ST. JAMES-ASSINIBOIA SCHOOL DIVISION
“Great Schools for Growing and Learning”

MANAGER, PAYROLL AND BENEFITS

Full-time (100%) TERM position – end date TBD

To oversee and ensure the successful delivery of the Division’s payroll and benefits processes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee and review all payrolls to ensure accuracy of processing.

• Develop and maintain payroll policies and procedures and internal controls to mitigate risk,

protect privacy and documentation, and to ensure integrity of payroll data in compliance with

legislative laws and regulations.

• Audits payrolls and recommends policy, system and technological upgrades when applicable

for efficiencies and productivity improvements.

• Verifies and ensures calculations of earnings and deductions are compliant with union

requirements, policies, laws and required deadlines.

• Updates, revises and maintains system for payroll deductions (tax, EI, CPP, YMPE, rates, etc.)

and implements in a timely manner in conjunction with all applicable policies, legislative rules

and regulations.

• Creates and updates the payroll system with salary grids, pay cycles, pay dates and calendars

for all Division payrolls ensuring appropriate earning and deduction codes correspond to the

correct pay.

• Balances and reconciles payroll accounts monthly, quarterly, annually and for year-end

analysis to prepare journal entries for the Division’s accounting system.

• Assumes other responsibilities as required.

Qualifications:

• Certified Payroll Manager in good standing
• 5 Years related experience at a senior level including supervisory experience
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable to the Division.