HR & Pay Specialist - 12 month contract

Description

Join our team and what we’ll accomplish together

Do you enjoy working in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can feel comfortable bringing your authentic self to work? Are you a naturally curious person that believes learning is a continuous journey? Do you prioritize your well being and want your employer to do the same? The TELUS Business Customer Experience (BCX) team knows that we are better together, so join us and together, let’s make the future friendly.

Our Employer Solutions team provides technology Human Resource solutions to Commercial & Public Sector organizations across Canada. Leveraging their expertise as HR practitioners, the team delivers cost-effective, customized support including payroll, performance management, business process outsourcing as well as Customer Relationship Management solutions.

What you’ll do

As an Ambassador of our Solutions, you will provide expertise and analysis in the areas of Compensation, Benefits, HR Administration and Payroll to a public sector Hospital client in Ontario with over 3500 employees. As an Advisor, you will provide thought leadership and best practice to the client on how to handle unique scenarios and escalations. As a Researcher, you should be ready to investigate questions using a variety of resources to obtain necessary data. As an Analyst, you will create reports to provide to various stakeholders, review them for accuracy and provide guidance on improvements or efficiencies. This is a one year temporary assignment to cover a maternity leave.

Responsibilities

• Manage work requests from the client to determine priority, implementation timelines and liaison with technical team for completion
• Manage the implementation of Collective Agreement renewals including: communications to employees, updating of applicable documents, updating of applicable plans, premiums and employee data on PeopleSoft and the calculation of retro payments.
• Manage the Hospital of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) for all employees. Including regular auditing, missed contributions for employees on leaves and annual reconciliation.
• Complete job evaluations for newly created roles within the Hospital.
• Complete all required Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) Salary Survey annually
• Process a bi-weekly pay for 3500 employees on PeopleSoft, including auditing, deductions, additional payments, union dues, benefit deductions and review of GL files prior to sending to the client
• Completion of T4/T4A’s, and regular auditing throughout the year
• Completes all biweekly, monthly and annual remittances for third party vendors and government organizations (ie. union dues, benefit carriers, WSIB, EHT, Taxes).
• Testing any new enhancements or fixes to PeopleSoft before they are released into Production environment with support from the technical team.
• Ability to come to the office in Hamilton, Ontario 2-4 days per week, depending on workload, training and tasks
  

Qualifications

What you bring

• Strong knowledge of PeopleSoft
• Strong knowledge of Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Strong knowledge of best practice in HR, Payroll, Compensation and Benefits
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Attention to detail
• Proven decision-making abilities based on analysis, experience, judgment and innovative thinking.
• Ability to create positive relationships, establish rapport and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented and ability to work to tight timelines.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multi-task.

Required Professional Designation/Certification:

• Degree or diploma in Human Resources
• Successful completion of CHRP certification preferred

Required Experience:

• 5-7 years of experience in Human Resources/Payroll roles

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and serve our communities. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability—your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding.