Payroll Associate

Job summary

The Payroll Associate serves as the site lead for payroll and benefits administration while providing support to the Manager of Finance and Payroll. Responsibilities include accurate data entry, processing accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring compliance with provincial pay systems and collective bargaining agreements.

Job details

Position # 9009537 We are recruiting a permanent, full-time Finance and Payroll Associate. This person serves as backup and assistant to the Manager of Finance and Payroll and as the site lead responsible for payroll and benefits administration for staff. We are members of CUPE, HSAS, SUN and OOS agreements, and are enrolled in programs such as SHEPP and 3SHealth benefits. As a member of our out-of-scope leadership team, you will report to the Manager of Finance and Payroll. You will work with members of the management team and build and sustain strong relationships with affiliate and regional supports of the Saskatchewan Health Authority. As the Associate, you are the leader who ensures * An efficient and effective timekeeping, payroll and benefits system * That adapts to internally and externally driven system changes (e.g., creation of new positions, enrolment of new employees, updates to our web-based scheduling system, and the provincial adoption of AIMS) * A customer-service orientation that provides timely and accurate answers to employee inquiries and that supports them to understand their pay and benefit information and processes. Your tasks include: * Accurate and timely data entry and weekly upload to the provincial pay and benefit system, accurate payment and benefit calculation, provisional and retroactive payments and follow up, ROEs, CBA compliance, adjustments and updates, appropriate deductions and remittances, year end pay processes, invoicing and payment * Administering and coordinating WCB and DIP claims * Professional, respectful and frequent contact with reps from the SHA, AIMS/MyC, 3SH, SHEPP, WCB, SGI, and other related partners * Processing accounts payable and receivable Interested individuals should have: * A proven respect for diversity * A Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation * A minimum of 24 months experience delivering payroll and benefits, preferably within the Saskatchewan health care system. Confidence with AIMS a definite asset. * Intermediate accounting skills * A high attention to detail * Above-average computer fluency (advanced excel, etc) and an ease with multiple technologies * Exceptional organization and time management skills * Strong communication skills (verbal and written, with multiple audiences) * Excellent people skills Santa Maria offers a competitive salary with full out-of-scope SAHO and SHEPP benefits (transferable with no break of service for SHA employees or employees of other member sites).For more information, please contact the Executive Director at Applications are to be emailed to kelly.chessie@emmanuelhealth.ca [kelly.chessie@emmanuelhealth.ca] before 4 pm on November 12, 2026.

What you’ll do

The Payroll Associate serves as the site lead for payroll and benefits administration while providing support to the Manager of Finance and Payroll. Responsibilities include accurate data entry, processing accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring compliance with provincial pay systems and collective bargaining agreements.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation and a minimum of 24 months of experience in payroll and benefits, preferably within the Saskatchewan health care system. Strong computer fluency, particularly in Excel, and intermediate accounting skills are required for this role.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• SHEPP pension program
• 3SHealth benefits
• Competitive salary

Listed skills

• Accounting · Preferred
• Data entry · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Time management · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Customer service · Preferred
• Accounts receivable · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Payroll administration
• Benefits administration
• Accounting
• Data entry
• Timekeeping
• Microsoft Excel
• Communication skills
• Time management
• Organization
• Customer service
• CBA compliance
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• WCB claims management
• DIP claims management
• Calculations
• Invoicing
• Communication
• Management
• Coordinating
• Leadership
• Detail Oriented
• Finance
• Customer Service
• Time Management
• Data Entry
• Scheduling
• Benefits Administration
• Accounts Receivable
• Remittance
• Accounts Payable Processing
• Payroll Compliance Practitioner

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Human Resources
• Healthcare
• Administrative
• Management & Leadership
• Payroll Associate
• Payroll Clerk
• Payroll Clerks
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

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