Markham, Ontario | Hybrid | $70 to $100/hour

Envy Consulting Group is recruiting a Sr. Manager, Payroll for a large national not-for-profit healthcare organization with approximately 10,000 employees across Canada . This is a critical six-month contract supporting a major Workday transformation. The successful candidate will provide both strategic leadership and hands‑on payroll expertise during a key stage of the implementation. You will work closely with an experienced internal payroll team, the systems implementation partner and senior stakeholders to ensure payroll readiness, testing, cutover and go-live are executed successfully. This role is ideal for a senior payroll leader who has already led a large and complex payroll function through a Workday implementation and is comfortable operating at both the leadership and detail level.

The Role
As Sr. Manager, Payroll, you will assume leadership of the payroll function during a critical transformation period. You will be responsible for maintaining payroll stability while helping lead the organization through the final stages of its Workday Payroll implementation.

Key responsibilities include:

Provide senior leadership across payroll operations and the Workday Payroll implementation

Lead payroll testing, parallel runs, validation and issue resolution

Oversee payroll readiness for cutover and January 2027 go-live

Partner closely with the Payroll Manager, Payroll Lead and broader payroll team

Work with the Workday implementation partner and internal project stakeholders

Identify payroll risks, process gaps and system issues before go-live

Support reconciliation, controls and data validation throughout testing

Lead troubleshooting of payroll, time tracking and time and attendance issues

Ensure payroll processes remain accurate, compliant and operational during the transition

Provide direction and escalation support on complex payroll matters





Support change management and transition planning across the payroll function

Help establish post-go-live processes, controls and accountabilities

Provide senior-level guidance while remaining hands‑on when required

What We’re Looking For

Significant leadership experience overseeing payroll in a large, complex organization

Experience managing payroll populations of several thousand employees

Hands‑on Workday Payroll implementation experience is required

Previous experience leading or playing a senior leadership role through testing, parallel payrolls, cutover and go-live

Strong understanding of Canadian payroll legislation, controls and compliance

Experience with complex payroll environments involving multiple employee groups, schedules and pay structures

Strong knowledge of payroll reconciliation, testing and data validation

Experience leading experienced payroll teams

Robust stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across HR, Finance, IT and implementation partners

Comfortable operating as both a senior leader and payroll subject matter expert

Previous PeopleSoft Payroll experience is strongly preferred

Healthcare, homecare, not-for-profit or similarly complex workforce experience would be an asset

6-month contract

Compensation of $70 to $100/hour , depending on experience

Markham, Ontario

Currently 4 days per week onsite, Monday through Thursday

Fridays remote

Greater hybrid flexibility is expected following the critical implementation period

Immediate priority hire

This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced payroll leader to step into a sophisticated national organization and help guide one of its most important operational functions through a major system transformation. If you have led a large Canadian payroll environment through a Workday Payroll implementation and go-live , we would like to hear from you.

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📌 Sr. Manager, Payroll (Contract) (Ontario)
🏢 Envy Consulting Group
📍 Ontario