Location: TBD

Status: Permanent Full-Time

Closing Date: July 21, 2025

Core Functions:

The Manager of Payroll is responsible for maintaining a cohesive payroll ecosystem, bridging Payroll, HR, Finance, employees, and managers. This role involves leading a team, ensuring smooth payroll operations, timely and accurate processing, and compliance with payroll legislation.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Oversee, monitor and improve payroll accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal policies and relevant legislation (Québec and Ontario).
• Identify any gaps within the process, collaborate with relevant stakeholders, and automate processes for efficiency.
• Resolve issues and ensure payroll related questions are answered in a timely and professional manner.
• Analyze data and generate reports to support strategic decision-making, ensuring HR/Payroll data integrity.
• Actively participate in internal controls and annual audits.
• Integrate payroll vision with organizational objectives, ensuring team and individual performance aligns with these goals.
• Implement performance indicators and drive service improvements by performing periodic evaluations and conducting regular one-on-one meetings.
• Maintain strategic oversight on high-level management responsibilities and delegate operational tasks to the team.

Communication & Project Management Responsibilities

• Promote effective collaboration and communication within the payroll ecosystem (HR, Finance, employees, managers) and with third parties (government, unions, vendors).
• Collaborate with the Finance managerial team and the Treasurer to set aligned objectives.
• Work on various projects within the payroll, HR, and finance ecosystem, as well as ad-hoc projects in organizational development and other areas

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Support the financial administration of group benefits (understanding deductions/earnings, arrears, year-end adjustments, corrections, etc).
• Support the administration of payroll including tax deductions and remittance, taxable benefits, tax exemptions and cross-province taxation.
• Ensure accurate payroll data integrity, approve and validate payroll.
• Oversee year-end payroll reconciliation and reporting.
• Manage all pension fund processes and liaise with providers.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead direct reports.
• Assist with development of team objectives, as well as individual objectives for direct reports by ensuring that performance is aligned with those objectives.
• Identify training needs, recommend solutions, and support training and development.
• Conduct periodic performance evaluations for direct reports through formal performance evaluations and regular one-on-one meetings.
• Promote ongoing, effective and open communication with employees.
• Ensure staff members are informed of decisions that impact them and/or their department.

Other Responsibilities:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills in area(s) of responsibility.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources or a related field.
• National Payroll Institute certification is an asset.

Experience

• Five to eight years of relevant work experience.

Language:

• Fluency in Cree.
• Fluency in English.
• Fluency in French is an asset.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of accounting operations, legislations and procedures.
• Knowledge of payroll procedures and related legislation including benefits, leaves, CNESST/WSIB and pension in both a unionized and non-unionized setting.
• Experience with Payroll/HRIS software and MS Office particularly Excel.
• Excellent understanding of cross province payroll and taxation.
• Proven managerial experience and leadership.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills.
• Proven ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Proven ability to demonstrate strong judgment in complex situations.
• Proven ability to problem-solve, to think strategically, and to take initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to work under significant pressure and to adapt to a changing environment.

Additional Requirements:

• Typical office setting where there are no unusual physical demands.
• Willingness to travel frequently.
• Must undergo a background check.

The Cree Nation Government may, at its discretion, waive any or all of the aforementioned requirements if a suitable candidate who is a JBNQA beneficiary accepts to follow a training plan determined by the Cree Nation Government as a condition of employment.