Top Payroll Specialist Jobs in Toronto

Own end-to-end payroll processing across Canada, the US, and the UK, including compliance, reconciliations, remittances, benefits deductions, year-end reporting, journal entries, and payroll system enhancements. Partner with HR, Finance, and FP&A on employee changes, compensation analysis, audits, and internal controls. Serve as the primary payroll contact for employees and government authorities while helping establish scalable payroll processes as the company’s first dedicated payroll hire.

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.

Temporary Payroll Specialist supporting the transition from a US Branch to a new US LLC and implementation of a global payroll provider. Responsibilities include payroll tax registrations, final filings, payroll configuration, data migration, testing, parallel runs, issue resolution, compliance tracking, documentation, and coordination with Finance, Tax, Legal, HR, vendors, and international payroll teams.

Process accurate, high-volume payrolls for Canadian and U.S. hourly and salaried employees. Responsibilities include reviewing payroll interfaces and employee changes, processing bonuses, preparing reports, Records of Employment, government remittances, journal entries, and year-end tax forms. The role also supports payroll inquiries, maintains personnel files, collaborates with HR and store management, and ensures compliance with employment legislation and company policies.

Processes and audits payroll, including wages, taxes, deductions, garnishments, time records, employee changes, and terminations. Resolves payroll inquiries, analyzes payroll reports, supports wage and employment verifications, and reconciles outstanding payroll checks with Accounting. Requires knowledge of union, construction, hourly, and salaried payroll, with preferred experience in Dayforce, ADP, and French-language communication.

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.

Lead end-to-end payroll operations for multiple Canadian legal entities, ensuring accurate processing, statutory compliance, payroll accounting, audit readiness, and control effectiveness. Investigate and resolve complex payroll issues, drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement, maintain payroll documentation and controls, support system implementations (Dayforce), and partner with HR, Finance, Tax, Benefits, vendors, and leadership.

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.