If you take pride in being compassionate, honest, professional, and safe, consider an exciting and rewarding career at Shannex. Our communities offer more than a place to work – they welcome and celebrate Great People who inspire meaningful connections while Leading the Way to Better Living™.

We are searching for a Payroll and Benefits Administrator to join our Payroll & Benefits team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Meaningful Benefits

You will be surrounded by supportive and talented team members who make our communities great places to live, work and visit. As an established and respected organization in the healthcare sector, Shannex offers opportunities for growth, development and advancement. And at the end of every day, you will know you’ve made a measured difference in the lives of our residents. Additional benefits include:

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits plan, including an Employee and Family Assistance Program

• Life, travel, and other insurances

• Access to virtual healthcare 24/7 for FREE through the group health benefit plan

• RRSP program (5% employer matching)

• Vacation accrual (begins immediately) and travel insurance

• Free onsite parking

• Access to thousands of perks vendors and discounts through our WorkPerks program, including excellent discounts for apparel, restaurants, technology, fitness, travel, and tickets to some of your favorite sports and entertainment events

• Access to continuing education and training through Shannex’s Centre of Excellence

• Opportunities to be part of sector innovation and continuous improvement initiatives

• Recognition and Rewards for service excellence and safety

About the Opportunity

• Completes employee file setups in required systems for all new hires or internal transfers

• Administrates benefit enrollment for all new hires, status changes, transfers, and terminations

• Completes status change and termination requests, including enrollment or cancellation of benefits as required

• Completes payroll and benefits related transactions within the pay period (wage increment changes, updates to pay file)

• Completes ROEs through established pay process, and when requested

• Ensures welcome package is sent out to all newly enrolled employees

• Provides customer service support for payroll and benefits inboxes when required, including investigations and escalation to supervisor when needed

• Updates employees pay and benefits as required due to leaves of absence; follows up with employees when needed

• Plays an integral role in the implementation of new administrative processes or improvements to existing administrative processes

• Performs additional related duties as required

About You

In addition to placing high value on continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability, you bring:

• A degree or diploma in a related field of study
• At least one to two (1-2) years administrative experience in a related field (payroll, benefits, human resources, or finance
• Designation in or working towards your Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) is an asset
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• An aptitude in solving problems/troubleshooting
• Dependable and deliver high quality, professional service with a positive attitude
• Proven ability for attention to detail and consistently display a high level of initiative, effort and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently
• Successful candidates will be required to obtain a clear Criminal Record Check, and where applicable, a Vulnerable Sector Check, prior to appointment
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to achieve desired results