Payroll Specialist

Do you love animals and the people who love them?  Are you passionate about joining an organization with a clear and inspired purpose?  Make your love of animals into the career of a lifetime.

We are rapidly growing and have some exciting new opportunities within our Finance team at NVA Canada. We are seeking a self-driven, inspirational Payroll Specialist that values a Servant leadership approach. The Payroll Specialist brings an understanding of the full range of payroll disciplines and capability around the delivery of high caliber front-line services to NVA employees, and a passion for supporting and enabling the organization’s objectives and success.

What You’ll Do:

As a Payroll Specialist your role would be to provide day-to-day operational and administrative guidance to our veterinary hospital sites across Canada on payroll administration, legislative inquires and payroll system configuration.

Key Duties:

• Responding to veterinary hospital payroll issues through identification of the problem itself, research on answers and subsequent provision of guidance.

• Guiding customers through Payroll software, enabling them to use the software effectively.

• Keeping abreast of trends and changes in payroll and employment legislative areas.

• To support, guide and assist other team members in resolving hospital and payroll queries.
• Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual tax reconciliations and government filings to meet deadlines.
• Review of supporting documentation related to hires, terminations, compensation changes and follow up of any issues prior to payroll submission.
• Submission of bi-weekly Dayforce Payroll

What makes someone a good fit?

• 5+ years’ experience processing full cycle payroll with good knowledge of the payroll functions including preparation, balancing, internal control, reconciliations, and payroll taxes.
• 3+ years’ experience with Ceridian Dayforce, report writing and implementation and testing experience.
• Up-to-date knowledge of multi-provincial payroll and employment legislation to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Strong attention to detail, issue resolution, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• National Payroll Institute designated PCP or PLP.
• Fluency in French is an asset.

You’ll also bring with you:

• You’re friendly, a great communicator, customer focused and top-level support to our team.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge.
• Self-motivated while also expert at motivating, coaching, and inspiring others.
• Advanced ability to diagnose problems and develop thoughtful and appropriate solutions.

Who we are:

National Veterinary Associates (“NVA”) is the largest private owner of freestanding veterinary hospitals, pet resorts and specialty pet hospitals in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Each general practice hospital, specialty hospital and pet resort operate under their own brand. With recent rapid growth locally, NVA Canada is looking for dynamic people with the ability and knowledge to manage the operation today and tomorrow, while also looking to scale support for a much larger and complex growing organization.

A cornerstone of the NVA culture is a servant leadership approach to our business, our hospitals, our pet resorts, and our teams. We find people who exemplify the same servant leadership approach are best suited for NVA. We are a support centre and community that cares for the care giver and is dedicated to the love of animals and the people who love them.