The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional to join our team:

Team Lead, Payroll100% Regular

Monday - Friday, 35 hours per week

Union Exempt Level 6: $75,000 to $88,200Reporting to the Team Manager, Payroll Division, the Payroll Team Lead provides leadership, support, and mentoring to the payroll team. The Team Lead will be responsible for audit controls, remittance of all statutory and non-statutory payroll deductions, and all accounting aspects in order to ensure accurate and timely production of T4 and T4A statements. The incumbent will also assist with managing all aspects of the Payroll Division in order to deliver weekly pays on time.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Prepares payroll related payments including remittances to Federal and Provincial government agencies, unions, and pension providers.

Reviews the payroll register to ensure that deductions from the payroll system for CPP, EI, income tax, OMERS, TPP, Federation dues and levies, charities, and various other agencies are accurate.

Performs monthly account reconciliations.

Runs accounting reports to interface weekly payroll files into general ledger on Finance software.

Performs weekly reconciliations of tax slips to payroll registers and to Canada Revenue Agency remittances.

Reviews and audits internal system parameters controlling all Payroll payments and deductions.

Manages the activities of a large Payroll and Pension team, including interviewing and hiring.

Qualifications

Post Secondary Diploma in Accounting and 5 years of related accounting/payroll experience, preferably in a municipal or educational environment.

Payroll Compliance Professional or Payroll Leadership Professional Designation is required. Accounting designation (CPA) would be an asset.

Knowledge of integrated payroll systems; accounting and payroll processes, functions, and principles;

Knowledge of ScotiaConnect, budgeting and accounting systems; SQL/GQL and Report Writer

Knowledge of governing acts and legislation such as Employment Standards Act, Canada Revenue Agency Regulations Act, Service Canada Reporting, and the Ontario Labor Relations Act.

Experience working in a unionized environment, and good understanding of collective agreements.

Leadership skills for training, mentoring and directing the payroll team,

Interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) required to clarify, instruct or provide information, direction to others; including interacting to establish and maintain professional relationships within the District;

Tact, diplomacy and discretion required.

Organizational skills, including time management techniques for planning and organizing workload, juggling multiple demands, schedules and payroll deadlines;

Project management skills.

Initiative and judgment required for decision-making, problem and conflict resolution.

Computer technology skills, including proficiency in word processing, databases, and spreadsheets applications. Proficient using google applications and human resources information systems/databases. Application Process

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Apply to Education (ATE) to manage applications for all job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account at ocdsb.simplication.com. External Applicants: If you do not have an existing ATE account, you will be asked to create one at https://ocdsb.simplication.com Choose ECE, EA & Support Staff as the job category. Once you have set up your account, you can search for the job and then apply. You must upload a resume and covering letter which outlines your qualifications and suitability for the this position. Applications will be considered in accordance with the Union Exempt Employee Handbook. OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity. If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to hrcompetitions@ocdsb.ca at any time. EDUCATING FOR SUCCESS - BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES TOGETHER

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eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection

should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean,

Ontario K2H 6L3