Manager, Payroll - Finance

​Req ID: 181638
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone - Site flexible within Zone
Department: FI Payroll
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 13-Nov-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Manager, Payroll reports to the Director, Finance, and is responsible to manage and oversee the overall payroll process and transactions of Nova Scotia Health and the different organizations it serves, including responsibility for the payroll function for approximately 23,000+ employees’ pay, and collaborating with Human Resources and other finance directors regarding payroll-related matters.  The Manager, Payroll, will be committed to a high standard of customer service, performance and will provide day to day payroll-based expertise and support across the organization to support its strategic mission, vision and goals.  The Manager, Payroll, will be directly responsible for the accurate and efficient operation of Payroll ensuring that all employees of NSH (representing in excess of $1.2 Billion in cost) are paid in a timely and accurate manner.   In working with the Director, Finance and payroll staff, the manager acts as a key resource by coordinating, planning, and leading the day-to-day activities within the payroll and project teams.  These activities include all payroll processing, employee/employer transactions, third party payroll remittances and benefits coordination with HR/HANS. This position is also responsible providing analysis of payroll data from the Payroll and Financial systems (SAP). This position also has responsibility for the oversight/management of the projects team supporting projects throughout the entirety of the finance department where required.
 

This position is a Hybrid role,and is eligible for on-site and work from home privileges.  Home site must be located within central zone (CZ).

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Undergraduate degree required
• Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) or Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) required
• Chartered Professional Accountant required
• Minimum 5 years strong management experience and knowledge of payroll service delivery and operations required
• Possesses a solid understanding of the payroll process and key performance indicators
• Strong knowledge of all payroll legislative compliance and remittance issues
• Excellent collaboration, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and conceptual thinking skills 
• Strong knowledge of SAP, UKG/Kronos, Time Capture and HRIS
• Experience in engaging, mentoring and empowering teams and stakeholders in a collaborative, participative manner to respond to the mission, vision, goals and objectives an organization
• Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain excellent customer service
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships
• Strong management skills and strong conflict resolution skills
• Efficiently delegates the issues to the team members
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent, full-time position, 75 hrs bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$45.45 - $56.81 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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