Payroll & Benefits Coordinator

eHealth Saskatchewan•Regina, SK

1d•CA$26 - CA$32•Hybrid

About The Position

The Payroll & Benefits Coordinator plays an important role in ensuring employees are paid accurately, on time, and receive the benefits and support they're entitled to. As part of the Payroll & HR Operations team, you'll be responsible for payroll processing, reconciliations, payroll reporting, benefits administration, and ensuring compliance with collective agreements, legislation, and organizational policies. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, analyzing data, solving payroll-related issues, and making a direct impact on the employee’s experience. In this role, you'll collaborate with employees, leaders, and internal partners to provide trusted payroll and benefits support in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where accuracy and attention to detail matters.

Requirements

National Payroll Institute certification (PCP designation) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 2 years of experience processing payroll in a complex organizational environment.
Knowledge of payroll legislation, statutory deductions, taxable benefits, and year-end payroll processes.
Experience working within a unionized environment and interpreting collective agreement provisions that impact payroll and benefits administration.
Experience administering employee benefits, pension plans, and leave programs.
Experience using payroll and HRIS systems to process payroll transactions, maintain employee records, audit data, and perform reconciliations.
Experience performing payroll reconciliations, identifying discrepancies, and ensuring financial and payroll data integrity.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, data validation, reconciliation, analysis, and reporting.
Experience maintaining accurate employee records and ensuring compliance with payroll policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.

Responsibilities

Process and verify payroll information, correcting payroll errors following weekly timecard uploads and working with employees and managers to resolve discrepancies.
Collect, review, and upload weekly and amended timecards for payroll processing.
Perform payroll-related analysis and reconciliations, including employee pay, vacation and sick leave balances, pension reconciliations, Group Life balancing, and regulatory reporting requirements.
Calculate retroactive payments, pay adjustments, salary advances, garnishments, overpayments, and wage increases.
Complete financial coding, tracking, and payment processing related to payroll and regulatory obligations.
Conduct research, identify solutions to payroll and benefits issues, and support continuous process improvement initiatives.
Prepare regular and ad hoc payroll reports, analyze findings, and provide information to support operational, financial, and business needs.
Ensure payroll and benefits activities are completed in accordance with applicable legislation, collective agreements, policies, and procedures.
Handle sensitive and confidential employee information with professionalism, discretion, and integrity.
Deliver consistent, accurate, and detail-oriented work while maintaining a strong service focus and commitment to organizational goals.