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Propelis
Propelis
5,001 – 10,000 Employees
Food & BeverageHealthcareManufacturing
Propelis is a global brand and packaging agency group created through the merger of SGK and SGS & Co. The company supports brand owners, retailers, FMCG businesses, and pharmaceutical clients with packaging graphics, print and metal decor production, brand and creative strategy, digital commerce, experiential marketing, and content production. Its technology offerings, including 5Flow and the Marks brand-creation platform, help teams manage packaging and content workflows at scale.
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Payroll Specialist - Canada Remote | Propelis

Manage multi-country payroll across Canada and the Americas for Propelis, with responsibility for audits, compliance, vendors, UKG Workforce Management, and payroll operations.

CACanada
$70,000 – $75,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeMiddleSeniorEnglish RequiredPayroll

Description

  • Coordinate complex, multi-country payroll activities across the Americas.
  • Own end-to-end payroll cycles for assigned countries, with primary responsibility for Canada.
  • Manage employer-of-record providers.
  • Process, review, and approve monthly and off-cycle payrolls through UKG, ADP Celergo, and local payroll systems.
  • Administer UKG Workforce Management, including timekeeping, schedules, absences, pay rules, exceptions, approvals, interfaces, and issue resolution.
  • Conduct payroll audits and verify hires, terminations, compensation changes, variable pay, overtime, absences, benefits, deductions, and retroactive adjustments.
  • Reconcile payroll reports and confirm accurate outputs, statutory deductions, employer costs, and net pay.
  • Maintain compliance with local tax, social security, pension, statutory benefit, employment, and reporting obligations.
  • Serve as a key escalation point for complex payroll questions from employees, HR, Finance, managers, and vendors.
  • Work with ADP, UKG, and local payroll providers on processing, service-level performance, issue resolution, and ongoing improvements.
  • Support month-end and year-end payroll processes, statutory filings, reconciliations, financial reporting, employee documentation, and audits.
  • Create, maintain, and review standard operating procedures, payroll calendars, control documentation, and country-specific process maps.
  • Guide Payroll Specialists and contribute to cross-training across the Global Payroll Team.
  • Lead or contribute to payroll projects, system implementations, integrations, testing, standardization, and process improvements across the Americas.
  • Report to the Senior Payroll Manager.

Requirements

  • Five to eight years of relevant experience managing payroll across multiple countries, ideally within the Americas.
  • Comprehensive end-to-end payroll expertise covering pre-payroll audits, calculation review, statutory filings, post-payroll reconciliation, and issue resolution.
  • Strong knowledge of Canadian, US, and wider Americas payroll regulations, taxation, social security, pensions, statutory benefits, and employment-related payroll obligations.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Experience using global payroll platforms such as ADP Celergo, UKG, and Workforce Management systems.
  • Hands-on experience administering UKG Workforce Management is required.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to detect variances, reconcile data, and strengthen controls across multiple software platforms.
  • Strong vendor-management capabilities.
  • Experience in a fast-paced HR or payroll environment, with the ability to manage competing deadlines across several jurisdictions.
  • Ability to mentor, guide, and support colleagues within regional and global payroll teams.
  • Experience with EOR payroll operations or payroll vendor transitions across the Americas is advantageous.
  • PayrollOrg, CIPP, GPA, NPI, or comparable payroll association certification is advantageous.
  • Additional language skills are advantageous.
  • Experience with payroll transformation, mergers and acquisitions, new-country implementations, system integrations, or global program rollouts is advantageous.

Benefits

  • Equal employment opportunity practices.
  • Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.
  • An accessible employment website and application process.

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