Payroll Manager
Robert Half
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Our client is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee and lead a high-performing, payroll team. This role will be responsible for ensuring accurate and compliant end-to-end payroll processing across multiple provinces, while providing leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to a small team.
This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone who enjoys both people management and being actively involved in payroll operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a small team of Payroll Administrators
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment
- Provide training and ongoing support to ensure continuous development
- Oversee and review end-to-end payroll processing for a high-volume, multi-province environment
- Approve payroll to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timeliness
- Act as a backup for full-cycle payroll when required
- Lead all year-end payroll activities including reconciliations and reporting
- Ensure compliance with federal and provincial payroll legislation, including union requirements
- Support internal and external payroll audits
- Prepare and analyze payroll reports for internal stakeholders
- Leverage Excel to manage and interpret large data sets
- Work closely with Finance and HR to ensure alignment on payroll processes and reporting
- Communicate payroll policies, updates, and changes clearly across all levels of the organization
- Participate in and lead payroll-related projects such as system implementations, upgrades, or M& A activities
- Support the integration of newly acquired employees into the payroll system, ensuring accurate onboarding, data validation, and alignment with internal payroll processes and policies
- Partner with HR and Finance during acquisitions to ensure a smooth transition, including payroll setup, compliance, and employee communication
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and efficiencies
Qualifications
- PCP or PLP designation (required)
- Minimum 5+ years of payroll management experience
- Proven experience overseeing high-volume, multi-province payroll in a unionized environment
- Experience leading and supporting a small, tenured payroll team
- Experience with Payroll Software such as Dayforce, ADP WFN or Workday strongly preferred
- Advanced Excel skills including: Pivot Tables, XLOOKUPs, Managing large data sets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong presentation skills
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
This job posting is for a current vacancy with our client.
Our specialized recruiting professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI to find you great job matches faster.
Questions? Call your local office at View phone number on jobboom.com. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
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... See moreOur client is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee and lead a high-performing, payroll team. This role will be responsible for ensuring accurate and compliant end-to-end payroll processing across multiple provinces, while providing leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to a small team.
This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone who enjoys both people management and being actively involved in payroll operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a small team of Payroll Administrators
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment
- Provide training and ongoing support to ensure continuous development
- Oversee and review end-to-end payroll processing for a high-volume, multi-province environment
- Approve payroll to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timeliness
- Act as a backup for full-cycle payroll when required
- Lead all year-end payroll activities including reconciliations and reporting
- Ensure compliance with federal and provincial payroll legislation, including union requirements
- Support internal and external payroll audits
- Prepare and analyze payroll reports for internal stakeholders
- Leverage Excel to manage and interpret large data sets
- Work closely with Finance and HR to ensure alignment on payroll processes and reporting
- Communicate payroll policies, updates, and changes clearly across all levels of the organization
- Participate in and lead payroll-related projects such as system implementations, upgrades, or M& A activities
- Support the integration of newly acquired employees into the payroll system, ensuring accurate onboarding, data validation, and alignment with internal payroll processes and policies
- Partner with HR and Finance during acquisitions to ensure a smooth transition, including payroll setup, compliance, and employee communication
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and efficiencies
Qualifications
- PCP or PLP designation (required)
- Minimum 5+ years of payroll management experience
- Proven experience overseeing high-volume, multi-province payroll in a unionized environment
- Experience leading and supporting a small, tenured payroll team
- Experience with Payroll Software such as Dayforce, ADP WFN or Workday strongly preferred
- Advanced Excel skills including: Pivot Tables, XLOOKUPs, Managing large data sets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong presentation skills
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
This job posting is for a current vacancy with our client.
Our specialized recruiting professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI to find you great job matches faster.
Questions? Call your local office at View phone number on jobboom.com. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Only job postings for jobs located in Quebec appear in French.
© 2025 Robert Half. By clicking “Apply,” you’re agreeing to Robert Half’s Terms of Use and Privacy Notice.
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