Manager, Payroll - Canada

Position

Canadian payroll operations and compliance

• Lead accurate, timely, compliant payroll for eight Canadian companies while maintaining data integrity.
• Establish controls and governance standards aligned with federal and provincial regulations.
• Monitor payroll law changes and advise on implementation, communication, and education.
• Lead Canadian projects involving systems, compliance, process improvement, audits, acquisitions, and brand ventures.

Tax operations

• Manage tax amendments, notices, agency relationships, rate changes, annual filings, and other Canadian tax work.
• Oversee ADP Canada tax services, tracking service quality, performance, gaps, and risks.
• Handle tax filings outside ADP’s remit and coordinate workers’ compensation reports.

Team, processes, and brand partnership

• Set priorities, deadlines, accountability, and performance expectations for payroll administration.
• Mentor and cross-train the Payroll Administrator.
• Develop SOPs, policies, checklists, and logs to standardize work and ensure continuity.
• Streamline payroll and tax processes through system optimization and issue management.
• Partner with brand HR on compliance, reporting, PTO configuration, codes, GL files, and inquiries.

Experience and expertise

• Over 5–7 years leading payroll teams in a high-volume, complex, multi-province environment, including vendor and audit management.
• Experience with exempt and non-exempt workforces, expatriates, executive pay, and specialized incentives.
• In-depth knowledge of Canadian payroll regulations.
• NPI/CPM or PCP certification is required.
• Advanced ADP Workforce Now knowledge and advanced Excel skills are required.

Additional qualifications

• Strong communication, leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, accuracy, compliance, integrity, and confidentiality.
• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field is strongly preferred.