Payroll Manager (6-Month Contract)

Location: Toronto, ON (Trinity Bellwoods Area)

Work Model: Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Duration: Up to 6 Months Contract

Pay: 45-55/h T4

About the Chance

Our client, a large and complex organization with a high-volume workforce, is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to provide leadership and operational oversight for its payroll function during a critical period of transition and support.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll leader with experience managing large employee populations and leading payroll teams within complex organizational environments. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring payroll accuracy, legislative compliance, process improvements, and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and oversee the end-to-end payroll function for a large employee population.
- Manage, mentor, and support a team of payroll professionals, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing.
- Review payroll controls, reconciliations, and compliance procedures to ensure adherence to federal and provincial legislation.
- Oversee payroll-related audits, account reconciliations, year-end activities, and regulatory reporting.
- Partner with Finance, Human Resources, IT, and other internal stakeholders to resolve payroll issues and implement process improvements.
- Analyze payroll data and reports, identify risks, and recommend operational efficiencies.
- Ensure compliance with applicable employment standards, payroll legislation, tax requirements, and organizational policies.
- Support payroll system optimization and troubleshooting initiatives.
- Provide leadership during periods of change, system enhancements, or business transformation activities.

Qualifications

- 7+ years of progressive payroll experience,



including leadership responsibility within a high-volume payroll environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing payroll teams.
- Payroll leadership experience supporting large employee populations, ideally 3,000+ employees.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian payroll legislation, statutory remittances, year-end processing, T4 reporting, and payroll compliance.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Payroll is highly preferred. Candidates with experience using other large-scale enterprise payroll systems such as Workday, SAP, Ceridian Dayforce, UKG, or PeopleSoft will also be considered.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP) or Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) designation is preferred.
- Post-secondary education in Business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or a related discipline.

Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate is a collaborative payroll leader who can quickly establish credibility, support a payroll team through day-to-day operations, and drive accuracy and compliance within a fast-paced, complex environment. Experience leading payroll functions through system implementations, upgrades, or organizational change initiatives is considered a strong asset. Why Apply?

- Opportunity to lead a large-scale payroll operation.
- Hybrid work environment in Toronto.
- Exposure to a sophisticated enterprise payroll environment.
- Collaborative and supportive leadership team.
- Immediate impact in a critical payroll leadership role.

Robert Half is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.

📌 Payroll Manager (6-Month Contract) (Toronto)
🏢 Robert Half
📍 Toronto