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8. How is a statutory holiday calculated in Canada? (specifically for Quebec/Ontario) 9. What are the mandatory payroll deductions in Canada? (Federal + Provincial) 10. What would you do if an overpayment occurred in November 2024 and was discovered in March 2025? 11. Were you responsible for managing CRA filings? How did you do it? 12. How did you handle year-end tax slips (T4, RL-1)? 13. Have you worked on CRA portals? 14. What are the repercussions if an audit request is missed and the audit closes without a response? 15. What are SAP InfoTypes, and which ones did you use? 16. What is a wage type in SAP, and what does it represent? --- ✅ Controls & Accuracy 17. What controls were in place in your previous job to prevent payroll errors? 18. Do you use threshold controls to flag abnormal payments (e.g., jumps from $30K to $60K)? 19. If asked to implement new payroll controls, what would you build and what checkpoints would you include? 20. Your resume says you reduced processing time by 25%. What system enhancements did you implement to achieve this? 21. You claimed payroll accuracy improved by 30%. What specific data validation techniques did you use?
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Business Analyst – Canada Payroll

Interviewed at Genpact

3.7★
Jul 29, 2025

8. How is a statutory holiday calculated in Canada? (specifically for Quebec/Ontario) 9. What are the mandatory payroll deductions in Canada? (Federal + Provincial) 10. What would you do if an overpayment occurred in November 2024 and was discovered in March 2025? 11. Were you responsible for managing CRA filings? How did you do it? 12. How did you handle year-end tax slips (T4, RL-1)? 13. Have you worked on CRA portals? 14. What are the repercussions if an audit request is missed and the audit closes without a response? 15. What are SAP InfoTypes, and which ones did you use? 16. What is a wage type in SAP, and what does it represent? --- ✅ Controls & Accuracy 17. What controls were in place in your previous job to prevent payroll errors? 18. Do you use threshold controls to flag abnormal payments (e.g., jumps from $30K to $60K)? 19. If asked to implement new payroll controls, what would you build and what checkpoints would you include? 20. Your resume says you reduced processing time by 25%. What system enhancements did you implement to achieve this? 21. You claimed payroll accuracy improved by 30%. What specific data validation techniques did you use?

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