Payroll Technician

City of North Vancouver; North Vancouver; On-site; CAD 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

City of North Vancouver is seeking a Payroll Technician for a temporary full-time role in the Finance Department, Payroll Division. You will coordinate bi-weekly payroll processing, ensure accuracy, prepare year-end reports, and handle remittances and T4s.

The ideal candidate has Grade 12 plus payroll courses, PCP certification, at least 5 years in payroll with complex software (preferably PeopleSoft), and strong Excel/MS Office skills. Municipal experience is an asset.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 completion with payroll-related courses; PCP certification.
• At least 5 years of payroll experience handling complex data and software.
• Preference for municipal payroll experience; strong Excel/MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate bi-weekly payroll processing for city employees.
• Review, adjust, and process payroll data; ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare and balance year-end reports; verify payroll and benefit records.
• Process remittances and assist with T4s; establish deductions and earnings codes.
• Assist in creating specifications for enhancements and configure codes as needed.

Skills

Payroll processing

Municipal payroll experience

MS Excel

Education

Grade 12

Payroll Certification

Tools

PeopleSoft

MS Office

Excel

Job description

The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver

Payroll Technician

Temporary Full Time

The City of North Vancouver is the urban core of the beautiful North Shore and has a long-term vision to be “The Healthiest Small City in the World”, with five key priorities to be a City for People, a Resilient City, a Vibrant City, a Connected City and a Prosperous City.

The City of North Vancouver Finance Department, Payroll Division, is looking for a temporary full-time Payroll Technician to join their team for approximately fifteen (15) months.

Reporting to the Manager, Payroll, you will be responsible for coordinating payroll processing. This involves ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of bi-weekly payrolls; reviewing, adjusting and processing a variety of payroll related data; compiling and balancing year-end reports; verifying various payroll and benefit records; controlling, running and verifying payroll programs; processing remittances; assisting with the preparation and completing of T4’s; establishing deductions and additional earnings; preparing functional specifications for enhancements or new functionality; and assisting in the creation and configuration of earning codes, deduction codes, and special accumulators when required.

You will also assist in reviewing, recommending and implementing regulations and other requirements pertinent to payroll processing. In addition, you will be responsible for preparing supporting documentation for monthly billings; creating spreadsheet documents using Excel; liaising with a variety of internal and external contacts; and assisting the Manager, Payroll as required.

You will have completed Grade 12, supplemented by related courses in payroll administration and/or CPA courses. You will hold a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) Certification. You will have at least 5 years payroll experience with complex computer software, preferably Peoplesoft. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in a municipal environment. Considerable experience in MS Office, particularly in Excel is also required.

For temporary full-time positions of eight (8) months or longer, a City employee who is successful on the posting will have the right to revert to their former position.

Salary: $37.09 to $43.65 per hour (Pay Grade 19 – 2026 rates). This position has a pay structure with five steps, which increase annually.

Hours of Work: The City of North Vancouver currently works on a compressed work schedule of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, with one scheduled day off (Monday or Friday) approximately each three-week scheduling cycle.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer— one that reflects the diversity of our community and values the unique contributions of each person.

Guided by our core values and Council’s vision for an open and inclusive city, we work to create respectful, safe, and accessible workplaces. We regularly review and improve our hiring practices to help identify and remove barriers. Through ongoing learning, we continue to address any that remain.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you need an accommodation during the selection process, or are having trouble completing or submitting your application, please contact us at [e-mail]. We’ re here to support your full participation.

Thank you for your interest in the City of North Vancouver.

We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. The City of North Vancouver is committed to Reconciliation with these Nations, who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.