Company Overview Thank you for your interest in the Shaw Festival Company Overview Thank you for your interest in the Shaw Festival Discover more about working at the Shaw Festival by visiting our Welcome Website at welcome.Shawfest.Com As one of the world’s leading theatre companies and Niagara’s 20 largest employers, The Shaw is dedicated to an ongoing process of increasing diversity and inclusion in our audiences, our programs, and in all of our hiring for staff, artists, and in the recruiting of board members. The Shaw is committed to a future when our theatres joyously draw on and include all peoples, fully reflective of the world around us. As such, the Shaw Festival is an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. We encourage and invite applications from applicants who identify as Indigenous, Black or as persons of colour (IBPOC), the LGBTQ2+ communities and those identifying as gender fluid. In accordance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and in keeping with our wish to ensure a fully inclusive environment, please advise Human Resources if you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process. We will be happy to assist. We acknowledge and honour the land upon which we gather as the historic and traditional territory of First Nations peoples. In particular we recognize and thank the Neutral Nation, the Mississauga and the Haudenosaunee for their stewardship of these lands over millennia. Job Description Position: Senior Manager, Payroll Department:



Finance Reports to: Associate Director, Finance/Controller Location: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Work Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am–5pm (with some flexibility), requirement to work additional hours at certain times of the year Salary Range: $80,000–$86,500/annually plus advantages and RRSP (3 month waiting period) Vacation: Two weeks’ vacation annually prorated for 2026 Position Summary The Senior Manager, Payroll (SMP) provides essential support to the Associate Director, Finance/Controller and Director of Human Resources and is responsible for the efficient and effective processing of the Shaw Festival Theatre’s weekly payroll processing, currently in the range of $23 – $25 million per annum with an average number of payees per week of 380.The fulfilment of the duties and responsibilities outlined below require an in-depth knowledge of Canadian payroll earnings, deductions, remittances, legislation, and a superior knowledge of Dayforce cloud-based payroll processing platform. Key Responsibilities Weekly payroll processing, supported by the Payroll & Project Coordinator (P&PC). The Shaw has a highly complex payroll incorporating the following payroll groups: non-union full-time and part-time employees (salary and hourly, year-round and seasonal), five different union collective agreements each with unique earnings and deductions, and independent/self-employed contractors such as actors, musicians, directors, designers, and choreographers. Each of these work groups has externally governed

📌 Senior Manager, Payroll (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
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