Job ID: AR1026

Posting Status: Upcoming Jobs

Job Title: Senior Payroll Specialist

Closing Date: September 08, 2026 9:00 a.m. (EST)

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Employment Type: Contract - 15 months, Temporary, Full-time and Part time (all contractors must be incorporated

Shifts: Days / Nights / Weekends

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The Senior Payroll Specialist serves as the payroll subject matter expert (SME) responsible for analyzing, documenting, validating, and assessing current payroll processes across multiple employee groups. The role focuses on process discovery, standards assessment, documentation, risk identification, and payroll best-practice recommendations rather than payroll processing.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead interviews, workshops, and payroll process walkthroughs with payroll teams and stakeholders.
- Document end-to-end payroll processes, including:
- Employee lifecycle payroll events.
- Regular payroll cycles.
- Off-cycle payrolls.
- Retroactive payrolls.
- Emergency payrolls.
- Fiscal year-end and calendar year-end payroll activities.
- Capture payroll calculations, approvals, controls, exceptions, escalation paths, cut-off dates, and segregation of duties.
- Document statutory payroll requirements.
- Identify collective agreement payroll rules.
- Document organizational payroll policies.
- Capture business rules, approval rules, and calculation logic.
- Identify legacy payroll practices and undocumented procedures.
- Develop traceability between payroll rules, controls, systems, and reports.
- Compare current payroll practices against:
- Canadian payroll legislation.




- Ontario payroll standards.
- Internal control best practices.
- Comparable public sector payroll service models.
- Identify gaps, risks, inefficiencies, duplicate controls, and opportunities for standardization.
- Identify manual payroll activities.
- Assess payroll dependencies.
- Document payroll operational risks.
- Recommend payroll process redesign and standardization opportunities.
- Assess implementation impacts, dependencies, and risks for proposed improvements.
- Validate payroll documentation with client stakeholders.
- Resolve conflicting payroll interpretations.
- Maintain evidence, assumptions, validation status, and decision logs.

Qualifications and Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.
- PCP (Payroll Compliance Practitioner) designation preferred.
- CPM designation is considered an asset.
- 7–10+ years of Canadian payroll experience.
- Experience with Ontario payroll legislation.
- Experience documenting payroll processes.
- Experience in public sector payroll environments is highly preferred.

Diversity Statement

At Aliant Resources, we are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.





Accessibility Statement

Aliant Resources is dedicated to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone with or without a disability. We adhere to workplace accessibility standards to ensure that individuals with disabilities can fully participate in employment opportunities. We understand the importance of identifying and removing barriers and we strive to provide an inclusive experience for all candidates.

Workplace Accommodations

We offer workplace accommodations throughout the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of the AODA.

If you require workplace accommodations due to a disability, injury, illness, or any other condition that may affect your ability to apply online or perform essential job functions, please reach out to us at . Your request will be answered and we will collaborate with you to provide appropriate workplace accommodations as appropriate.

How to Apply

- You must apply online here on LinkedIn.
- Your resume should not exceed four (4) pages, in Microsoft Word or PDF format only.

Note for all Applicants

- We thank all applicants for their interest but advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
- Qualified applicants may be considered for other comparable positions.
- Please prepare your application in accordance with the qualifications posted in this job advertisement.
- Subject to successful completion of professional standing verification, criminal record check, reference and education/credential verification, ability to work in Canada, and any additional client-specific onboarding and security requirements.

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