Payroll Analyst

dentalcorp • Toronto, ON

26d • $60,000 - $70,000

About The Position

The Payroll Analyst plays an essential role in ensuring accurate and efficient payroll operations across a multi-province organization. This position strengthens the Payroll function through strong analytical skills, process improvements, and dependable day-to-day execution. You have experience in Payroll and are looking for the opportunity to provide your expertise to drive change within an exciting industry. You love working in a collaborative team environment but also enjoy your autonomy to accomplish tasks and provide excellent service to their Partners and their teams. It is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing company while working with modern systems and supporting initiatives that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and the overall employee experience. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, collaboration, and making a meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment. A detail-oriented and analytical payroll professional, you enjoy working with data, resolving issues, and streamlining processes to make work more efficient. Clear communication and strong collaboration are part of how you build trust across teams, and balancing accuracy with timely execution comes naturally. Quick to learn new systems and comfortable adapting to shifting priorities, you stay organized under pressure and proactively move tasks forward. Thriving in a supportive, fast-paced environment, you bring a commitment to reliable service and a genuine interest in enhancing the overall employee experience through thoughtful payroll work. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will play an essential role in delivering accurate, compliant, and timely payroll for team members across multiple provinces. By supporting daily operations, troubleshooting complex issues, and strengthening payroll data and reporting, you’ll help ensure a smooth experience for team members across the network. This role contributes cross-functionally, collaborating with Payroll, Finance, HR, and clinic operations to improve processes, enhance data accuracy, and support key activities such as remittances, year-end, and analytics. Your work will directly influence payroll accuracy, workflow efficiency, and the confidence leaders have in payroll data.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience processing payroll using a payroll management or HRIS system
• Strong computing skills including MS Office
• Customer focused approach with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and experience with timely solutioning of escalated issues using a ticketing system
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Self-starter and resourceful; ability to adapt and learn new technology and processes quickly
• Collaborative, action-oriented, with strong functional / technical skills

Nice To Haves

• experience with Workday and Netsuite is considered an asset
• Professional certification/designation preferred, or a willingness to enroll in Payroll certification
• Bilingual in English and French

Responsibilities

• Assist the Senior Payment Analyst with remittance preparation (CRA, RQ, WCB / WSIB, EHT)
• Create & maintain predictive and other analytical tools and reports to support the Payroll function
• Investigate and resolve the more complex group retroactive payments and balancing issues
• Review, research and respond to complete all assigned service request tickets for the Payroll team
• Identify, implement, and document process improvements and assist with payroll system testing
• Work collaboratively with other Payroll team members to support and share best practices
• Execute special projects and ad-hoc reporting as assigned by the Payroll Manager and above
• Assist with payroll training and create / update payroll documentation
• Lead and assist in year-end balancing / reporting

What This Job Offers

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