Payroll Administrator

First Onsite - CA; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Canada seeks a detail-oriented Payroll Administrator to ensure accurate payroll services across multiple regions. Join a team that values precision and employee experience. In this role, you'll handle payroll operations, collaborate with HR, and maintain compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates possess a PCP designation and have several years of payroll experience.

Qualifications

• 4 - 7 years of full-cycle multi-province payroll experience required.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel needed.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll transactions and ensure data accuracy.
• Collaborate with HR and Finance for personnel changes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Post-secondary diploma in accounting or Business Administration

Canadian Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Are you a detail-driven payroll professional with a passion for accuracy and excellence? FIRST ONSITE is looking for a Payroll Administrator to join our national team and play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant payroll services across Canada. This is your opportunity to contribute to a company that values people, precision, and purpose. In this role, you'll help ensure an exceptional employee experience by supporting payroll operations, benefits administration, and regulatory compliance with integrity and professionalism. If you're ready to take your payroll expertise to the next level - this is the place for you.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR

As a Payroll Administrator at FIRST ONSITE, your day begins with reviewing the upcoming payroll cycle, confirming data accuracy, and ensuring everything is on track for timely processing. With a mix of salaried, hourly, and commissioned employees across multiple regions, your attention to detail keeps things running smoothly and compliantly.

Throughout the day, you process payroll transactions, reconcile union dues, and respond to employee inquiries with clarity and professionalism. Whether it's assisting someone with a benefit deduction question or troubleshooting a time entry issue, you know payroll is personal and you take it seriously.

You collaborate closely with HR and Finance to ensure all personnel changes are reflected accurately in the system. Reporting, audits, and compliance tasks are handled with confidence and precision, and as year-end approaches, you take the lead in preparing tax forms and regulatory filings.

Each day ends with the satisfaction of knowing your work has a direct impact on the employee experience. You're not just processing pay-you're delivering trust and reliability across the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-secondary diploma in accounting, Business Administration or related discipline
• Canadian Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation is required.
• 4 - 7 years of full-cycle multi-province payroll experience, preferably in a high-volume,
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to create accurate and user-friendly payroll reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• The ability to pass a background check

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

If you have experience in payroll and feel that you would be right for this Payroll Administrator position, complete our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, First Onsite Restoration will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources or the Hiring Manager of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and the Ontario Human Rights Code, First Onsite Restoration will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources or the Hiring Manager of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation