Payroll Analyst

Location: Calgary, Canada; other locations include Vancouver and Toronto. Most roles follow a hybrid workstyle aligned to an hirify.global office.

Compensation Range: $59,000–$89,100 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides professional services to middle-market clients globally, with a focus on payroll, tax, finance, and business support.

What you will do

• Process and reconcile multi-country payrolls, including U.S. domestic, Canadian, international assignee, and shadow payrolls.
• Serve as the Canada payroll subject matter expert across end-to-end processing, reconciliations, year-end activities, and compliance.
• Manage expatriate allowances, hypothetical taxes, tax equalization, and gross-ups.
• Coordinate with third-party payroll tax vendors such as ADP on tax filings, wage reconciliations, and year-end reporting.
• Prepare and support monthly, quarterly, and annual tax filings and reconciliations.
• Maintain compliance with U.S., Canadian, and applicable global payroll laws and support continuous process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2–4 years of payroll experience, preferably in a multi-state or international environment.
• Knowledge of federal and state wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and payroll best practices.
• 1–2 years of full payroll cycle experience in Workday.
• Strong understanding of U.S. payroll and taxation, demonstrated experience with end-to-end Canadian payroll processing, reconciliations, year-end activities, compliance requirements, and international payroll practices.
• Proficiency in Excel, including VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables, for payroll calculations and reporting.
• Detail-oriented approach with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills for employee support and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity.
• Experience using AI tools for payroll processing, auditing, research, and process improvement.

Nice to have

• CPP or FPC certification from PayrollOrg.
• Knowledge of Global Mobility Payroll or expatriate payroll processing.
• Experience working with global mobility tax providers on expatriate compensation management.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow and ADP SmartCompliance.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workstyle with alignment to an hirify.global office and in-person collaboration based on client, team, development, and relationship-building needs.
• Some roles may be virtual or primarily on-site depending on role requirements, team priorities, and client needs.
• Competitive benefits and compensation package.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation available during the recruitment process.