Payroll Manager/ Lead - SAP/ECP
Location Address: Hybrid - Scarborough – 3 days/week (Monday, Wednesday as anchor days, subject to change)
Contract Duration: 6 months | Strong possibility of extension & possibility of conversion to FTE
Schedule Hours: 8:30 am-5 pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week
Typical Day in Role:
• Leads and drives a customer-focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
• Leads and runs the full payroll year-end cycle in SAP/ECP Payroll. This includes year-end planning, readiness checklists, timelines, year-to-date and tax balance reconciliation, and final year-end close
• Runs payroll processing in SAP/ECP, including regular and off-cycle payroll runs, payroll postings, validations, and reconciliations. Investigates, analyzes, and resolves payroll system problems
• Produces, validates, and reconciles year-end tax forms (e.g., T4, T4A, RL-1) and electronic filings. Ensures they are accurate and submitted to tax authorities and employees on time
• Processes year-end tax form amendments, cancellations, and reissues, along with prior-year adjustments. Keeps a complete audit trail and reconciles all changes
• Documents the full end-to-end year-end process, including process maps, desktop procedures, roles and responsibilities, key controls, and timelines, so the process is repeatable and ready for audit
• Gathers, documents, and validates business requirements for year-end and payroll changes. Works with Payroll Operations, Tax, Finance, Technology, and vendor partners to make sure requirements are complete and traceable
• Plans and runs testing for year-end, legislative and tax updates,



support packs, and system changes. This includes unit, integration, regression, and parallel testing
• Writes User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts and test scenarios, runs UAT, logs and tracks defects until they are resolved, and gets business sign-off before deployment
• Works with the Payroll Transformation and ECP project teams to share year-end insights, support knowledge transfer, and make SAP/ECP Payroll more efficient
• Ensures all activities are complete in compliance with the Bank's policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Payroll Manager, Payroll Lead, or equivalent payroll-focused position
• Hands-on experience processing payroll and managing year-end payroll activities within SAP/ECP Payroll
• Advanced Excel skills, including: Pivot Tables, Formulas, Data analysis and reconciliation, Reporting, Macros
• Experience planning and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities
• SAP/HCM Payroll Certification
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• PLP/PCP certification
• Audit experience
• Technical and process documentation writing experience
• Bilingualism in French
Soft Skills Required:
• Robust verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Highly organized with strong planning and prioritization abilities.
• Analytical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
Education:
• SAP/HCM payroll certified
• PLP/PCP certifications

Flexible work from home options available.

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