Manager, Payroll

TransLink; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 97,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

TransLink seeks a Manager, Payroll to lead diverse payroll services across multiple entities, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and collective agreements. The role involves collaborating with executives, developing payroll strategies, and managing reporting staff teams. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in payroll management in a multi-union context, alongside proven leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

Extended Health

Dental

Transit Pass

Public Service Pension Plan

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in payroll within a multi-union context.
• Solid analytical skills to ensure accuracy of payroll processing.
• Ability to provide payroll advice to stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages payroll services for multiple TransLink entities.
• Ensures compliance with legislative requirements and collective agreements.
• Partners with executives to address payroll needs and technology.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of payroll function

Interpersonal and communication skills

Planning and organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Leadership and team building skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in finance or related discipline

Certified Payroll Manager designation

Job description

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Marketing Statement

A career at TransLink and our family of companies means working with people with a wide range of skills and perspectives, all teaming up towards a common goal: preserving and enhancing the region's world-envied quality of life. Together, we connect the region and enhance its livability by providing a sustainable transit and transportation network, embraced by our communities and people.

Marketing Statement

A career at TransLink and our family of companies means working with people with a wide range of skills and perspectives, all teaming up towards a common goal: preserving and enhancing the region's world-envied quality of life. Together, we connect the region and enhance its livability by providing a sustainable transit and transportation network, embraced by our communities and people.

At TransLink we are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace, recognizing the unique value and skills every individual brings.

Looking for a great place to work where your contributions are valued and you can make a difference in a vibrant city? At TransLink, one of BC’s Top Employers, you'll help make Metro Vancouver a better place to live, built on transportation excellence. Put your future in motion!

Responsibilities

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Develops and manages diverse payroll services across multiple TransLink entities within the context of several collective agreements. Ensures compliance with legislative requirements, collective agreements and policies, as well as timely, accurate and efficient processing. Develops strategies for the payroll function, and partners with executives and business leaders to address the diverse needs of the TransLink entities, act as a key contributor and provide leadership on payroll technology and system development and provide payroll expertise to the collective bargaining process. Provides leadership and oversees the supervision of reporting staff teams.

Key Accountabilities

Participates as a member of the Director’s senior team, working collaboratively with the other department leaders on the development of broad department strategies, providing advice and recommendations related to payroll services, and sharing responsibility for achievements and success.

Develops strategies for the payroll function, ensuring alignment with the Director’s key priorities, while planning for critical initiatives, and changes to the business, policies, collective agreements, government legislation, benefit carrier agreements, pension corporation requirements, and other impacts on payroll services, systems and interfaces.

Manages delivery of diverse payroll services across multiple TransLink entities, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements, collective agreements and policies, as well as timely, accurate and efficient processing.

Partners with executives and business leaders to address specific needs of the TransLink entities from a payroll perspective. Leads the development of business plans, establishing optimal approach, methodology, timelines, and processes to ensure successful implementation for payroll while also satisfying the business needs.

Partners with BTS leaders as a key contributor and participant in payroll-related technology and systems design, development, upgrades, configurations, customizations, testing, implementations and related communications and decisions. Leads development and implementation of business plans that optimize the payroll function in the context of technological change.

Partners with labour relations leaders and stakeholders at key intervals throughout collective bargaining. Provides expertise and advice on feasibility, appropriateness, consistency of proposals, and impacts from a payroll perspective, giving due consideration to compliance requirements, system capabilities, separate legal entity requirements, and other potential issues for payroll.

Develops and implements the necessary controls to mitigate risk, protect privacy, and ensure the integrity of all payroll data and information. Develops and maintains disaster recovery plan to manage risk in the context of system outages or other unplanned events that would have major impact on payroll.

Manages and conducts research in best practice, trends and methods to ensure optimum approach to delivery of payroll services. Includes identifying opportunities and leveraging technology to streamline and optimize payroll processes.

Manages communication of payroll-related changes to internal stakeholders, employees and union representatives. Also liaises with WSBC, CRA, and other government agencies, as well as benefits carriers and pension corporation from a payroll perspective.

Manages delivery of advice, information and support to management and staff on queries and issues related to payroll. Also oversees preparation of payroll reports, statistics and remittances for internal/external stakeholders as required.

Develops and presents reports on status of payroll projects, initiatives, achievements and challenges to the Director and other HR senior leaders.

Manages and oversees supervision of reporting staff teams, including selection, training, development, coaching, performance management and other people practices.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

The requirements for this job are acquired through an undergraduate degree in finance or related discipline, and achievement of Certified Payroll Manager designation, plus seven years of progressively responsible experience in payroll within a multi-union context.

Other Requirements

Advanced knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices and techniques pertaining to the payroll function

Advanced interpersonal and communication skills with ability to provide payroll-related advice, information and input to internal stakeholders across the organization, and also to union representatives

Solid planning and organizational skills to develop strategies and business plans for the payroll function to address needs across multiple TransLink entities

Solid problem solving and decision-making skills to determine optimum approach to addressing payroll requirements, provide input to collective bargaining to avoid payroll problems, and address day-to-day payroll issues

Solid analytical skills to ensure accuracy of payroll processing, and to assess payroll processes and procedures

Solid leadership, development and team building skills to manage reporting staff teams

Other Information

Recruitment Process: An applicant will be required to demonstrate their suitability for this position by meeting the minimum level of qualifications and experience in order to be invited into the selection process. A standard interview format will be used including general, scenario and behavioural descriptive interview questions.

Work Schedule

37.5 hours per week.

Work Designation

Hybrid

This position offers the flexibility of working both on-site and remotely within B.C.

Rate of Pay

The salary for this position ranges from $97,600 - $146,400 per annum . Actual salary offered will be based on education, experience, skills, and qualifications as they relate to the role.

We aim to provide competitive pay that reflects your professional background and expertise. We want to ensure our offer will align with your strengths considering experience, skills, and internal equity to offer a fair and equitable salary. The Total Compensation Package, which includes Extended Health, Dental, Transit Pass and enrollment in the Public Service Pension Plan as well as other employment offerings will be discussed in detail as your application progresses.

How To Apply

Please click the 'Apply' button at the top right corner of the page or go to http://www.translink.ca/careers to apply for this position and view instructions on the process.

INSTRUCTIONS: Please save your (1) cover letter, and your (2) resume as one pdf document prior to uploading your application on-line.

Posting Date: May 28, 2025

Closing Date: Open until filled

Please note that only those short listed will be contacted.

Having trouble applying? Please view the System Requirements & FAQ's by going to http://www.translink.ca/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

TransLink is committed to employment equity and building a diverse workforce, representative of the customers we serve and the many communities in the Metro Vancouver region. We welcome and encourage Indigenous applicants, people of colour, all genders, 2SLGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities to apply. Learn more about TransLink's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. For a confidential inquiry, simply email us at [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

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