About the role

  • Payroll Tax Specialist ensuring compliance across U.S. and Canadian payroll tax jurisdictions. Supporting tax filings and reconciliations in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support payroll tax compliance across U.S. and Canadian federal, state/provincial, and local jurisdictions
  • Maintain payroll tax registrations, jurisdiction setup, and account updates in ADP and in-house payroll systems
  • Partner with ADP to resolve tax notices, remittance issues, and system fallouts
  • Review new hires, transfers, cross-border workers, and terminations to ensure accurate tax setup
  • Validate payroll tax calculations each pay period, including complex or irregular scenarios
  • Complete monthly remittance reconciliations (e.g., WSIB, WCB, EHT) and ensure timely payments
  • Investigate and resolve payroll tax discrepancies, audits, and government notices
  • Support U.S. quarter-end and U.S./Canadian year-end processes (W-2s, T4s, Relevé 1, etc.)
  • Maintain payroll tax jurisdiction data and cross-border tracking
  • Monitor legislative changes and support payroll tax process improvements.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in end-to-end payroll processing and payroll tax compliance across U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions
  • Hands-on experience working with ADP and in-house payroll systems, including payroll tax setup, filings, remittances, and issue resolution
  • Working knowledge of U.S. and Canadian payroll tax legislation and year-end requirements (W-2, W-2C, T4, Relevé 1, WSIB/WCB, EHT, CSST)
  • Proven ability to reconcile payroll tax filings, remittances, and government notices, including resolving discrepancies and system fallouts
  • Experience supporting payroll tax registrations, jurisdiction setup, unemployment rates, and account maintenance
  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills for reconciliations and tracking (pivot tables, lookups, formulas)
  • Experience working in controlled environments with audit readiness and internal controls (ICFR/SOX exposure an asset)
  • Strong attention to detail, data integrity mindset, and comfort handling sensitive payroll and employee data
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a high-volume payroll environment

Benefits

  • Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility
  • Paid holidays and vacation
  • Registered pension plan with generous company match
  • On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment (we invested $15.9 million in 2024)
  • Advancement opportunities within our family of companies

Job title

Payroll Tax Specialist

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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