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Vaco

Payroll Specialist

Canada

Full-time

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Job details

Job type: Full-time
Experience: 5–10 years of experience assessing, analyzing, and improving payroll functions.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 28, 2026

Original job description

Summary

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Consultant for a 6-month contract to assess its existing payroll functions, identify inefficiencies and risks, and recommend improvements to payroll processes, controls, and overall operations.

Job Description

Conduct a comprehensive assessment of existing payroll functions, processes, and procedures.
Identify inefficiencies, gaps, and potential risks within payroll operations.
Develop recommendations to improve payroll processes, strengthen controls, and mitigate identified risks.
Present findings and communicate recommendations clearly to stakeholders.
Develop implementation strategies to support recommended improvements, including evaluating potential payroll outsourcing options.
Lead payroll audits and assess payroll processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
Support the implementation of recommendations to improve payroll efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements:

5–10 years of experience assessing, analyzing, and improving payroll functions.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated critical thinking, risk assessment, and problem-solving abilities.
Experience leading payroll audits.
Experience with Workday is a strong assest.
Public sector experience is considered an asset.

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Highspring’s client. Please note that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organisations. By submitting to this position, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organisational needs. Salary ranges will be disclosed where required by law. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits). Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

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Responsibilities

Assess existing payroll functions, processes, and procedures to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and risks. Recommend and support improvements to payroll processes and controls, communicate findings to stakeholders, and evaluate implementation strategies, including outsourcing options.

Requirements

Requires 5–10 years of experience assessing and improving payroll functions, along with strong communication, stakeholder management, critical-thinking, risk-assessment, and problem-solving skills. Experience leading payroll audits is required; Workday experience and public-sector experience are assets.

Skills

Payroll Assessment
Payroll Process Improvement
Payroll Operations
Risk Assessment
Internal Controls
Payroll Auditing
Stakeholder Management
Communication
Critical Thinking
Problem-Solving
Implementation Strategy
Payroll Outsourcing
Workday

Benefits

Medical Benefits
Dental Benefits
Vision Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan

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Keywords

Payroll
Payroll Consulting
Payroll Functions
Payroll Processes
Payroll Operations
Payroll Audits
Process Improvement
Risk Assessment
Risk Mitigation
Internal Controls
Stakeholder Management
Implementation Strategy
Payroll Outsourcing
Workday
Public Sector

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