Payroll Manager - 9 Month Contract POST NUMBER: 459036
About the Opportunity
Payroll Operations
- Manage full-cycle weekly payroll processing for approximately 800 employees across multiple provinces and business units.
- Ensure accurate application of pay rules, overtime, shift premiums, travel pay, union dues, benefits, and statutory deductions.
- Oversee payroll reconciliations, journal entries, and coordination with Finance for labour costing and GL accuracy.
- Ensure compliance with collective agreements, including wage rate changes and dues remittances.
- Responsible for all employee-related tax, benefit, and compliance calculations and payments.
- Manage year-end payroll activities including T4/RL-1 preparation, reconciliations, and government filings.
Compliance & Governance
- Maintain compliance with CRA and provincial employment standards across all jurisdictions.
- Serve as the main contact for payroll-related audits, remittances, and government inquiries.
- Maintain and document payroll policies, procedures, and internal controls to support consistent, audit-ready processes.
Systems, Process Improvement & Implementation
- Partner with HR, Finance, and IT to improve integration between payroll, HRIS, time tracking, and accounting systems.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve accuracy, and enhance reporting capabilities.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and standardized reports to support management decision-making.
- Manage the evaluation, selection, and implementation of any potential new payroll and HRIS systems, ensuring scalability for continued acquisitions and workforce growth.
- Define business requirements, assess vendor solutions, and lead implementation planning.
- Oversee configuration, data migration, testing, and change management.
- Deliver system training and post-implementation support.
Post-Acquisition Integration
- Lead payroll and HRIS integration activities for newly acquired companies across Canada.
- Assess inherited payroll processes and systems, align pay practices, and consolidate into company standards.
- Ensure smooth employee transitions by harmonizing pay frequencies, benefits deductions, and system access.
- Work closely with HR, Finance, and IT on data conversion, onboarding, and compliance.
- Provide communication and training to acquired teams during transition.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Supervise, coach, and develop payroll team members, fostering a culture of accuracy, accountability, and service.
- Collaborate with HR on employee lifecycle activities, including new hires, terminations, pay changes, and benefits.
- Partner with Finance for payroll reporting, labour cost analysis, and budgeting.
- Build strong relationships with operations leaders and regional managers to ensure payroll accuracy and responsiveness to payroll-related queries.
About You:
- Diploma or degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
- Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) or Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) designation from the National Payroll Institute (NPI) required.
Experience
- 7 years of progressive payroll experience, including at least 4 years in a managerial capacity with a team.
- Experience managing payroll in multi-entity, multi-province organizations with unionized and field-based employees.
- Proven success in HRIS or payroll system implementation.
- Experience with post-acquisition payroll integration in a growing or acquisitive environment preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of major payroll systems (e.g., ADP Workforce Now, Ceridian Dayforce, UKG, WorkDay) and advanced Excel/data analysis skills.
- Experience with Jonas as a payroll system is advantageous.
- Experience with Bamboo HR as an HRIS is an asset.
Pay Range:
$55 - $65 an hour
How to Apply
Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. When referencing this job, quote # 459036
You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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