Location: Toronto, ON | Salary: Up to $95K base + annual bonus | Hybrid (4 days in office) | Full-time Permanent
Role Overview
Bilingual Staffing Solutions has partnered with a large, fast-growing national organization to find a Bilingual Senior Payroll Analyst for its Toronto payroll team. You'll be the senior technical resource in a busy Payroll Operations group, running complex payroll across several Canadian provinces, including Quebec, and serving as the team's Workday Payroll expert. It's a hands-on role with real influence on process, controls and systems, plus the chance to mentor analysts as the organization keeps growing.
Core Responsibilities
Payroll Operations & Compliance
Lead complex multi-provincial payroll processing, balancing, validation and reconciliations
Manage statutory remittances and ensure compliance with CRA and Revenu Québec requirements
Resolve complex payroll issues, including retroactive pay, corrections, variances and escalations
Workday Payroll
Act as the Workday Payroll subject matter expert: configuration, testing, UAT, enhancements and payroll-related system changes
Support system implementations, integrations and acquisitions as the organization grows
Year End
Support and validate year-end reporting, including T4 and RL-1 production and reconciliation
Process Improvement & Partnership
Strengthen payroll processes, documentation, internal controls and automation
Partner with HR, Finance, Tax, HRIS, vendors and auditors to resolve payroll matters
Mentor Payroll Analysts with technical guidance and best practices
Prepare payroll reporting and insights, and contribute to special projects
Required Experience
5+ years of progressive Canadian payroll experience with large, multi-province employers
Hands-on Workday Payroll experience (processing, testing, enhancements, implementations or projects)
Advanced knowledge of payroll legislation, remittances, reconciliations and year-end reporting, including Quebec
PCP designation (PLP an asset)
Strong Excel, analytical and reconciliation skills
Fully bilingual French / English, spoken and written
What's on Offer
Competitive base salary plus annual bonus
Extended health benefits from day one
RRSP matching
3 weeks' vacation
Hybrid schedule in downtown Toronto
Candidate Profile
A trusted payroll resource who moves easily between French and English in technical, compliance-heavy work
Meticulous and deadline-driven through payroll, quarter-end and year-end cycles
Clear communicator who can explain complex payroll topics to non-payroll partners
Enjoys mentoring and raising the bar on process
