Bilingual Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Kelly’s hiring! We are currently recruiting for our client located in Thornhill, ON for a Bilingual Payroll & Benefits Specialist. This is an ongoing opportunity that could lead to permanent employment for the right candidate.What You Will Do: Processing timely and accurate payroll for 650 Canadian employees. Partner across HR community on projects, initiatives and promoting Workday Direct Access. Maintain and process Pension Benefits and coordinate with any Benefits vendors to ensure employee benefits are activated and managed according to benefit plans and policies. Manage the payroll vendor in line with input and approvals and to ensure timely approvals and payments. Partnering with finance on payment of salaries and all relevant payroll payments and reporting. Have a continuous improvement mindset to support further effective and efficient changes to HR processes, procedures and controls. Administration and coordination between HR Operations and Payroll Vendor (BPO provider) to ensure flow and maintenance of employee data (including preparation/distribution of detailed reports. Ad-hoc duties as per HR transformation and requirements.Qualifications/Skills Required: 3-5 years of hands-on full cycle payroll experience. Proven experience in processing payroll for employees in multiple provinces, including Quebec and Ontario. Fluent in English and French. Proficiency with payroll software and systems; experience with Workday is preferred. Ability to comfortably work in a fast-paced time sensitive environment. Curious mind to challenge traditional ways of working, with excellent business acumen to apply your knowledge as required to bring better solutions and insights. Background check will be requiredWhat Is Offered: Pay rate $38.00-$40.00 per hour + vacation pay. Hybrid model: 3 days in office, 2 days work from home. Opportunity for permanent employment for the right candidate. Fun and collaborative work environment!Why Kelly®?As a worker today, it’s up to you to take charge of your career and look for opportunities to learn, grow and achieve your potential. Helping you find what’s next is what we’re all about. We know what’s going on in the evolving world of work—just ask the nearly 500,000 people we employ each year. Connecting with us means getting the support, guidance and opportunities needed to take your career where you may have never imagined.About Kelly®At Kelly, we’re always thinking about what’s next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we’re a leading advocate for temporary/non-traditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live. Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels and industries around the world.Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.Get a complete career fit with Kelly®. You’re looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we’re here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career. About Kelly Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.