Advisor Payroll (Remote)

Overview

Payroll Advisor owning accurate, compliant and timely payroll delivery for US and Canada employees, combining hands-on payroll expertise with system-implementation experience.

What you'll do

• Run end-to-end multi-state (US) and multi-province (Canada) payrolls, on- and off-cycle, to deadline.
• Ensure accurate earnings, deductions, taxes, benefits, garnishments and statutory pay.
• Own year-end and regulatory filings (W-2, T4 / RL-1) and reconcile payroll to the general ledger.
• Resolve employee and stakeholder queries and escalations to a high service standard.
• Support the system implementation on the payroll operation.
• Configure, test (parallel runs), validate and document pay rules, earning / deduction codes and integrations.
• Partner with the project team and system vendor on data migration, HRIS / time / GL interfaces and cutover.
• Build and maintain SOPs, controls and process documentation for the in-house model.
• Ensure compliance with US federal/state and Canadian federal/provincial payroll legislation and tax.
• Maintain statutory accuracy, including employment-standards and leave entitlements.
• Support internal and external audits and SOX-style payroll controls.
• Administer the pay impact of leave (maternity, paternity, disability, FMLA / statutory), coordinating with carriers / vendors, and support the move of leave administration into Payroll.
• Produce payroll reporting, reconciliations and dashboards; support the payroll approval matrix and drive automation and process improvement.

What you'll need

• 3+ years' payroll experience covering both US (multi-state) and Canada (multi-province) payroll.
• Hands-on payroll system implementation / migration experience on a modern cloud-based payroll / HCM platform, full lifecycle: configuration, parallel testing, data migration and cutover.
• Strong working knowledge of US and Canadian payroll legislation, tax and statutory requirements.
• Advanced Excel and confidence working with payroll / HRIS data and system integrations.

Nice to have

• Experience in a global or matrixed organisation, with exposure to EMEA / APJ payroll.
• Leave-to-pay administration (LOA, disability, statutory leave) and vendor / carrier coordination.
• Familiarity with time & attendance systems and GL / finance integrations.

Details

• Based in India (Remote), as a member of the Boomi payroll team.