Payroll Manager

**Payroll Manager - 12 Month Contract/Acting**

**Rank 7**

**Scarborough, ON**

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.

**What Sets Us Apart?**

A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.

**Job Summary**

We are looking for an individual who is experienced in payroll administration, with a deep understanding of payroll regulations and a focus on maintaining compliance, staying current with regulations and best practices ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. Additionally, we value qualities such as respect for people, integrity, accountability, collaboration, and leading with courage.

**What We’ll Bring**:

- A hybrid work environment
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
- Health and dental benefits effective immediately
- Associate vehicle discount program
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Great company culture - Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
- Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits
- Summer Hours - condensed work week during the summer

**What You’ll Be Doing**:

- Lead and work alongside a team of dedicated payroll professionals to process pay for all TCI associates
- Provide effective and continuous performance feedback along with coaching and counselling to payroll team of 2 full-time and 1 contract associate
- Process and manage full-cycle payroll for all salaried and hourly employees across a varied workforce
- Coordinate timekeeping and payroll systems
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal and provincial legislation and required reporting
- Liaison with cross-functional stakeholders, external partners and government agencies to ensure payroll services are delivered at best practice standards
- Liaise with auditors and manage payroll tax audits
- Manage expatriate payroll processes
- Manage the year-end processes including the calculation of pension adjustments, taxable benefits, preparation of T4/T4A slips and required filing within CRA deadlines.
- Administer and manage pension plans including processing and reporting requirements
- Investigate, resolve and manage all payroll-related inquiries from employees and other stakeholders within established guidelines for resolution
- Oversee short to mid-term execution of functional strategy and operational direction for the payroll department
- Foster a business partnership approach and provide unparalleled service to internal clients
- Provide leadership and guidance to ensure accurate, transparent, efficient and timely execution of payroll for over 750 employees in various pay groups/legal entities
- Oversee the year-end process, ensure that all income tax and government remittances are prepared accurately and timely
- Utilize payroll expertise to help assess the current state of the payroll function and to develop a plan to transform and modernize the payroll function, including the development of SOPs, and lead execution of this plan
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities
- Facilitate the accounting processes pertaining to payroll (i.e. required manual journal entries, reconciliations etc.) by providing required source information to Finance colleagues
- Execute other responsibilities as required

**What You’ll Bring**:

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration/Accounting/Human Resources/related discipline or equivalent work experience
- Certified Payroll Manager certification (CPM) is preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a payroll manager
- Familiarity with payroll software/HRIS (e.g., SAP, ADP, UKG, Workday) and MS Office with a strong proficiency in Excel
- Current knowledge of payroll procedures and related laws, employment laws and best practices across Canada
- Excellent understanding of multi -Provincial & multi-jurisdictional payroll and taxes
- Outstanding communication skills (written and verbal); ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
- Excellent organizational, time management, strategic thinking, research/analysis skills and attention to detail
- Proven conflict resolution skills and the ability to support a culture of trust, collaboration and engagement
- Strong relationship building, listening, negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to work with a high level of co