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Payroll & Benefits Specialist

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play mobile gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

In this role, you can expect to:

• Prepare and administer full-cycle semi-monthly processing of hourly and salaried US/Canadian payroll using Ceridian Dayforce
• Prepare and administer US/Canadian employee health benefits with various third-party providers such as Sunlife, Manulife, Fidelity, and United Healthcare
• Research payroll & benefits information and/or documentation to ensure accuracy and adherence to procedures before processing
• Compile and prepare payroll related reports and remittances after each pay run, and as needed; monthly, quarterly, and annually for various government and non-government agencies
• Compile data from a wide variety of sources for analyzing purposes and ensuring compliance with mandated requirements, and/or monitoring program components
• Manage all payroll related audits including but not limited to; 401K, Worker’s Compensation
• Prepare reconciliations, payments, and payroll changes relating to various extended health benefit carriers
• Ensure compliance with all government requirements, including taxes remittances, WorkSafe, quarterly and annual returns
• Continuously evaluate and suggest and/or implement improvements to payroll processes

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

• 3-5 years of Payroll & Benefits administration for Canada and US
• Completed (or working towards) Payroll Compliance Practitioner designation
• Communicates in a clear, concise, and professional manner with staff at all levels
• Collaborates effectively with others regularly
• Supports direct and indirect team members; improves others' productivity and development; inspires and encourages teamwork
• Knowledge of federal, provincial, and state payroll regulations and requirements
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and GSuite
• Willing to learn and find solutions to complex issues
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team as well as individually
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

• We know that one size doesn’t fit all - every team has the flexibility to find the right balance between in-studio, remote, and hybrid in-studio/remote.
• We offer extended health coverage effective day one, with no waiting period, including a flexible health spending account and/or personal spending account! Any leftover amounts from the health/personal spending account can also be automatically added to a group TFSA.
• Telus Health Virtual Care that provides you a way to remotely interact with healthcare providers, available 24/7 to get prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
• We provide an employee assistance program to ensure our people’s mental and emotional well-being.
• Everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program for their RRSP.
• We offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off (no worrying about how much time has been earned), as well as paid time off for volunteering.
• We encourage development through educational support, training sessions, skill development, knowledge sharing, and more!
• We encourage our team to help us hire the best talent through our referral program where they can earn up to $5,000 for a successful referral hire.

Excited by this opportunity? We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

Kabam is a world leader of developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games for mobile devices. They merge consumer behaviour with the art of game design to create experiences that are enjoyed by millions of players across the globe. Each game has raised the benchmark in mobile gaming, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology and revolutionary gameplay to the console in every player’s pocket.

Kabam has partnered with leading entertainment brands like Disney, Hasbro and Universal to create mobile games based on some of the world’s most iconic franchises.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal, Charlottetown, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Austin. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.