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Bird Construction

Payroll Accountant

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Bird Construction
Provider of construction and maintenance services across industrial, infrastructure and buildings sectors.
Payroll Accountant responsible for processing remittances, preparing reports, interpreting collective agreements, and implementing payroll system changes.
15d ago
Junior (1-3 years), Intermediate (4-7 years)
Full Time
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Hybrid
Company Size
6,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Building Information Modeling (BIM/VDC)
Civil Infrastructure Services
Fabrication
Future Energy
Industrial Maintenance
Mass Timber
Modular & Offsite Solutions
Pre-Construction / Early Contractor Involvement
Sector Specialisms
Commercial
Institutional
Retail
Multi-tenant Residential
Industrial
Mining
Water and Wastewater
Energy
Role
What you would be doing
research payroll issues
maintain confidentiality
liaise with stakeholders
interpret agreements
gl reconciliation
process remittances
  • Work independently, research complex payroll issues and make recommendations for continuous improvements
  • Maintain and safeguard confidential employee information.
  • 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.
  • Perform payroll administrative tasks as required.
  • Reconcile GL accounts.
  • Share knowledge and experiences with other team members
  • 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.
  • Leverage and utilize technology to help build efficiencies in payroll processes and reporting of remittances and financial data.
  • 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.
What you bring
financial models
attention to detail
communication skills
collective agreements
erp/hris
4 years
  • Efficient with creating financial models, spreadsheet analysis and respectful dealing with confidential information.
  • 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
  • Background with large multi-union workforce across the country, ability to interpret collective agreements, union remittances and reporting requirements.
  • Payroll experience as well as working with a large ERP/HRIS system is a definite asset
Benefits
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Training + Development
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Visa Sponsorship
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Security clearance
  • maintaining and safeguarding confidential employee information
  • checking payroll and finance experience
Company
Overview
Since 1920
Founding Year
Established its presence in Canada as a coast-to-coast builder.
+70 Years
Publicly Traded
Maintained a strong financial presence on public markets.
2021
Acquisition
Expanded capabilities through the acquisition of Dagmar.
2024
Acquisition
Further diversified operations by acquiring Jacob Bros.
  • 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.
Culture + Values
  • We bring life to vision
  • Creating great things with you
  • We put safety first
  • A healthy and safe work environment is non‑negotiable. We build a culture of operational and psychological safety through engagement, learning and leadership.
  • We are stronger together
  • Success is a team effort. Our inclusive workplace enables our combined expertise, humility and creativity to unlock our greater potential.
  • We lead with honesty
  • We speak and act with integrity, clarity and care so people can trust our word and our work. Being honest means we can deliver the best outcomes and consistent results.
  • We are driven to do great work
  • We built our name on quality. We have a passion for excellence in our work and relationships that honours our businesses and our industry.
  • We create opportunity
  • Rooted in a solid foundation, we adapt and grow to face the future. We are committed to elevating each other to chart the best path forward in an evolving world.
Environment + Sustainability
First Zero Carbon Retrofit
North America's First
Completed the first Zero Carbon Certification for a building retrofit (Humber College Building NX), setting a benchmark for sustainable building projects.
First Net-Zero Plant
Protein Processing Facility
Design-build of North America’s first net-zero plant protein processing facility, scheduled to be operational in 2024.
First Net-Zero Ethylene Site
World's First
Secured contract to build the world’s first net-zero integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site under Dow’s Path2Zero Program.
  • Committed to transitioning to a net zero carbon economy via high energy-efficient, zero carbon buildings using onsite or procured carbon-free renewable energy.
  • Delivering deep energy retrofits to reduce GHG emissions and energy use in existing buildings through mechanical, electrical, and energy modeling solutions.
  • Mass timber leader in North America: leveraging sustainable forestry and wood-based materials to capture carbon and offset CO2e over lifecycle.
  • Founding member of Canada Green Building Council with ~200 LEED-certified or targeting projects.
  • Partnered on complex building systems meeting LEED, Green Globes, Passive House, WELL, and Zero Carbon standards.
  • Operational emissions reduction through 'Work Green': implementing sustainable, energy-efficient, low-carbon operational technologies and processes.
  • 'Build Green': minimizing resource waste, reducing carbon emissions, increasing energy efficiency across material, equipment, system selection.
Inclusion & Diversity
$3,000
Indigenous Scholarship
An annual scholarship provided to support Indigenous students pursuing their educational goals.
3×$1,500
Indigenous Student Support
Three annual scholarships of $1,500 each provided to Indigenous students.
  • National Indigenous Engagement Policy: proactive employment of Indigenous workforce representative of project communities.
  • Policy pillars: respectful relationships; proactive Indigenous employment; increasing business opportunities for Indigenous partners; investment in cultural awareness, skills and business capacity programs.
  • Mandatory Indigenous Cultural Awareness Training for all employees.
  • Silver Certification in PAIR (Progressive Aboriginal Relations) program.
  • Scholarship programs: Scott Ferguson Memorial Scholarship; Bird Heavy Civil Indigenous Scholarship; Bird/Paul & Gerri Charette Fund; UNB scholarship prioritizing Indigenous female engineering students.
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