Payroll Supervisor
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$50 to $60 CAD / hour · Contract
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- $50 to $60 CAD / hour
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- English
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Original job description
6 MONTH CONTRACT WITH A CHANCE OF PERMANENT
- Lead the Payroll & Benefits team, ensuring accurate, timely, confidential, and compliant payroll, pension, and benefits administration.
- Oversee complex payroll processing, benefits, pension, leaves, disability, terminations, severance, year-end activities, and statutory reporting.
- Ensure compliance with CRA, employment standards, pension legislation, internal policies, financial controls, and audit requirements.
- Provide subject matter expertise and advice to HR, management, employees, government partners, and external stakeholders on payroll, benefits, pension, compensation, and legislative matters.
- Manage external payroll, pension, benefits, and consulting providers, including service delivery, issue resolution, system changes, and vendor relationships.
- Identify and mitigate operational and financial risks, strengthen controls, investigate discrepancies, and drive continuous process and system improvements.
- Lead payroll and benefits projects, policy and legislative changes, system implementations, audits, reporting, and organizational initiatives.
- Develop payroll calendars, year-end processes, special payroll runs, financial accruals, and workforce planning requirements.
- Provide employee education and confidential support regarding payroll, pension, benefits, and employment-related matters.
- Coach, mentor, and develop the Payroll & Benefits team, managing workload, performance, priorities, and business continuity.
- Build strong relationships across HR, Finance, government, auditors, consultants, and service providers to support effective program delivery.
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Responsibilities
Lead the Payroll & Benefits team and oversee accurate, timely, confidential, and compliant payroll, pension, benefits, leave, termination, and year-end administration. Manage providers, controls, projects, reporting, and process improvements while advising stakeholders and developing the team.
Requirements
The role calls for senior-level expertise in payroll, benefits, pensions, and applicable Canadian legislation, along with experience managing complex operations, vendors, controls, audits, and organizational projects. It also requires leadership and coaching skills, sound judgment in handling confidential matters, and the ability to advise employees and cross-functional stakeholders.
Skills
- Payroll Administration
- Benefits Administration
- Pension Administration
- Payroll Compliance
- Statutory Reporting
- Payroll Processing
- Vendor Management
- Risk Management
- Internal Controls
- Audit Support
- Process Improvement
- System Implementation
- Financial Accruals
- Workforce Planning
- Team Leadership
- Employee Support
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Categories
- Human Resources
- Management & Leadership
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Payroll
- Benefits
- Pensions
- Payroll Processing
- Leaves
- Disability
- Terminations
- Severance
- Year-End Activities
- Statutory Reporting
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Employment Standards
- Pension Legislation
- Financial Controls
- Audits
- Vendor Management
- Risk Mitigation
- System Changes
- Process Improvement
- Policy Changes
- System Implementations
- Financial Accruals
- Workforce Planning
- Team Development
- Business Continuity