Senior Specialist, Payroll / Accounting

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid and Remote Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• 14 Weeks of Parental Leave Top-Up (Adoption Included)

• Monthly Gym Membership OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Health and Dental Benefit Eligibility Effective Day One

• RRSP with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

The Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for assisting the Payroll Manager as needed in all areas of payroll processing. Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to, research of payroll tax questions from employees and agencies, review of semi-monthly payroll batch data, review of quarterly tax information, preparation of international payroll worksheets, review of employee workflow information in the HRMS system to ensure proper tax jurisdiction set up, review of periodic tax reports and files, and provides assistance to the Payroll Manager with the review of the annual tax reconciliation. The Senior Payroll Specialist works closely at a peer level with Accounting, Human Resources, and Service Delivery personnel.

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid and remote work options
• Award-winning culture
• Generous personal time off (PTO) benefits
• 14 weeks of parental leave top-up (adoption included)
• Monthly gym membership OR gym equipment reimbursement
• Health and dental benefit eligibility effective day one
• RRSP with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement after one year of service

Duties and responsibilities, as they align with Ryan Key Results
People:

• Create a positive team member experience.

Client:

• Routine interaction with employees and managers.

Values:

• Reviews and balances payroll batch information which includes time clock entries, bonus entries, and other compensation entries.
• Reviews employee master file information to ensure applicable work state taxes are calculating and appropriate resident state information is calculating.
• Reviews workflows for employee changes in direct deposit and withholding.
• Reviews basic calculations for each payroll.
• Assists in balancing the payroll and reviewing exception reports.
• Creates payroll worksheets for established international countries.
• Reviews the quarterly payroll reports from the tax vendor.
• Creates compensation ad-hoc reports as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Five years related payroll experience in a multi-jurisdictional environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. An Associate Degree in Business and Accounting preferred, but not required.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate skills in Workday or similar payroll software, and intermediate skills in Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and Internet navigation/research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

Standard indoor working environment.

Occasional long periods of sitting or standing while working.

Position requires regular interaction with employees and clients both in person and via e-mail and telephone.

Independent travel requirement: none.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability