Payroll Manager

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

How you’ll make an impact:

We are a market leader in baby apparel and are looking for top candidates like you to lead payroll and tax in Canada with a background in international payroll. If you are passionate about payroll and are interested in joining an organization that promotes collaboration and where it’s fun to come to work every day, Carter’s may be the place for you.

This role is based in our Mississauga, ON office in our hybrid work environment and reports into the Senior Payroll Manager.

Payroll Processing and Payroll Accounting - 60%

• Manage payroll processes timely and accurately in accordance to established deadlines.
• Timely, accurate and complete payrolls with constant focus on process improvement
• Maintain full calendar of all necessary deadlines.
• Respond to employee and manager inquiries regarding payroll issues or concerns within established SLA’s. 
• Investigate payroll incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement process improvements.
• Manage all expatriate payrolls. Partner with external accounting firms to facilitate all necessary requirements for shadow payrolls and proper local taxation.
• Set internal control procedure in accordance with management and internal audit expectations.  Ensure continuous compliance.
• Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of processes and practices to ensure quality and consistency and delivery against defined targets.
• Establish and maintain all standards of customer service within the payroll team providing best in class customer service.
• Maintain current payroll/HCM functions to comply with legislative requirements.
• Reconcile payroll at year-end, including PIER, T4s, and T2200.
• Handle fiscal year-end and audit tasks related to payroll.
• Utilize Workday reporting for quarterly and year end tax adjustments
• Maintain standards for garnishment processing.
• Maintain documentation of all payroll SOPs ensuring consistent & repeatable processes
• Process ROE’s timely and investigate and discrepancies.
• Full knowledge and understanding of Canada Vacation accruals and legislations.

International Payroll Tax - 30%

• Submit monthly, quarterly and annually tax filings for Canada including  T4s/RL-1.
• Ensure processing and remittance of Workers Comp and other local tax for Canada.
• Administer all payroll and payroll tax accounting processes.
• Manage tax requirements for each province .
• Provide continuous review of all taxes under OneSource Virtual (OSV) responsibility.
• Maintain payment schedules for all taxes not directly processed by OneSource Virtual (OSV)
• Respond to payroll tax related cases within established SLA’s. 
• Complete registrations for all necessary locations 
• Establish tax configuration standards for the HR Shared Services team, ensuring accurate application of all Federal, State and local tax requirements.
• Enter international payrolls by deadlines in HSBC.

Legal Compliance and Internal Controls - 10%

• Maintain standards for all garnishment processing
• Act as the key liaison for internal and external payroll related audits
• Implement controls where needed to ensure accuracy of processes and financial statement.
• Understands and interprets multiple labour agreements, statutory legislation, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance regarding pay, deductions, benefits, and taxes and documentation and escalates/resolves discrepancies as needed.

We’d Love to hear from you if:

Must have:

• Experience processing end to end payroll in large corporation.
• Knowledge of payroll processes, statutory laws, and labour agreements with the ability to track, maintain and submit all necessary documentation to meet deadlines and requirements.
• Experience with and knowledge of preparing, reconciling, and submitting monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external remittances. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting required or equivalent 5+ years of experience
• Knowledge of accounting related to payroll processing.  Understanding the process from beginning to end.
• Advanced Excel skills, strong database knowledge and proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred skills and experience:

• Understanding of CAN garnishments
• Bi-lingual French and English
• Certification preferred in PCP/PLP/CPM
• Self-motivated, organized, and effectively achieves team goals 
• Strong ability to multi-task 
• Excellent team player who works well in a collaborative environment 
• Ability to work effectively with external partners as well as internal employees
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of processes and practices to ensure quality and consistency and delivery against defined targets.
• Ability to demonstrate independent, objective, open-minded thinking with strong attention to detail and sound judgement. 
• Experience with Workday payroll system highly preferred
• Solid background in process improvement, project management and execution of company initiatives

Our Team Members:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation:  Respectfully challenge the "we’ve always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

Make a career at Carter’s:

• Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter’s University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carter’s | OshKosh is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply. Should you require any type of accommodation, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Carter’s | OshKosh est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi et encourage tous les candidats intéressés et qualifiés à postuler. Si vous avez besoin de certaines mesures d'adaptation, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec nous. .