others, document processes, and help improve accuracy and efficiency across the team.
• Fluency in French and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely compliance with CRA, MRQ, CPP, EI, provincial income tax, Workers’ Compensation, and other statutory requirements.
• Support and validate DAS submissions, remittances, and related payroll tax compliance activities.
• Produce and review compliance reporting, including PIER reports, and resolve discrepancies as needed.
• Perform and review payroll tax account reconciliations, including GL to statutory balance reviews.
• Investigate and resolve variances across payroll, finance, and statutory filings.
• Strengthen internal controls related to payroll tax, statutory reporting, and compliance risk mitigation.
• Support year-end reporting activities, including T4, T4A, RL-1 preparation, validation, amendments, and corrections.
• Act as a technical resource and coach to the payroll team, helping document processes and improve accuracy, efficiency, and knowledge.

Benefits

• Career development & education assistance
• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed