Career Opportunity at COSTI
Payroll Manager
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BE PART OF A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION AS A PAYROLL MANAGER FOR OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT
This is a full-time non-union contract position scheduled to work 35 hours per week.
Duties:
- Report to the Payroll Manager and ensure the timely completion of bi-weekly payroll processing.
- Reconcile payroll prior to transmission, ensuring employees are compensated for their employment contracts and charged to the correct GL accounts and dimension combinations.
- Set up and maintain payroll details in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV payroll system, including pay controls, rates, tax authority, and other relevant information.
- Responsible for managing the salary budget in Questica and completing FTE comparison reports.
- Review and update vacation and sick days and calculate vacation liability as required.
- Prepare and submit all required Records of Employment (ROE).
- Liaise with benefits providers to manage employee benefits updates, ensure accurate benefit deductions, and maintain records.
- Collaborate with managers and Human Resources to address payroll-related issues effectively.
- Handle payroll year-end duties, including preparing T4s, T4 summaries, and other year-end forms.
- Ensure all payroll-related tax remittances (e.g., tax withholdings, EHT, and WSIB) are completed promptly.
- Review payroll payable accounts reconciliation.
- Perform additional ad hoc payroll analysis as needed.
- Follow up on payroll inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
- Data migration, including, but not limited to, data cleansing, mapping, extraction, transformation, validation/testing.
- Prepare system testing scenarios.
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Qualifications:
- College or university degree in Payroll, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
- Certified Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) in good standing with the National Payroll Institute.
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a large payroll environment (600+ employees), including unionized payroll experience.
- Experience with financial software such as NAV 2016/2016+ and/or Workday is a definite asset.
- Familiarity with payroll tax, EHT, and WSIB remittances.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks to meet payroll deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- High proficiency in MS Office Suite, particularly advanced skills in MS Excel.
- Knowledge of payroll accounting practices and applicable government legislation.
- Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Detail-oriented with the capacity to work under tight timelines.
- Must be fully vaccinated or be exempt from vaccination on human rights grounds. COSTI reserves the right to require information establishing the validity of the exemption.
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Location: |
1710 Dufferin St. Toronto (Hybrid) |
Duration of Position: |
July 2, 2025 - March 31, 2026 (with the possibility of extension) |
Starting Salary Range: |
$82,592 to $88,133 + benefits |
Posting Date: |
2025-05-27 |
Closing Date: |
2025-06-09 |
Notes: |
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Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resumes and cover letters as one file quoting reference #86-25 |
"We thank all applicants for their interest in COSTI. However, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone calls please."
COSTI encourages applications from individuals reflecting the diversity of our community. COSTI is committed to fair and accessible employment practices and when requested, will make reasonable effort to accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment and assessment processes when filling positions.
