Top Payroll Specialist Jobs in Toronto

Build AI agents, reusable skills, and automated workflows to streamline payroll and equity operations. Integrate Rippling, E*TRADE, spreadsheets, and related systems using APIs, scripts, and automation tools. Develop validation, reconciliation, exception-handling, and reporting solutions; evaluate AI outputs; document workflows; train teammates; and measure improvements in efficiency, accuracy, and reliability while collaborating with Payroll, Equity, Accounting, and People teams.

Support payroll accounting for multiple employee groups by preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, assisting with payroll processing and financial close, managing statutory remittances and year-end reporting, supporting audits, and improving payroll controls and processes. The role partners with Payroll, HR, Benefits, Compensation, and Finance while maintaining confidentiality, accuracy, compliance, and timely issue resolution.

Process Canadian and/or US payroll cycles, including employee changes, payroll inputs, deductions, and adjustments. Audit timesheets, resolve payroll inquiries, maintain accurate records, complete payroll audits and year-end tax reporting, and support payroll reconciliations and remittances. The role collaborates with HR and Finance, ensures compliance with applicable legislation, and handles confidential employee information.

Processes Canadian and/or US payroll cycles, including employee changes, payroll inputs, deductions, audits, reconciliations, and year-end tax reporting. Resolves routine payroll inquiries, maintains accurate records, supports compliance with applicable legislation, and collaborates with HR and Finance. The role requires strong payroll knowledge, attention to detail, confidentiality, organizational skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Administer end-to-end Canadian payroll for salaried and hourly employees across multiple provinces, including Quebec. Responsibilities include payroll processing, statutory remittances, year-end filings, reconciliations, compliance, system configuration, employee support, reporting, audits, data security, and process improvement.

The Senior Payroll Specialist manages biweekly and monthly payroll across Canada, the US, the Netherlands, and Germany. Responsibilities include payroll reconciliations, year-end T4 and W-2 procedures, statutory compliance, tax agency inquiries, audits, employee support, payroll system administration, and process improvement. The role requires expertise with Dayforce, international payroll regulations, internal controls, and collaboration with HR and other departments.

Manage end-to-end payroll for US, Canadian, Lithuanian, contractor, and EOR workers. Responsibilities include payroll processing and corrections, tax compliance, registrations, retirement funding, reconciliations, audits, stipends, reimbursements, accruals, and payroll-related accounting. Partner with People Operations, Finance, IT, international teams, and payroll vendors to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payments.

Process end-to-end Canadian payroll across multiple provinces, including payroll inputs, statutory deductions, remittances, garnishments, reconciliations, year-end T4 activities, and audit documentation. Partner with HR, Finance, payroll providers, and employees to resolve issues and maintain accurate data. Improve payroll controls and efficiency through automation, system enhancements, implementations, integrations, testing, and documentation.

Owns end-to-end payroll for six global entities and EOR employees across multiple jurisdictions. Responsibilities include payroll compliance, tax and statutory requirements, reconciliations, controls, variance analysis, audits, provider management, reporting, and issue resolution. Partners with Finance, People Experience, and Legal while supporting payroll transformation, process redesign, data migration, testing, UAT, and Rippling implementation. The role also improves workflows through automation and proactively manages payroll risks.

Manage accurate, timely payroll processing for European countries, ensuring compliance with local labor and tax laws. Validate timecards, audit payroll registers, resolve discrepancies, support T&A training, create SOPs, implement payroll policies, and lead process improvement projects while partnering with stakeholders to address payroll inquiries.

Administers payroll and employee benefits for unionized and non-unionized employees. Responsibilities include payroll processing, reconciliations, benefits and pension administration, reporting, compliance monitoring, collective agreement interpretation, employee support, audits, and process improvement. The role collaborates with Finance, Human Resources, unions, service providers, and operational leaders while ensuring accurate, timely payroll and benefits administration.

Own full-cycle payroll for multiple Canadian clients across varied pay cycles. Process complex transactions, review reconciliations and remittances, manage year-end filings, and ensure federal and provincial compliance. Serve as an escalation point for payroll issues, advise clients, conduct quality audits, improve workflows, maintain SOPs, and mentor team members. Use WagePoint and Karbon to improve automation, accuracy, communication, and service delivery while researching legislative updates.

