Manager, Payroll Operations

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**Title**:Manager, Payroll Operations**:

- Job Close Date: Aug 19, 2025

**File Number**:

- 2704**Employee Group**:

- Mgmt Non Union**Service Area**:

- Finance Supports**Division**:

- Financial Services**Job Type**:

- Full-Time Temporary (up to 2 years)**# of Openings**:
1

**Summary of Duties**:
Reporting to the Director, Financial Services or designate, responsible for managing the corporate payroll function including policy development, processing, on-going development and maintenance of payroll and related systems. Monitors corporate adherence to all applicable payroll legislation and collective agreements and financial accounting and reporting.

**Work Performed**:

- Manages employees to include recruiting, training, setting clear job expectations, addressing conduct issues and conducting performance appraisals; coaches employees for growth development.
- Liaises with and assesses the payroll needs of various Service Areas, Boards and Commissions. Organizes plans and prioritizes solutions for implementation including: automated enhancements, business process improvements or other solutions.
- Responsible for the timely completion and compliance with legislation applicable to the Corporation regarding payroll information including: records of employment, OMERS 119, T4s and T4As.
- All regulatory compliance for payroll source deductions in accordance with CRA legislation to include, CPP, EI, Income tax and employer health tax.
- Responsible for OMERS reconciliation and annual reporting for pension statements and monthly remittance of contributions on a timely basis to avoid financial penalties.
- Oversees the T4 reconciliation, reporting and compliance to include all pension adjustments and taxable benefits.
- Monitoring the setup of parking and automobile taxable benefits.
- Reporting of payroll liabilities for the Corporate Financial Information Return (FIR) and Public Sector Salary Reporting of employees earning in excess of $100,000 per annum.
- Responsible for the effective operation of day-to-day activities of scheduling, time and attendance recording, timely and accurate payroll processing, payroll accounting, and management reporting.
- Directs and controls payroll systems and recommends system and control enhancements as necessary.
- Advises and assists the management and staff of all Civic Service Areas regarding payroll functions.
- Responsible for the development of specialized payroll and financial management reports to assist management in decision making including provision of information to Human Resources related to labour relations issues.
- Responsible for the initiation, implementation and review of procedures and operating systems for all payroll agencies.
- Responsible for the prioritization of requests for ITS resources for programming changes for development and maintenance of Corporate payroll and related systems and liaises with ITS regarding same.
- Responsible for the reconciliation and remittance of all payroll liabilities.
- Responsible for the coordination and monitoring of pay direct systems.
- Responsible for the development and monitoring of the budget for retiree benefits including administration of pre-authorized payment of benefits.

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Demonstrated leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; operational planning skills; oral and written communication skills; and analytical and problem solving skills.
- Experience using JD Edwards and Kronos systems an asset.
- Proficient with MS Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, data importing, reporting).

**Qualifications**:

- Four year university degree (Honours) in Economics, Commerce, Finance, or Business Administration.
- Certified Payroll Manager designation from the Canadian Payroll Association.
- Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
- Five to seven years previous related experience in managerial capacity plus experience in systems development of automated payroll information systems.
- Successful experience supervising others.
- Experience in a large multi-union environment with a minimum of 1,000 employees.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.

**Compensation & Other Information**:
$100,395 - $131,441

This posting is for one (1) temporary full-time up to 2 years position.

Current hours of Work: Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4