Senior Global Payroll Specialist, Hootsuite
Temp-Role
CA$78.4-109.8k
US Range: $83,100—$116,300 USD
Social media management tool
Be an early applicant
Social media management tool
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$78.4-109.8k
US Range: $83,100—$116,300 USD
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower organizations to build trust and deepen relationships through the power of social.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in payroll processing, preferably in a global or multi-regional environment
- Canadian Payroll Association PCP certification preferred
- Experience in payroll software and systems (e.g., Workday, ADP, Dayforce)
- Experience with Workday including payroll processing module
- Proficiency in Excel, data analysis, and payroll reporting, with a focus on identifying discrepancies and recommending corrective actions
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain comprehensive payroll documentation, SOPs, and audit checklists to drive consistency and support team operations
- Strong problem-solving capabilities, with a proactive approach to identifying process gaps and implementing solutions
- Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring data integrity and accuracy in all payroll functions
- Experience in providing training and guidance to payroll specialists to elevate team capabilities and maintain process alignment
- Accountability: holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Customer Focus: demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers to meet their needs
- Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing team needs over individual needs
- Process/Project Management: skilled at figuring out and managing the processes and timelines necessary to get work accomplished
- Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
- Self Development: is personally committed to, and actively works to continuously improve
- Takes Initiative: takes initiative in their role to help the team reach its objectives; proactively identifying opportunities and challenges to work on
- Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
- Solution seeker: You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked
- Lifelong learner: You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t
- Resilient adapter: In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity
- Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information
- Critical challenger: You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result
- Active communicator: You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively
- Integrated thinker: You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals
- Accountable owner: You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes
- Bar-raiser: You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Global Payroll Specialist to help lead payroll processing across multiple regions
- In this advanced specialist role, you will execute complex payroll functions, ensure compliance, and drive the development of comprehensive payroll standards and audit frameworks to strengthen operational consistency
- You’ll be working remotely, this role reports to the Manager, Global Payroll
- You'll end-to-end payroll processing across multiple regions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to regulatory requirements
- Develop, refine, and maintain comprehensive payroll process guides, SOPs, and audit checklists to standardize workflows and support team efficiency
- Identify operational gaps, recommend enhancements, and implement process improvements to streamline payroll workflows and elevate team efficiency
- Collaborate with payroll vendors and external partners to ensure seamless payroll processing and regulatory compliance
- Serve as a senior resource to payroll specialists, providing expert guidance, addressing complex inquiries, and delivering training on updated processes and documentation
- Cultivates a learning environment where payroll specialists are encouraged to share insights, solve problems collectively, and elevate team performance
- This is a temporary role from April 2026 to March 2027
Our take
Hootsuite is a leading social media management platform that’s been around since the early days of this now-ballooning online sector. With over 25 million customers, and used by staff at over four fifths of the Fortune 1000, this giant is hugely competitive in the space.
Thought Hootsuite's plans for an IPO didn't survive the tough economic conditions of 2022, it managed to rework its priorities to get back on course. For example, its acquisitions of Sparkcentral and Talkwalker allowed the company to expand into customer service and integrate AI, respectively.
Hootsuite's offering nowadays supplies businesses with a social media performance engine to turn insights into action, all fuelled by artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, the company once again laid off staff during 2025, stating an investment in its future where decisions are made faster and ownership is clear.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2014
$60m
SERIES D
Aug 2013
$165m
SERIES B
Total funding: $246.9m
Company benefits
- 100% coverage on mental health-related treatments in North America. Culturally appropriate trauma counselling services
- A company-wide Wellness Week between July 5 to 12 where we can all “unplug” together
- Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Gym / Wellness Reimbursement ($55 per month)
- Gym Discount
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Maternity Leave
- PTO (Vacation / Personal Days) - 20 days. After your two year anniversary, you get an additional two days each year until you reach thirty days (six weeks) at your sixth anniversary
- Paternity Leave
- Sick Time (for individual employee and family members)
- Bereavement Leave
- Business Travel Insurance
- Company Phones
- Fertility Assistance (Coverage for fertility treatments and gender affirmation surgeries)
- Immigration Assistance
- Phone Bill Reimbursement ($50 per month)
- Remote Work
- 401k
- Employee Discount
- Pet Friendly Workplace
- RRSP Matching
- Volunteer Time Off
Company HQ
South Main, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Ryan Holmes
(Founder & Board Member)Previously founded interactive agency Invoke Media, served on the Board of Directors for Ariztia, and founded pre-seed fund LOI Venture.
Irina Novoselsky
(CEO)Previously Board Member at Lemonade and World Business Chicago, CEO at CareerBuilder and President at Novitex Enterprise Solutions.
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