Senior Payroll Analyst, Bilingual

Dental Corporation of America (DCA); Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentalcorp in Toronto is seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst to lead complex Canadian multi-provincial payroll activities, act as Workday Payroll SME, and drive process improvements across Payroll Operations.

You will partner with HR, Finance, Tax, Treasury and HRIS, mentor colleagues, and ensure accurate, compliant payroll delivery. On-site Mon-Thu at 181 Bay Street, with Fridays work-from-home; salary CAD 75k–95k plus bonus up to 10%.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive Canadian payroll experience.
• Experience with multi-provincial payrolls and year-end reporting.
• Proficient in Workday Payroll and HRIS processes.
• Bilingual English and French communication.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex Canadian multi-provincial payroll activities and reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve payroll issues and retroactive calculations.
• Serve as Workday Payroll SME and participate in testing and system changes.
• Improve payroll processes, controls, and automation.
• Mentor Analysts and support acquisitions, integrations, and special projects.

Skills

Canadian payroll

Workday Payroll

Bilingual English and French

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Education

PCP designation

PLP designation (asset)

Tools

Workday Payroll (tool)

Job description

Senior Payroll Analyst, Bilingual### Senior Payroll Analyst, BilingualApply: Toronto, Ontario: Full time: Posted Today: JR27540### **The Opportunity**Join **Dentalcorp’s Payroll Team** in a role where your expertise will directly shape the accuracy, efficiency, and evolution of Canadian payroll. Reporting to the **Senior Manager, Payroll**, you will take on high-impact work and help deliver an exceptional payroll experience across the organization.As a senior technical resource within **Payroll Operations**, you will lead complex multi-provincial payroll activities, strengthen payroll governance, and turn ideas into meaningful process and system improvements. You will collaborate with HR, Finance, Tax, Treasury, HRIS, and external partners on strategic initiatives that advance the payroll function and create lasting impact. ### **Who You Are*** You are an experienced payroll professional with strong technical expertise in **Canadian payroll legislation**, **Workday Payroll**, payroll operations, and process improvement.* You are a trusted payroll resource who builds strong partnerships across Payroll, HR, Finance, Tax, Treasury, and HRIS, while mentoring others and improving processes to support accurate, compliant payroll delivery.* You communicate clearly in **English and French**, bring strong analytical and organizational skills, and are committed to high standards of accuracy and service.### **In This Role, You Will*** Lead complex Canadian multi-provincial payroll activities, including processing, balancing, validation, reconciliations, statutory remittances, and year-end reporting.* Investigate and resolve complex payroll issues, retroactive calculations, corrections, variances, escalations, and employee inquiries.* Serve as a Workday Payroll subject matter expert, supporting configuration, testing, user acceptance testing, system enhancements, and payroll-related changes.* Improve payroll processes, documentation, internal controls, automation, and operational efficiency.* Partner with HR, Finance, Treasury, Tax, HRIS, external vendors, and auditors to resolve payroll matters and support audit requirements.* Mentor Payroll Analysts by providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and supporting complex payroll scenarios.* Prepare payroll reports and insights, and support acquisitions, integrations, system implementations, and special payroll projects as needed. ### **What You’ll Bring*** 5+ years of progressive Canadian payroll experience supporting large, multi-provincial payrolls, with advanced knowledge of legislation, remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting is required.* PCP designation required; PLP designation considered an asset.* **Required Workday Payroll experience,** including testing, system enhancements, payroll-related changes, implementations, process improvements, or projects.* Strong analytical, reconciliation, problem-solving, Excel, and organizational skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to meet critical deadlines.* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain complex payroll concepts clearly.* Professional proficiency in spoken and written English and French is required to support employees and business partners across Canada. ### **Why Dentalcorp?**Dentalcorp is North America’s leading and fastest-growing network of dental practices. Through industry-leading technology, expertise, and scale, we help practices grow while supporting dental professionals to retain their clinical autonomy. Here, you’ll be trusted with meaningful responsibility, supported to grow, and surrounded by people who share ideas and raise the bar together. Our **Beyond Brilliant** values—**Beyond the Status Quo**, **Beyond Excellence**, **Brilliant Together**, and **Brilliant Experiences**—guide how we innovate, collaborate, deliver, and put people at the centre. You will be based at our **Toronto Support Centre**, located at **181 Bay Street** in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. This position will be on site from Monday to Thursday, with Fridays designated as work-from-home days. The salary range for this position is $75,000 CAD to $95,000 CAD annually (plus a bonus of up to 10% and competitive total rewards and benefits package). Offers within this range are determined based on relevant experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as internal equity considerations. This job posting is for an existing vacancy. *Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada. At Dentalcorp, we recognize that inclusivity and diversity strengthen our culture and make us better. We are committed to ensuring that the talent we hire is reflective of the diverse communities and patients we serve. To ensure equal opportunity for all candidates, we strongly encourage applicants requiring an accommodation to let their recruiter know during the recruitment/selection process. We appreciate all applicants for taking the time to apply, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.*