Senior Advisor, Payroll Tax & Compliance - Conseiller(ère) senior, Fiscalité et conformité de la paie

Rio Tinto • Montreal, QC

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Play a key role in strengthening payroll tax compliance and governance across a complex, large-scale Canadian payroll environment. Act as a trusted senior SME, leading year-end reporting, audits, reconciliations, and critical knowledge transfer. Fixed term role for 18 months and location is Montreal or Salt Lake City We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other. About the role We are looking for a Senior Advisor, Payroll Tax & Compliance to provide senior-level payroll tax expertise, lead year-end compliance activities, and strengthen governance across payroll, tax, accounting, reconciliation, and regulatory processes. This is a great opportunity for a strategic, detail-oriented, and highly experienced payroll tax and compliance professional to act as a trusted SME, oversee year-end tax reporting and audits, support the transition of critical responsibilities, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, large-scale payroll environment. Reporting to the Manager, Payroll, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Employee Services People Services, you will be:

Requirements

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Deep expertise in Canadian payroll tax, statutory reporting, and compliance frameworks, including CRA and MRQ requirements.
• Strong experience leading year-end payroll tax activities, including T4, T4A, RL-1 reporting, reconciliations, corrections, and sign-off readiness.
• A solid finance or accounting background, with the ability to connect payroll outputs to general ledger reconciliations, statutory balances, and financial statements.
• Proven ability to lead audits, regulatory engagements, compliance reviews, documentation, and remediation activities.
• Experience supporting transitions, knowledge transfer, process documentation, or transformation initiatives in a complex payroll environment.
• Strong judgment, analytical thinking, and the ability to operate with autonomy while partnering effectively with Payroll, Finance, Accounting, auditors, and regulators.
• Fluency in French and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll tax and year-end activities as a senior subject matter expert, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strong governance across statutory reporting processes.
• Provide oversight for CRA and MRQ compliance, DAS remittances and reconciliations, CPP, EI, and provincial tax obligations.
• Drive the end-to-end delivery of year-end tax reporting, including T4, T4A, and RL-1 processes, reconciliations, amendments, and sign-off readiness.
• Own and review payroll-to-GL reconciliations and statutory balances, identifying and resolving discrepancies, risks, and process gaps.
• Act as the primary lead for CRA reviews, tax audits, statutory audits, and related regulatory engagements.
• Provide strategic guidance on compliance risks, documentation, remediation actions, and mitigation strategies.
• Lead the structured transition of critical payroll tax responsibilities, documenting key processes, risks, controls, and knowledge-transfer requirements.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Payroll Operations, Employment Tax, auditors, and regulators while acting as an escalation point for complex tax and compliance matters.

Benefits

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A 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: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed