Payroll Consultant

Colonial Group; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BC SPCA is seeking a Payroll Consultant for a six-month temporary, full-time assignment based at the Provincial Office in Vancouver with a hybrid schedule.

You will partner with the Payroll Team to analyze end-to-end payroll processes, ensure compliance with CRA and BC standards, and explore Dayforce enhancements and integration with Dayforce and Vena to improve accuracy and controls.

Qualifications

• Payroll compliance designation and 8–10 years experience in a complex, unionized environment.
• Expert knowledge of CRA and BC Employment Standards.
• Experience interpreting payroll obligations in collective agreements.
• Experience configuring HRIS/payroll (Dayforce).
• Excellent communication and relationship skills with stakeholders.
• Ability to document payroll processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze payroll procedures and draft a procedures manual.
• Provide recommendations to enhance payroll processing, reporting, workflows and controls.
• Conduct risk assessment related to payroll matters.
• Advise on training for payroll compliance.
• Assist with Dayforce and Dayforce–Vena integration considerations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Tech proficiency

Diversity inclusion awareness

Strategic thinking

Interpersonal skills

Education

Payroll Certification PCP/CPM

Tools

Dayforce

Job description

POSITION: Payroll Consultant

STATUS: Temporary; Full-Time (6 Months)

SHIFT: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

LOCATION: Provincial Office - Vancouver, BC - Hybrid

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

WAGE: Salaried

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled

We welcome diversity, value differences, and foster inclusion in our employment practices.Find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion by reading our Foundational Principles on our website. We invite applications from all qualified individuals who are philosophically aligned with our mission, vision and values.

The BC SPCA is a dynamic organization with facilities and services across the province of BC. Join an expanding people-focused team in an exciting time of change in an organization that makes a difference! Please read below for additional details and let us know if you have the skills and experience we are looking for by submitting your application.

About the Position:

Join a people-focused team in an exciting time of change in an organization that makes a difference! The BC SPCA is a dynamic organization with facilities and services across the province of BC. This temporary position reports to the Chief People Officer and will be completing important Payroll tasks/analysis to help us evolve to higher levels of functioning. You will be part of a larger, bustling team that also performs volunteer resources and various other exciting organizational support duties.

You will ensure the organization is supporting the people who get paid to support the animals in our care. Your work is grounded in payroll best practices, legal/collective agreement compliance, and based on organizational current and future needs. Ideally, you are a pro at using Dayforce, which is the HRIS we use. You will work closely with the existing Payroll Team over a period of 6 months.

Please read below for additional details and let us know if you have the skills and experience we are looking for by submitting your application.

This position will be part of our Provincial Office team based out of Vancouver and is intended to work a hybrid role (2 days/week in office), but we are open to considering candidates located anywhere in the province of BC. Actual hours of work during the day are flexible as long as you can commit to our core hours of 9:30am-2:30pm.

Some specific duties include:

Payroll Procedures Analysis & Documentation (80%):

• In collaboration with the Payroll Team, observe end‑to‑end payroll processing for all employee groups over a series of pay periods.
  • Draft a Payroll Procedures manual template.
  • Once the template is approved, capture the details of current payroll procedures and consult with Payroll Team to ensure accuracy.
• Provide recommendations for consideration around enhancing the effectiveness of the payroll processing process including in the areas of system set up, enhanced reporting, work flows, roles and responsibilities, payroll changes, and key controls.
• Complete a risk assessment to contribute to a departmental and organizational risk register as it related to payroll matters generally.
• Provide recommendations on potential training around payroll to improve compliance across the organization from individual contributors accessing the system to managers approving payroll to system administrators of the Dayforce system.

Dayforce Enhancement Opportunities (20%):

• Analyze the challenges and opportunities involved in better integrating Dayforce and Vena to ensure seamless transfer of required information between People Services and Finance (e.g. GL codes, position tracking, etc).
  • Provide ideas, recommendations and coaching as required.
• Assist the Chief People Officer and other members of the People Services team with an analysis of enhanced Dayforce capabilities both within the existing modules as well as on potential additional modules that could improve users’ experience and organizational effectiveness.
  • Provide recommendations on priority areas and potential timelines for consideration.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications you need to have:

• Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) or Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) designation, plus 8-10 years’ experience processing or consulting on payroll in a complex, unionized environment, using Dayforce as an HRIS/payroll system; or an equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable to the Employer.
• Expert-level knowledge of payroll legislation and regulatory requirements under Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment Standards in British Columbia.
• Proven ability to read and interpret payroll obligations under collective agreements.
• Experience setting up and/or reconfiguring an HRIS/payroll system, ideally Dayforce.
• Strong communication and relationship skills and ability to work with internal and external parties at all levels and from diverse backgrounds in a positive, respectful and non-judgmental manner.
• Expertise in documenting payroll processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail and problem‑solving abilities.
• Strategic thinker with a strong focus on process and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to organize work, meet priorities and to work within a demanding work schedule with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to use technology effectively.
• Working knowledge of concepts of equity, diversity, inclusion and reconciliation.

• Philosophical harmony with the vision, mission, values and strategic directions of the BC SPCA.

We are committed to a transparent, human-led hiring process. While we use technology to support application management, applications are not screened, scored, or ranked by AI systems. All hiring decisions are made by human hiring managers based on skills, experience, and alignment with the organizational values.

We thank you for your interest in the BC SPCA, however; only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone calls, please.

The BC SPCA is a Registered Charity BN 11881 9036 RR0001