Senior Payroll Manager
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
$125,000 to $150,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $125,000 to $150,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- Minimum 8 years of progressive payroll leadership experience in large, unionized environments
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business; Payroll Compliance detail oriented (PCP) designation required
- Payroll Leadership detail oriented (PLP) designation or equivalent experience with large unionized Canadian Payroll
- Minimum 8 years of progressive payroll leadership experience in large, unionized environments
- Demonstrated expertise in Canadian payroll legislation, benefits administration, and pension compliance
- Proven track record with large ERP platforms (Workday preferred; SAP or Oracle acceptable) and payroll transformation initiatives
- Strong analytical and reporting skills, including experience building performance dashboards and KPIs
- Experience leading cross-functional teams, managing conflict, and mentoring high-performing staff
- Effective communicator comfortable engaging with executives, faculty, union leaders, and technical teams
- Experience with ServiceNow ticketing systems and orientation training for new staff
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and ethical leadership
- Experience handling complex overpayment, reconciliation, and collections processes
- Familiarity with CRA regulations and direct liaison experience with federal tax authorities
- Experience in multi-union and employee groups strongly preferred
- CPA prep and/or designation preferred
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead payroll operations and transformation in a large, unionized environment, ensuring compliance with Canadian payroll legislation, benefits, pensions, and CRA requirements. Manage cross-functional teams, reporting and performance dashboards, complex payroll reconciliations and collections, and staff training while engaging with executives, faculty, union leaders, and technical teams.
Requirements
Requires an undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business; a Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation; and at least eight years of progressive payroll leadership experience in large, unionized environments. Candidates should bring expertise in Canadian payroll, benefits, pensions, ERP platforms, and payroll transformation, with Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP) designation or equivalent experience; CPA preparation or designation and multi-union experience are preferred.
Skills
- Canadian Payroll Compliance
- Payroll Leadership
- Canadian Payroll Legislation
- Benefits Administration
- Pension Compliance
- Workday
- SAP
- Oracle
- Payroll Transformation
- Analytical And Reporting Skills
- Performance Dashboards And KPIs
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Conflict Management
- Staff Mentoring
- ServiceNow
- Overpayment Reconciliation And Collections
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Human Resources
- Management & Leadership
- Education
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP)
- Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP)
- Canadian Payroll
- Canadian Payroll Legislation
- Unionized Environments
- Benefits Administration
- Pension Compliance
- Workday
- SAP
- Oracle
- ERP Platforms
- Payroll Transformation
- Performance Dashboards
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- ServiceNow
- CRA Regulations
- Federal Tax Authorities
- Overpayment Processing
- Reconciliation
- Collections
- Multi-Union Employee Groups
- CPA
- Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion
- Ethical Leadership
- Cross-Functional Teams
- Orientation Training