[Hiring] Analyst, NA Payroll & Benefits @Kontoor Brands, Inc.

Role Description

This role combines payroll administration with benefits management, acting as the strategic contributor to paychecks and employee benefits. The analyst oversees the entire employee cycle — from wage calculation to benefits enrollment — while analyzing data, recommending policy improvements, and ensuring system efficiency. The role is responsible for strategic oversight, accuracy, and compliance of country and state/province specific laws and company policies.

Responsibilities:

• Process employee wages, including complex calculations (commissions, overtime, bonuses, short term disability payments)
• Manage tax withholdings, deductions and garnishments and audit payroll process for accuracy and compliance
• Maintain accurate payroll records and prepare reports (e.g., year-end tax forms)
• Administer and optimize employee welfare programs (health, retirement, welfare) for both the US and Canada
• Respond to employee payroll and benefits inquiries to resolution and escalate issues as needed
• Partner with US and Canadian vendors to administer benefits and payroll
• Ensure compliance with country and state/province specific regulations for payroll and benefits
• Process benefit and vendor invoices for payment
• Analyze payroll and benefits data to identify trends, cost savings, and policy improvements
• Recommend process changes and system enhancements including taking the lead to implement Workday for Canadian payroll

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Human Resources, or other related/analytical discipline.
• Minimum of 5+ years of Canada payroll experience and 2+ years of benefits experience required.
• Analytical mindset, HR/finance knowledge, advanced Excel, HRIS/payroll system proficiency (Workday required)
• Compliance knowledge (federal/state payroll laws, benefits regulations)
• Problem-solving and process improvement abilities
• Emerging Leader
• Global Agility – Open to diverse views, adapts to new ways of working
• Purposeful Integrity – Demonstrates ethical behavior, follows through on commitments
• Strategic Foresight – Understands team goals, asks strategic questions
• Customer Centric Innovation – Suggests improvements from customer feedback, tries new methods
• Urgency for Impact – Act quickly and take ownership of outcomes
• Bold Accountability – Own your work and deliver consistently strong results
• Empowered Collaboration – Share ideas, listens well, collaborates with peers

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle
• Competitive benefits program providing choice and flexibility
• Resources to support physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing
• Discounts on apparel
• Four weeks of Paid Parental Leave for eligible new parents
• Flexible Fridays
• Tuition Reimbursement