Payroll and Benefits Coordinator

Position Overview

Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada is the leading full-service tree care and vegetation management provider for residential, commercial, utility line clearing, and forestry consulting throughout Canada. With over 1000 employees, we continuously pride ourselves on unmatched quality and safety. Davey Tree has numerous crews that are professionally trained to provide tree trimming and removal services. Our relatable experiences and industries serviced include notably Utilities, Municipalities, Government, Rail, Commercial and Residential.

We are looking for someone to join the our payroll team as a Payroll and Benefits Coordinator. Reporting to the Payroll and Benefits Manager, you will work as part of a team in playing a key role in the administration and communication of payroll and benefits. You will be an administrator of the various group benefit programs as well as play an integral role for all payroll queries and administration.

This role will be located in our corporate office in Ancaster Ontario.

Job Duties

• Processing In-house weekly, multi-provincial (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON) payroll for salary and hourly employees.


• Processing new hires, employee changes, terminations, and transfers of salary and hourly employees.


• Assist in the preparation and processing of full cycle payroll, where required, which includes reviewing and balancing of all payroll related allocations (i.e. rates of pay, deductions, hours of work, burdens, statutory remittances, etc.).


• Reconciling and remitting all payroll and company benefit liabilities, including, but not limited to WCB, CRA, Garnishment etc.


• Reconciling and preparing payroll year end reporting for salary and hourly employees.


• Understanding and interpreting government legislation to ensure compliance regarding pay/deductions/benefits/taxes/documentation.


• Understanding of related Employment Standards legislation


• Inputting all new hires and newly eligible employees into benefits system and providing information to the employee.


• Maintaining integrity of all payroll records.


• Administers benefit programs.


• Other duties, as required

Qualifications

• 2+ years of payroll and benefits administration experience


• Previous SAP, SuccessFactors, and ADP Workforce Now experience strongly preferred.


• Strong technical proficiency in MSOffice Suite particularly Excel skills, including VLookup


• Strong organizational and communication skills


• Strong customer service orientation and written/verbal communication skills


• Ability to perform in a multi-tasking environment


• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills


• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive HR, payroll and benefits related information.


• Experience working with a weekly payroll considered an asset

Additional Information

• Pay Range $62 000 to $68 000 annually


• Davey provides ongoing training and careers advancement opportunities


• Excellent Benefits package and RRSP/TFSA Matching Program


• Employee owned company with stock purchase available after 6 months of service


• Employee Referral Program and other employee perks