Payroll Manager
Elby Professional Recruitment Inc
- Kitchener, ON
- 30+ days ago
- CA$95,000–CA$110,000 Per Year
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Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Business Analysisunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- HRIS/HRMSunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Payroll Administrationunmatched
- Payroll Managementunmatched
- Power BIunmatched
- Process Developmentunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
Description
Our client in Ontario is on the lookout for a strategic and independent Payroll Manager ready to elevate their payroll function. If you are someone who thrives on process improvement, enjoys owning compliance and audit processes, and wants to be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team, this could be for you!
This is a unique opportunity to take payroll to the next level, implementing infrastructure improvements and enhancing reporting for leaders. You will play a key role in ensuring business efficiency and will be instrumental in expanding the variable pay program.
What our client has to offer:
- Salary - $95K - $110K
- 3 weeks vacation
- Hybrid work week
- Opportunity for significant professional growth and impact
- Great company culture within an organization that leads with strong, values-driven principles.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the entire payroll cycle for approximately 300 employees in a single jurisdiction.
- Own the audit process, compliance, service, and cycle process improvement initiatives.
- Implement infrastructure improvements, including better reporting for leaders.
- Solve for and expand pay programs.
- Oversee the process of system automation, ensuring a robust audit trail.
- Act as a backup to the payroll administrator, ensuring continuity and avoiding a single point of failure.
- Be service-minded with employees, providing strategic oversight rather than just processing.
- Collaborate with accounting, IT, and other departments.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of progressive Canadian full-cycle payroll experience, with accountability for accuracy, compliance and year-end processes, along with demonstrated people leadership, coaching, or formal team-lead experience.
- Strategic oversight experience, with a proven ability to identify bottlenecks and streamline processes.
- Proficiency with the UKG system is highly desired.
- Ability to integrate with Power BI and leverage business analytics.
- Strong understanding of HR data, with technical savvy to contribute to future HRIS development.
- Exceptional analytical, thinking, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Experience leading process improvements and owning compliance and audit functions.
This posting is for an open vacancy currently available within our client's organization. Interested and qualified candidates please apply today. We would like to thank all applicants however only those under consideration will be contacted.
To be eligible for this role, you must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
Please note that we use AI tools as part of our recruitment process to enhance efficiency and improve candidate experience.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Kitchener, ON |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | CA$95,000–CA$110,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10 to 19 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.elby.ca |
About Company
Elby is a full service, contingency and retainer based recruiting firm specializing in the placement of professionals across a variety of disciplines including Accounting & Finance, Sales & Marketing, Administration, IT, Financial Services and Manufacturing & Production, Engineering & Skilled Trades. We are a tenured group of career minded recruiters with several years of experience working, managing and recruiting within the various verticals we service. Our team has the experience necessary to consistently deliver the highest level of results and customer service for our partner clients and candidates.
With offices in Burlington, Kitchener and Mississauga, our mission is to deliver a superior level of results and exceptional customer experience to all candidates and clients we have the privilege of working with. Each member of elby shares a passion for our business and believes that a positive work environment, mutual respect and an entrepreneurial setting allows them to achieve personal success. For all of us, the cornerstone of that success is consistently delivering a superior level of service to our clients and candidates.