Payroll Manager/ Lead - SAP/ECP
Location Address:
Hybrid - Scarborough - 3 days/week (Monday, Wednesday as anchor days, subject to change)
Contract Duration:
6 months | Strong possibility of extension & possibility of conversion to FTE
Schedule Hours:
8:30 am-5 pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week
Typical Day in Role:
- Leads and drives a customer-focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
- Leads and runs the full payroll year-end cycle in SAP/ECP Payroll. This includes year-end planning, readiness checklists, timelines, year-to-date and tax balance reconciliation, and final year-end close
- Runs payroll processing in SAP/ECP, including regular and off-cycle payroll runs, payroll postings, validations, and reconciliations. Investigates, analyzes, and resolves payroll system problems
- Produces, validates, and reconciles year-end tax forms (e.g., T4, T4A, RL-1) and electronic filings. Ensures they are accurate and submitted to tax authorities and employees on time
- Processes year-end tax form amendments, cancellations, and reissues, along with prior-year adjustments. Keeps a complete audit trail and reconciles all changes
- Documents the full end-to-end year-end process, including process maps, desktop procedures, roles and responsibilities, key controls, and timelines, so the process is repeatable and ready for audit
- Gathers, documents, and validates business requirements for year-end and payroll changes. Works with Payroll Operations, Tax, Finance, Technology, and vendor partners to make sure requirements are complete and traceable
- Plans and runs testing for year-end, legislative and tax updates, support packs, and system changes. This includes unit, integration, regression, and parallel testing
- Writes User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts and test scenarios, runs UAT, logs and tracks defects until they are resolved, and gets business sign-off before deployment
- Works with the Payroll Transformation and ECP project teams to share year-end insights, support knowledge transfer, and make SAP/ECP Payroll more efficient
- Ensures all activities are complete in compliance with the Bank's policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
- 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Payroll Manager, Payroll Lead, or equivalent payroll-focused position
- Hands-on experience processing payroll and managing year-end payroll activities within SAP/ECP Payroll
- Advanced Excel skills, including: Pivot Tables, Formulas, Data analysis and reconciliation, Reporting, Macros
- Experience planning and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities
- SAP/HCM Payroll Certification
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- PLP/PCP certification
- Audit experience
- Technical and process documentation writing experience
- Bilingualism in French
Soft Skills Required:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Highly organized with strong planning and prioritization abilities.
- Analytical problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
Education:
- SAP/HCM payroll certified
- PLP/PCP certifications
Flexible work from home options available.