Manager, Payroll - Canada

Parfums Christian Dior; Toronto; Sur place; CAD 90 000 - 115 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

LVMH Inc. in Canada seeks an experienced leader to drive end-to-end Canadian payroll operations across multiple brands and provinces. You will ensure accurate, timely payroll processing with strict data integrity and governance, partnering with brand HR and management.

The role requires expert knowledge of Canadian payroll regulations, system implementations, and cross-team collaboration to deliver compliant payroll and tax processes across 8 entities.

Qualifications

• Over 5-7 years of experience leading payroll teams in a multi-province environment.
• In-depth knowledge of Canadian payroll regulations and compliance.

Responsabilités

• Provide end-to-end leadership and accountability for Canadian payroll operations across 8 companies.
• Establish internal controls and governance to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal and provincial laws.
• Monitor changes to Canadian payroll laws and advise management on implementation and education for teams and brand HR partners.
• Head Canada-related projects with the Senior Director on system implementations and process improvements.

Connaissances

Payroll leadership

Regulatory compliance

Data integrity

Vendor management

Formation

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

NPI/CPM or PCP certification

Outils

ADP Workforce Now

Advanced Excel

Description du poste

Position

LVMH Beauty's activities benefit from exceptional dynamism that relies on both the longevity and development of key lines, and on the boldness of new creations.

All are driven by the same values: a quest for excellence, creativity, innovation, and perfect mastery of their image.

The brands cultivate what makes them unique and are guaranteed to make them stand out in a highly competitive global market. The success of the LVMH Beauty Division depends on finding the right balance between major historic Houses, such as Parfums Christian Dior, Parfums Givenchy, Acqua di Parma, Guerlain, and newer brands with strong potential like Kenzo Parfums, Fresh, and Make Up For Ever.

LVMH Beauty invites you today to join its North America teams.

LVMH Beauty is part of the LVMH Group.

Job responsibilities

Canadian Payroll Operations & Compliance

• Provide end-to-end leadership and accountability for Canadian payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing for 8 Canadian companies while maintaining strict data integrity.
• Establish and maintain robust internal controls and governance standards to ensure work is accurate, timely, and fully compliant with federal and provincial regulations.
• Monitor, interpret, and advise on changes to Canadian payroll laws, partnering with management on implementation, communication, and education for internal teams and brand HR partners.
• Head all Canada-related projects in support of our brands, partnering with the Senior Director on system implementations, integrations, compliance-related projects, process improvements, audits, acquisitions, and brand ventures.

Tax Operations

• Manage the Canada tax function, overseeing tax amendments, tax notices, agency relationships, tax rate changes, annual tax filing and any other tax related tasks.
• Oversee tax services managed by ADP Canada, monitoring service quality, tracking performance stats, and identifying operational gaps and risks.
• Handle direct tax filings not managed by ADP and prepare and coordinate worker’s compensation reports for the brands.

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage Canadian payroll administration activities by establishing clear priorities, deadlines, accountability, and performance expectations.
• Elevate the Payroll Administrator through cross-training, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and the continuous development of Canada payroll and tax expertise.

Process Standardization, Systems & Business Continuity

• Write standard operating procedures (SOPs), processes, and policies to institutionalize best practices and support change management.
• Ensure comprehensive checklists and logs are maintained with detailed information on task ownership, backups, and SOP references to guarantee business continuity.
• Identify and drive opportunities to streamline payroll and tax processes through continuous improvement, systems optimization, and rigorous issue management.

Brand Partnership

• Collaborate with brand HR teams on payroll-related items, including compliance, reporting, PTO configurations in the system, earning and deduction codes, General Ledger (GL) files, and specialized inquiries.
• Work with brands and Sr Director of Payroll on special projects as needed.

Profile

Experience

• Over 5-7 years of experience leading payroll teams in a high-volume, complex, multi-province environment, including vendor and audit management.
• Practical experience managing a complex workforce comprising exempt, non-exempt, expatriates, executive pay, and specialized incentive programs.
• In-depth knowledge of Canadian payroll regulations.

Certifications

• Certification from the National Payroll Institute (NPI / CPM or PCP) required.

Technical Expertise & Systems

• Advanced knowledge of ADP Workforce Now.
• Advanced Excel skills for financial reporting, data analysis, and reconciliations.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with external partners and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong problem-solving skills combined with an unwavering commitment to accuracy, compliance, integrity, and confidentiality.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field strongly preferred.

Additional information

This job description is intended to cover the core accountabilities of the position and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

LVMH Inc. uses the published salary range as a guideline to provide our employees with market competitive pay while allowing for flexibility to recognize and reward various levels of expertise, performance, and tenure.

While the published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, LVMH Inc. reserves the right to pay outside of the published range of $90,000 - $115,000 CAD.