Contract
Job title: Senior Payroll Analyst - Bilingual
Duration: One-year fixed-term contract
Role status: Current opening
This role supports complex multi-provincial payroll operations, system enhancements and process improvements.
Principal tasks and responsibilities include:
- Lead complex Canadian multi-provincial payroll activities, including processing, balancing, validation, reconciliations, statutory remittances and year-end reporting.
- Investigate and resolve complex payroll issues, retroactive calculations, corrections, variances, escalations and employee inquiries.
- Serve as a Workday Payroll subject matter expert, supporting configuration, testing, user acceptance testing, system enhancements and payroll-related changes.
- Improve payroll processes, documentation, internal controls, automation and operational efficiency.
- Partner with HR, Finance, Treasury, Tax, HRIS, external vendors and auditors to resolve payroll matters and support audit requirements.
- Mentor Payroll Analysts through technical guidance, knowledge sharing and support with complex payroll scenarios.
- Prepare payroll reports and insights, and support acquisitions, integrations, system implementations and special payroll projects.
Our client:
Our client is a leading healthcare services organization with a national network of practices. They are seeking an experienced bilingual payroll professional to support their Canadian payroll operations on a one-year fixed-term contract.
Qualifications and pre-requisites:
- Minimum five years of progressive Canadian payroll experience supporting large, multi-provincial payrolls.
- Advanced knowledge of Canadian payroll legislation, statutory remittances, reconciliations and year-end reporting.
- Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation required; Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP) designation considered an asset.
- Workday Payroll experience required, including testing, system enhancements, payroll-related changes, implementations, process improvements or projects.
- Strong analytical, reconciliation, problem-solving, Excel and organizational skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to meet critical deadlines.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain complex payroll concepts clearly.
- Professional proficiency in spoken and written English and French required.
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
Additional information or perks:
- One-year fixed-term contract providing leave coverage.
- Annual salary of $80,000-$95,000 CAD, plus a competitive total rewards and benefits package.
- Based in downtown Toronto's financial district.
- Hybrid schedule: Monday to Thursday onsite, with Fridays working from home.
- Opportunity to contribute to payroll improvements, system enhancements and cross-functional initiatives.
isgSearch does not use artificial intelligence throughout the hiring process.
