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 productive • 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:
- Strong 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.

📌 Payroll Manager SAP (Toronto)
🏢 FINTECH PROFESSIONALS
📍 Toronto