Title: Payroll & Benefit Specialist

Organization: Real Food for Real Kids 

Location: East End of Toronto, ON (Hybrid - Remote & In Office)

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, flexible schedule 

Compensation: 60,000 - 70,000/ year, dependant on experience

About Real Food For Real Kids:

Real Food for Real Kids (RFRK) is a growing company on a mission to make real food the standard rather than the exception.

A multiple award-winning company recognized for excellence and innovation, we’re a leading healthy catering company for child care centres, schools and camps. RFRK proudly serves nutritious meals and snacks to thousands of children throughout the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area every day. We’re well poised for growth into new markets and planning for significant expansion over the coming years.

Our Talent, Training, & Culture (TT&C) team is looking for a fantastic person who is energized by employee engagement and administration to join us as an Payroll & Benefit Specialist. If you like the sound of us so far, keep reading to see if you have the experience and skills needed for this rewarding role!

About the Role:

The Payroll & Benefits Specialist (P&B Specialist) is a people-focused stickler for the details. This position is responsible for biweekly payroll processing, health & benefit program administration, reporting, and analyzing data with the goal of implementing process improvements. 

This position requires someone with a proactive and positive attitude and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously with competing deadlines. In addition to possessing good judgment and developed problem-solving skills, the P&B Specialist must possess a high degree of initiative and exercise discretion when handling details of a confidential and critical nature. This position requires a team player with strong organizational skills, detail orientation and the desire to help others!

Some of the things you’ll get paid to do:

Payroll Processing

• Oversee all payroll functions to ensure that employees are paid in a timely and accurate manner
• Ensuring that payroll data is collected, inputed, processed, balanced, and verified 
• Ensuring all hourly personnel, weekly timesheets and changes are accurately entered into the payroll system on-time 
• Oversee time off policies and timecards and ensure appropriate recording of days worked 
• First point of contact for employee support for payroll-related inquiries
• Identify and resolve payroll issues/discrepancies
• Reconciling and processing all year-end tasks 
• Perform routine audits of payroll information in ADP

Health Benefit Administration

• Administer employee health insurance and benefits plans 
• Identify eligibility and enroll new plan members as well as terminate exiting plan members 
• Maintain communication templates with members and ensuring plan information is up-to-date 
• Process status changes to benefit plans for all members (ie. leaves of absence, new dependents, etc) 
• Update and maintain plan premium changes in ADP 
• Complete annual reviews of plan in collaboration with HR Manager
• Perform routine audits member details
• Respond to all employee inquiries relating to their health benefit plan 
• Assist with administration disability management and work accommodation plans

Employee Savings Program Administration 

• Administer Employee Savings Program RRSP, RESP & DPSP plans
• Maintain communication templates with members and ensuring plan information is up-to-date 
• Identify eligibility and provide new plan members with plan enrollment details 
• Ensure the most recent and up-to-date contribution information is shared with ADP for accurate payroll processing 
• Maintain annual contribution spreadsheet to ensure accurate company matches to members 
• Update Canada Life with updated salaries and seniority changes annually 
• Complete annual review of plan in collaboration with HR Manager
• Respond to all employee inquiries relating to their plan 

Company Culture & Other Responsibilities 

• Assist in coordinating company-wide internal and external events (employee recognition programs, team building events, monthly lunch and learns) 
• Creating and facilitating employee training relating to ADP, benefits & employee savings program
• Maintain employee milestone calendar and action monthly milestone changes to employee profiles

About You

• College diploma/certification or University degree in Human Resources or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of payroll processing experience
• Minimum of 1 year of benefit administration experience  
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Apps
• Proficiency with payroll, benefits & HRIS related software
• Experience using ADP’s WorkForce Now preferred
• Working knowledge of legal regulations pertaining to payroll
• PCP certification is an asset

Working at RFRK comes with other perks too:

• Employee Savings Program (RRSP & RESP Matching)
• Benefits program including alternative and preventative health treatments
• Two weeks vacation to start with set milestones for more
• 8 Paid Personal Days per year
• $500 annually toward professional development
• Hybrid remote and onsite work location
• Flex Hours with core hours 

To apply, please upload your résumé and cover letter, including salary expectations, explaining why you’d be a great fit for this role. If you meet almost all of the requirements and are not sure if you should apply, apply anyway! We may see something special in your application that sets you apart from the rest.

Real Food for Real Kids is an equal opportunity employer.  We value diversity and inclusion in our workplace and at all levels of our organization. We strongly encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. 

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.

Thanks for your interest in Real Food for Real Kids!

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