Payroll Manager POST NUMBER: 205973

About the Opportunity Responsible for managing the daily operations of the payroll department including anticipating future requirements, hiring, coaching, mentoring, developing, and leading the payroll team. Provide leadership, expertise, and guidance on payroll related issues to other departments including operations, finance, and HR in a timely manner and in compliance with all government legislation while adhering to various collective agreements. Ensure timely and accurate processing of high volume, complex multi province, both union and nonunion, weekly and bi-weekly payrolls, including incentives, special payments, garnishments, benefits and taxes while ensuring that all deadlines are met. Process all remittances relating to payroll including disbursements to benefit carriers, pensions, unions, tax authorities, and worker's compensation ensuring compliance with federal and provincial legislation and collective agreements. Checking and auditing all payrolls, ensuring legislative requirements are met. Analyze current payroll workflow processes across the entire organization with the objective to make recommendations for improvement of the processes and identifying synergy opportunities. Focus on continuous improvement of the payroll function across the organization. Provide support to ERP in reviewing JDE payroll process guides and documentation for regionally specific customization to maintain payroll process manuals as needed and ensure compliance with all internal controls. Responsible to liaison with relevant government agencies, financial auditors, and various union administrators Review payroll team’s updates and maintenance of burden rate sheets for unions and jurisdictions based on management, regional controllers, and corporate expectations/direction of company burdens to be applied. Oversee the preparation and reconciliation of the year end process including T4s, RL1 and annual returns for WCB and EHT with the support of ERP. Accurate and confidential maintenance of payroll records, files and reports End to end processing of confidential Executive payroll Other ad hoc payroll related projects . About you A minimum of 10 years demonstrated payroll management experience in a complex, high volume payroll environment (3000 employees) Demonstrated knowledge of collective agreements as well as applicable legislation and regulation Advanced knowledge of Federal and Provincial legislation Ability to handle multiple priorities concurrently. Proven leader and change agent. Flexibility to contribute over and above required work schedules. Background in construction or related industry is preferred JD Edwards, or another large ERP system is required. Must have multi-union, multi-site, and multi-province experience. Certified Payroll Manager designation from the National Payroll Institute; a minimum of Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) required. Completion of an accredited accounting program (CA. CGA, or CMA) considered an asset. US Payroll experience would be considered an asset. Operates with a high level of personal integrity, ethics, and values Maintains discretion over confidential information and exercises sound judgement in decision-making Builds trust in relationships across the organization Good interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills Strong customer focus Holds self and others accountable Adaptable, critical thinker and problem solver Teamwork and collaboration - team-oriented, with excellent relationship building and communication skills. Coaches and Develops Maximizes Business Performance and Team Effectiveness Strong leadership capabilities, as they relate to leading a team and also interacting with others. Highly developed communication (written/verbal) and interpersonal skills. Ability to utilize a customer service approach to both internal staff as well as external regulators, including the use of analytics Salary Range $130,000 - $140,000 /year 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 #485827 This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. 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. 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 organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. 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. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. 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