Careers at CMHC: Junior Officer, Payroll and Pension

 

Job Requisition ID: 12289

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

 Office Location: Montreal (QC); Ottawa (ON)

Travel Requirement: Travel not required

Language Designation: Bilingual

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): CBC

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 54665.94 to $ 68332.43 and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a permanent employee:

  • Annual Paid vacation.
  • Annual individual performance incentive.
  • Defined benefit pension plan.
  • Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
  • Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more. 
  • An inclusive workplace culture and environment.
About the role

Join the Total Rewards team, in the Junior Officer, Payroll and Pension position. In this role, you will ensure that all employee salary payments, benefits and compensation-related initiatives are accurately administered in compliance with federal and provincial legislation and HR Management Guidelines and Procedures. You will provide support, guidance and dissemination of related HR policy and guidelines to the HR community and external service providers.

What you’ll do:

  • Support external providers who are administering outsourced Payroll, Pension, and Benefit operational services to clients (employees, HR community and various internal and external clients such as financial advisors, lawyers, solicitors, executors).

  • Review CMHC's Payroll and edit verification function on a bi-weekly cycle, ensuring accuracy of all earning and deduction activities employees.

  • Contribute to the development and implementation of payroll data quality rules and standards.

  • Actively contribute to user acceptance testing, ensure data is properly tested and validated internally and externally, to address any potential issues, upgrades or legislative changes.

  • Help review and implement remediation plans for payroll data quality issues.

  • Maintain current knowledge of amendments to rules and regulations for Canada Revenue Agency, Revenu Québec, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) / Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), Employment Insurance (EI), and group insurance rate changes, collective agreement, and internal changes and/or initiatives in order to process manual calculations of a variety of payments.

  • Main point of contact for HR and payroll information to the vendor and employees.

What you should have:
  • A post-secondary education in payroll administration, pension administration, business administration or human resources.

  • A minimum of one year of relevant work experience in administrative support, payroll and/or pension administration.

  • Knowledge and understanding of payroll policy/administration and pension policy/administration, knowledge of documentation for audit and corporate records requirements, and knowledge of employment law and regulations, legislative issues and industry trends relating to human resources, pay and pension.

  • The ability to work in an automated environment supported by third-party vendors.

  • Advanced computer skills using Microsoft Office, in particular Excel.

  • A demonstrated ability to anticipate problems and react quickly, to apply business systems solutions to operational activities, to work effectively in a team environment as well as take initiative and work independently, and to manage multiple projects with conflicting priorities; demonstrated interpers
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