Processes Canadian and/or US payroll cycles, including employee changes, time and attendance inputs, deductions, audits, tax reporting, reconciliations, and remittances. Resolves routine payroll inquiries and discrepancies while maintaining accurate records, protecting confidential information, and ensuring compliance with applicable legislation. Collaborates with HR and Finance and uses payroll systems, ticketing tools, and Excel to support timely payroll operations.

Process the full payroll cycle for approximately 400 Canadian employees. Responsibilities include validating payroll data, investigating variances, maintaining employee records, preparing employment records and government reports, generating month-end reports, recording payroll journal entries, responding to employee inquiries, supporting audits, participating in year-end activities, and assisting with projects.

Process the full payroll cycle for approximately 400 Canadian employees. Responsibilities include validating payroll data, investigating variances, maintaining employee records, preparing government reports and records of employment, generating month-end reports, creating payroll journal entries, supporting employee inquiries and audits, participating in year-end activities, and assisting with projects.

Oversee U.S. and Canadian payroll tax compliance, filings, remittances, reconciliations, agency notices, and statutory reporting. Reconcile payroll tax liabilities and payroll-related balances to general ledger records, support month-end and year-end close, and prepare audit documentation. Manage ADP SmartCompliance activities, resolve discrepancies, monitor legislative changes, strengthen controls, and improve payroll tax processes. Partner cross-functionally with Payroll, Finance, HR, Benefits, auditors, tax agencies, and external payroll providers.

Processes weekly multi-state payroll for approximately 400 construction employees, including union payroll, adjustments, garnishments, payroll taxes, certified payroll, prevailing wage reporting, and W-2s. Audits timecards, labor allocations, job costing, and payroll data; reconciles payroll and maintains compliance with wage laws. Partners with HR, Accounting, project managers, and field supervisors while responding to employee inquiries, supporting audits, maintaining confidential records, and improving payroll processes.

Manage payroll tax compliance and garnishment administration for US and Canadian jurisdictions. Use Ceridian Dayforce to process payroll, troubleshoot system issues, perform reconciliations, generate payroll reports, support audits, and coordinate with finance, HR, and external advisors.

Process full-cycle Canada and US payrolls (weekly/biweekly) for hourly and salaried employees, handle garnishments, remittances, year-end T4/W2, payroll journal entries, reporting, reconciliations, maintain run books, support employee inquiries, and participate in payroll system implementations and testing.

Process timely and accurate payroll for union and non-union employees, review collective agreements and policies, calculate deductions/remittances, audit payroll records, resolve payroll issues, and support process/system improvements.

Manage semi-monthly and bi-weekly payroll for salaried, contractors and hourly staff across Canada; ensure regulatory compliance, remittances, and year-end reporting. Lead group benefits administration and renewals. Respond to employee payroll inquiries within 48 hours, maintain payroll records, reconcile accounts, support audits, and drive HR/payroll system improvements and automation projects.

Manage end-to-end Canadian and U.S. payroll, including employee changes, benefits, deductions, commissions, reconciliations, tax filings, reporting, controls, and year-end activities. Coordinate international payroll updates with local providers, maintain data integrity across HR, payroll, finance, benefits, and equity systems, and support implementations, integrations, testing, migrations, audits, and process improvements. Provide employee support and collaborate with HR, Finance, Sales Operations, vendors, and external payroll partners.

Lead Canada payroll processing to ensure timely, accurate payroll and compliance. Provide technical support, manage multiple payroll cycles, collaborate with HR/Finance/Operations, build stakeholder relationships, resolve payroll issues, stay current on labor laws, and report insights to leadership.

Lead and manage Canadian payroll processing for compliance and accuracy. Provide technical payroll expertise, resolve issues, support onboarding, liaise with stakeholders, and report payroll insights to leadership.

Lead and execute Canadian payroll processing, ensure compliance with local laws, support onboarding, resolve payroll issues, partner with HR/Finance, maintain stakeholder relationships, and report payroll insights to leadership.