Payroll Accountant

Bird Construction

The Role

Overview

Analyze payroll, ensure compliance, manage remittances, and provide financial reporting support.

Key Responsibilities

  • gl reconciliation
  • payroll automation
  • payroll reporting
  • remittance processing
  • data security
  • compliance management

Tasks

-Reconcile GL accounts. -Coordinate with the Digital Services team to test and implement payroll system calculations, reports, automation, and enhancements. -Preparing detailed reports of payroll information to internal stakeholders. -Maintain and safeguard confidential employee information. -Share knowledge and experiences with other team members -Leverage and utilize technology to help build efficiencies in payroll processes and reporting of remittances and financial data. -Perform payroll administrative tasks as required. -Process remittances related to payroll including disbursements to unions, employer associations, benefits, tax authorities and worker's compensation ensuring compliance with legislation in multiple provinces. -Work independently, research complex payroll issues and make recommendations for continuous improvements -Actively liaise with staff and management on payroll related inquiries. -Interpret collective agreements, work with management and unions to ensure compliance and deal with any issues as they arise.

Requirements

  • payroll
  • erp/hris
  • financial modeling
  • high volume
  • customer service
  • 4+ years

What You Bring

-Background with large multi-union workforce across the country, ability to interpret collective agreements, union remittances and reporting requirements. -Efficient with creating financial models, spreadsheet analysis and respectful dealing with confidential information. -Payroll experience as well as working with a large ERP/HRIS system is a definite asset -Comfortable managing high volumes and consistently meeting tight deadlines while ensuring high attention to detail and accuracy. -Excellent communications skills, customer service orientation and a team player. -Qualified candidates will have a minimum of 4 years in a finance and/or payroll experience related capacity with demonstrated experience analyzing processes and complex data

The Company

About Bird Construction

-Delivers billions in annual revenue and maintains a strong project backlog. -Typical projects include industrial facilities, civil infrastructure, institutional buildings, modular fabrication and maintenance services. -Its strengths lie in self-performed trades—from earthworks and concrete to mechanical, electrical and modular fabrication. -Leverages technology such as BIM/VDC and modular solutions to enhance efficiency and certainty in delivery. -Projects range from deep-mining support and hydroelectric work to transit stations, healthcare facilities and mass timber buildings. -With a finance division (Bird Capital), it can participate in project equity, blending construction with strategic investment.

Sector Specialisms

Commercial

Institutional

Retail

Multi-tenant Residential

Industrial

Mining

Water and Wastewater

Energy

Renewables

Nuclear

Civil Infrastructure

Airports

Seaports

Rail

Bridges and Structures

Earthworks

Utilities

Contract Mining

Drilling and Blasting

Hydroelectric Construction

Heavy and Light Rail

Site Servicing

Modular and Offsite Solutions

Mass Timber

Industrial Maintenance

Future Energy