Pay/Costing Specialist - ADM025573

Employment Type**:** SGEU Term 9 months or more

Location(s)****: SK-Rgna-Regina

Ministry**:** 033 Public Service Commission

Salary Range**:** $30.329-$38.009 Hourly

Grade**:** SGEU.08.

About Us

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is the central human resource agency for the Government of Saskatchewan. The Commission provides leadership and policy direction to all ministries to enable a high-performing and innovative professional public service. The Commission works with ministries to ensure effective workforce management by supporting delivery of foundational services such as staffing and classification, and strategic support including labour relations and organizational development. The Human Resource Service Centre (HRSC) provides payroll, human resource, and benefits administration services to clients representing all government ministries and a number of smaller organizations.

The Opportunity

The HRSC within the Public Service Commission is seeking an analytical, resourceful, detail-oriented payroll professional to join us on the Payroll Services Branch as a Pay/Costing Specialist. As a dedicated team of payroll professionals, we strive to be thorough, attentive to detail and confident in order to support pay administration for government-wide employee payroll. Remote work arrangements may be considered.

As a Pay/Costing Specialist, you will:

• Provide detailed, specialized, expert-level knowledge/advice and processing of payroll-related payments, deductions, and transactions such as grievances; garnishments; final pay on employee death; overpayments; statutory and voluntary deductions; and retropay results.
• Support training to coach and mentor others or through the preparation and facilitation of group training sessions through process development and the creation of tools for managers, employees, and internal staff (including Job Aids, Calculators and Checklists) related to the area of payroll.
• Provide pay and costing support by responding to inquiries related to payroll processing that include Calendar and Fiscal Year-end requirements.
• Collaborate with other HRSC/PSC areas and stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve existing processes and procedures to gain efficiencies, minimize errors or streamline processes to reduce complexity and identify and address gaps in service delivery.

Ideal Candidate

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• The ability to identify, clarify and analyze relevant issues or concerns in order to problem solve and provide options/recommendations and/or to implement solutions in a timely manner.
• Experience in payroll in a large, computerized environment such as MIDAS HR/Pay.
• The ability to accurately input, edit, update and retrieve information using various computer software packages such as MIDAS HR/Pay, Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PSC Client.
• The ability to accurately perform complex payroll-related mathematical calculations both manually and electronically.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail is required in order to identify potential issues and maintain all types of payroll cycle transactional processing for government payroll.
• Superior organizational and time management skills to successfully manage a high volume of work while taking into consideration task complexity, frequent interruptions, deadlines and available resources.
• The ability to problem solve in order to respond to pay administration inquiries by referencing, understanding and following legislation, policies, procedures and collective bargaining agreements.
• Experience in working independently and as a team member to build cooperative working relationships and ensure deadlines, goals and objectives are achieved and contribute to a positive work environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to provide client service and training over the phone, through virtual communication methods such as MS Teams, in person and through written communication in a timely manner.

Typically, the knowledge and experience required to achieve the above is obtained through:

• A Business Diploma with a focus on accounting or payroll.
• Demonstrated experience in performing payroll and/or accounting functions.
• Obtained or working towards The National Payroll Institute - Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation.
• An equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered.

What We Offer

• Dynamic, challenging work for talented individuals.
• A competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits package including pension.
• Vacation, earned days off (EDO) and other types of leave.
• Inclusive work environments.
• Advancement opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements.

We are committed to workplace diversity.

Hours of Work**:** A - SGEU Office 36 - one day off every two weeks

Number of Openings**:** 1

Closing Date: Aug 5, 2025, 12:59:00 AM