Responsible for managing the daily operations of the payroll department including anticipating future requirements, hiring, coaching, mentoring, developing, and leading the payroll team.

Provide leadership, expertise, and guidance on payroll related issues to other departments including operations, finance, and HR in a timely manner and in compliance with all government legislation while adhering to various collective agreements.

Ensure timely and accurate processing of high volume, complex multi province, both union and nonunion, weekly and bi-weekly payrolls, including incentives, special payments, garnishments, advantages and taxes while ensuring that all deadlines are met.

Process all remittances relating to payroll including disbursements to benefit carriers, pensions, unions, tax authorities, and worker's compensation ensuring compliance with federal and provincial legislation and collective agreements.

Checking and auditing all payrolls, ensuring legislative requirements are met.

Analyze current payroll workflow processes across the entire organization with the objective to make recommendations for improvement of the processes and identifying synergy opportunities.

Focus on continuous improvement of the payroll function across the organization.





Provide support to ERP in reviewing JDE payroll process guides and documentation for regionally specific customization to maintain payroll process manuals as needed and ensure compliance with all internal controls.

Review payroll team’s updates and maintenance of burden rate sheets for unions and jurisdictions based on management, regional controllers, and corporate expectations/direction of company burdens to be applied.

Oversee the preparation and reconciliation of the year end process including T4s, RL1 and annual returns for WCB and EHT with the support of ERP.

Accurate and confidential maintenance of payroll records, files and reports

End to end processing of confidential Executive payroll

Other adhoc payroll related projects

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office location and other geographic considerations;

The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).

📌 Payroll Supervisor - Operations (Markham)
🏢 Vaco by Highspring
📍 Markham