Payroll Advisor

We have a great opportunity for a Payroll Advisor on a 6 month contract (with potential for extension) that is based out of our clients Head Office in Calgary, AB.

As a key member of the Pay, Policy and Benefits (PPB) Team, your role as Payroll Advisor, sits within the company's HR department as the PPB team as a whole that is responsible for developing fit for purpose policies, processes and systems that result in a competitive EVP. The PPB team works with complexity related to the makeup of personnel, with secondees from our joint venture partners and those directly hired and employed by our client.

As the organization grows, we require a team member focusing on payroll, and complemented by other PPB topics, to contribute to the HR strategy and deliverables.

To succeed with us in the Human Resources Team, we need your enthusiasm to:

• Model inclusive and respectful behaviours
• Demonstrate personal commitment to HSSE.
• Courage to hold strong to views when challenged or challenging others.
• Use your ability to utilize flexible thinking with well-developed problem-solving skills.
• Develop strong working relationships with your team, stakeholders to boost co-operation and a One Team approach.
• Display a strong positive attitude to manage change and improvement in our processes, ways of working and our overall performance.
• Show initiative and proactiveness, and a deep desire to be a part of building the companies related systems and processes.

You will use your expertise to:

• Have an excellent relationship as the prime liaison with our third-party payroll provider, partnering with them and ensuring payroll compliance and accuracy for completing the payroll cycle within required deadlines, which includes, but is not limited to, reviewing, and completing pay related adjustments, processing records of employments and completing requested reporting.
• Assisting in payroll transactions including new hires, benefits, salary changes.
• Prime focal for investigating and responding to a variety of payroll related queries.
• Be responsible for working with our third-party payroll provider to build time and attendance processing capability that's fit for purpose.
• Hold responsibility over several payroll related guides, such as time and attendance guides for leaders and employees.
• Be responsible for developing and maintaining HR policies, procedures and updating related manuals and other documentation as required Show flexibility to support other policy, benefits and payroll areas as needed.
• Hold responsibility over HR reporting.

To be successful, you will have:

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience - previous experience in payroll administration is a must
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
• Outstanding teamwork skills, working in regular, close partnership with HR and business colleagues
• National Payroll Institute membership
• Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) or Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) certifications is an asset
• Robust knowledge of HR systems; knowledge of ADP Workforce is considered an asset
• Working knowledge of MS Office; mastery of Excel (i.e. pivot data, data validation)
• University degree or certificate, preferably in Human Resources or business administration
• Valid Drivers Licence
• Legally able to currently work in Canada i.e. perm visa, citizenship.

This role requires that you:

• Work in a hybrid working model - 2 days a week in our Calgary or other office location and the remainder at your home.
• Know this is a full-time role, 40 hours per week.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.