Payroll Transformation Specialist - Hybrid, Impactful Change

Humber College; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 88,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Amazing perks

Diverse team

Supportive culture

Job summary

Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, is seeking a Specialist, Payroll Project to lead bi-weekly payroll operations and drive payroll system improvements. This role requires deep knowledge of Canadian payroll laws, Oracle Cloud Payroll, and strong collaboration with People services and Change Management.

You will guide requirements, testing, and implementation across the payroll life cycle, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery in a hybrid North Campus environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Payroll, or related field.
• Payroll certifications such as PCP or CPM.
• Six years of progressive payroll processing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead bi-weekly payroll operations, while serving as the functional lead, providing operational oversight and payroll expertise.
• Monitor payroll processing activities and identify potential issues or anomalies.
• Manage and triage payroll errors, determining root causes, and coordinating timely resolution.
• Collaborate with internal teams and technical partners to investigate system, integration, calculation, or data-related payroll issues.
• Escalate complex or high-risk issues appropriately and ensure appropriate follow-up and resolution.
• Support continuous improvement of payroll processes, controls, and procedures based on operational experience and project learnings.
• Serve as a payroll subject matter expert on payroll system implementations, enhancements, integrations, process improvements, and other business initiatives.
• Provide functional payroll expertise throughout the project lifecycle, identifying business impacts, risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with project teams, P&C, and other stakeholders to develop effective and sustainable payroll solutions.
• Translate payroll requirements and operational needs into clear business and functional requirements.
• Develop, coordinate, and manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities for payroll-related projects.
• Develop and execute test scenarios and test cases that reflect real-world payroll requirements and business processes.
• Analyze testing results, identify defects or gaps, and work with project and technical teams to resolve issues.
• Document testing outcomes, decisions, process changes, and lessons learned.
• Support implementation activities, including readiness assessments, cutover activities, parallel payrolls, and post-implementation validation where required.
• Ensure new or revised payroll processes are documented and communicated effectively.
• Partner with Change Management to support the successful adoption of new payroll processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Communicate project impacts, process changes, timelines, and key information to payroll stakeholders and affected business areas.
• Act as a key liaison between payroll operations and project teams, ensuring operational requirements and concerns are appropriately represented.
• Support the development of communications, training materials, process documentation, and other change-related deliverables.

Skills

Payroll processing

Oracle Cloud Payroll

Oracle HCM

Canadian payroll laws

Education

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Business/Finance/Accounting/HR/Payroll

Payroll certifications PCP CPM

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, is seeking a Specialist, Payroll Project to lead bi-weekly payroll operations and drive payroll system improvements. This role requires deep knowledge of Canadian payroll laws, Oracle Cloud Payroll, and strong collaboration with People services and Change Management.

You will guide requirements, testing, and implementation across the payroll life cycle, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery in a hybrid North Campus environment.