Payroll Analyst (Canadian Payroll)

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At Workday, we help the world's largest organizations adapt to what's next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

About the Team
Workday's Payroll Team is driven by a passion for Workmates, collaboration and innovation. We're a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds.
Our team promotes Workday's core values with 'Employees' being the first of them, which is why we empower you to achieve your professional and personal goals, and are proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone.
We are committed to working hard, having fun while maintaining a culture of work-life balance.

About the Role

Workday is looking for a Payroll Analyst to support Canadian payroll and who wants to make their mark on a growing organization. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, problem solver, great communicator and enjoys collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents, in a dynamic fast-pace environment.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performs all aspects and owns all processes related to Canadian payroll
• Process terminations and other off-cycle payments
• Prepare upload and audit various payroll data (EIB)
• Provide timely quality customer service to employee inquiries
• Audit collective and individual employee pay records for accuracy
• Reconcile employee deductions and employer costs
• Understand all aspects of Workday pay cycle to effectively assist with testing end-to-end functionality
• Identifies and implements system improvement opportunities
• Serve as backup for other payroll team members as needed
• Prepare documentation and train employees as needed
• Assist payroll leadership team with special projects as assigned
• Verifies compliance with various statutory payroll requirements
• Assist with external audits as assigned
• Prepare semi-monthly, monthly, and quarterly tax filings
• Prepare Canadian year end T4's and T2200's

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in payroll processing at a high-growth company
• 1+ years of previous experience processing payroll using Workday

Other Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, preferred
• Canada payroll processing experience preferred
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Demonstrates initiative, flexibility and follow-through
• Attention to detail and analytical problem solving skills
• Ability to work well within tight deadlines
• Collaborative team player; ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Prior experience with Workday, SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, or other ERP

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