Role: Senior Payroll Advisor

Location: Downtown Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Our client is looking to hire a Senior Payroll Advisor to join their collaborative payroll team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced payroll professional who enjoys full-cycle payroll ownership, solving complex payroll challenges, and identifying opportunities to improve processes and efficiencies.

Why Join This Opportunity?

- Join a small, collaborative payroll team where your expertise will be recognized and valued

- Opportunity to make a direct impact by improving manual payroll processes and driving efficiencies

- True end-to-end payroll exposure with broad responsibilities across payroll, benefits, accounting, and year-end activities

- Hybrid work environment in downtown Toronto

- Competitive compensation package including bonus potential

Overview:

- Reporting to the Associate Director, Payroll

- Join a payroll team consisting of 2 Payroll Specialists and a Manager

- Responsible for payroll processing for approximately 750 employees within a 1,500-employee multi-provincial workforce

- Manage full-cycle payroll from start to finish

- Administer benefits programs, including RRSP, DPSP, and TFSA plans

- Process payroll reconciliations, remittances, garnishments, and year-end activities

- Support payroll accounting requirements and reporting activities

- Respond to employee payroll inquiries and act as a payroll subject matter expert





- Utilize UKG payroll software (experience with UKG considered an asset but not required)

- Work extensively with Excel for reporting, reconciliations, and payroll analysis

- Support absence management, PTO tracking, benefit deductions, and payroll reporting processes

- Identify opportunities to improve processes and increase payroll efficiency

- Ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, and exceptional employee service

What You'll Bring:

- PCP designation

- 5+ years of Canadian multi-provincial payroll experience

- Strong Excel skills

- Experience with benefits administration, payroll reconciliations, remittances, garnishments, and year-end processing

- Experience supporting RRSP, DPSP, and TFSA programs

- Strong customer service skills with the ability to manage payroll inquiries effectively

- Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a quick-paced environment

For You:

- $85,000-$95,000 base salary

- 20% bonus opportunity

- Hybrid work arrangement

- Opportunity to influence payroll processes and improvements

- Collaborative and supportive team setting

To Apply:

If you're an experienced payroll professional looking for a hands-on role where you can make a meaningful impact while joining a supportive team, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

INDCAP

Portfolio are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position. To the best of our knowledge, this vacancy is for a new or existing role within their organization.

📌 Sr. Payroll Advisor (Toronto)
🏢 The Portfolio Group
📍 Toronto