Payroll Specialist

About the Role

Urban Park Services is seeking a dedicated Payroll Specialist to join their remote Canada-based team. This role involves managing exception resolution, supporting audits, and reviewing documents to ensure timely processing, accuracy, and completeness of payroll data. Responsibilities revolve around overseeing incoming destination-management work related to Italy and Mediterranean operations, handling financial records, account assessments, and documentation specific to Canada's payroll workflow.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage payroll specialist duties in Canada by resolving exceptions, conducting variance analyses, and executing payroll-specific tasks to maintain deadline control and ensure traceability.
• Perform audits and review incoming destination-management reports and payroll documentation to detect incomplete or inconsistent information prior to progression in the Canadian payroll process.
• Monitor open tasks through document and invoice reviews as well as payment tracking, ensuring records are complete, ownership is clear, and deadlines are met.
• Thoroughly document decisions and handoffs using variance analysis and account review techniques to provide a clear work history, enabling seamless continuation by authorized team members.
• Support quality assurance efforts by using reports, documentation, and exception resolution, and escalate any discrepancies when data accuracy cannot be guaranteed from current records.

Success Metrics

Effectiveness in this position is measured by maintaining strict control over payment tracking, invoice and document reviews, guaranteeing complete and accurate records with clear accountability and an undoubted evidence trail.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Demonstrated practical skills in exception resolution, audit assistance, and executing specialized payroll tasks within a remote Canadian setting.
• Strong written communication skills, capable of documenting ownership, status updates, and action points clearly using variance analysis and destination-management reporting.
• Competency in managing payroll-specific execution, payment tracking, and account reviews while sustaining exact records for the company.
• Sound decision-making on document and invoice evaluations, with the ability to escalate issues when required in the Canada workflow.

Position Details

This is a full-time associate-level position entirely remote within Canada. Annual base compensation ranges from $43,000 to $68,000.