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Be part of an impactful and evolving payroll function in a dynamic environment. With growth potential into a managerial role, this position offers opportunities to lead and shape payroll operations at scale.
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Team Lead, Payroll Services
Be part of an impactful and evolving payroll function in a dynamic environment. With growth potential into a managerial role, this position offers opportunities to lead and shape payroll operations at scale.
Who- The Company:
Our client is a globally recognized organization and a large employer in the Vancouver area. Known for their exceptional reputation and collaborative work culture, they are passionate about learning and challenge their employees to grow.
What- The Role:
Lead and support a team managing Leave of Absence (LOA), Tuition Waivers, Payroll Accounting Adjustments (PAA), and Payroll Reconciliation.
Resolve employee inquiries and improve payroll processes.
Ensure accurate payroll reporting, compliance with legislation, and effective reconciliation.
Hire, train, and mentor team members to optimize workflows and system utilization.
Collaborate on cross-departmental projects, contributing to process improvements.
Who- The Candidate:
Bachelor's degree, PCP, and CPA designation (or in process and have fulfilled reporting experience requirements already), and/or MBA with relevant focus from a reputable organization.
Minimum 7 years of payroll, benefits, and accounting experience in a large organization.
Strong leadership, project management, and ERP system experience (Workday preferred).
Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Drive for efficiency.
How Much:
Attractive base salary in the range of $87,405 – 125,688.96.
Please note the mid-point for this role is $104,822, and salary range is commensurate with candidate’s qualifications and skills. It is unlikely the starting salary will exceed the midpoint. Only in exceptional circumstances, where a candidate meets all qualifications, might the salary be considered above the mid-point. 4 weeks’ vacation, robust benefits package including: BC MSP, Dental, Extended Health, Health Spending Account, Employees & Family Assistance Program, Life Insurance, LT Disability Plan, Pension, Professional Development.
Where:
Vancouver, BC.
When & How To Apply:
Swim Recruiting has been engaged as a trusted recruitment agency partner on this important search. If you are interested and already have a Recruiter at Swim, please reach out very soon.
Payroll Specialist Contract, around 6 months, full-time hours. Hybrid in Greater Vancouver or Remote anywhere in Canada. Global Public Company. Excellent opportunity for a technically strong payroll professional who enjoys the variety, challenges, and flexibility of a contract role. Processing multiple small but complex payrolls in 3 countries, almost all salaried employees. Canadian and US payroll processing experience is required. Benefits administration experience is preferred, not required.
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Payroll Specialist Contract, around 6 months, full-time hours. Hybrid in Greater Vancouver or Remote anywhere in Canada. Global Public Company. Excellent opportunity for a technically strong payroll professional who enjoys the variety, challenges, and flexibility of a contract role. Processing multiple small but complex payrolls in 3 countries, almost all salaried employees. Canadian and US payroll processing experience is required. Benefits administration experience is preferred, not required.
Who- the Company:
Our client is a significant global public company headquartered in Vancouver. They have a reputation in Vancouver and beyond for hiring top talent, and for providing their employees with interesting and challenging work in an upbeat, collaborative, and professional environment. Swim Recruiting has been engaged to aid with this important search and has placed many people with this company in the past with positive feedback.
What- the Opportunity:
On behalf of our client, Swim Recruiting is seeking a Payroll Specialist for a 4 to 6 month contract, with full-time hours. This contract is open due to an upcoming leave of the current Payroll & Benefits Specialist. The length of the contract will be determined by a few factors such as start date, when the employee’s leave officially starts, and what works best for the hired temporary employee. The aim is for there to be around 4 weeks of overlap and training with the full time employee at the start of the contract, and then another 2-4 weeks of overlap at the end of the contract.
The new Payroll Specialist will process 5 payrolls (4 twice a month, 1 monthly, for a total of 9 payroll periods a month). These payrolls only total ~110 employees, but it is complex as it’s for 3 countries- Canada (salaried employees, mostly based in BC), US (approximately 20 salaried employees), and one other country in the Americas (mix of salaried and hourly employees). The company employs other Payroll Specialists based in other countries, and this Payroll Specialist is accountable and responsible for the payroll in the Americas region.
The Payroll Specialist will be using ADP Workforce Now and one other system. The company is busy with merit/bonus pay-outs in the early spring and equity pay-outs in the early summer. The Payroll Specialist will support salary changes, equity changes, merit calculations, etc. Ideally the Payroll Specialist will also take care of benefits administration for these employees (extended health, pension, etc.)
Who- the Candidate:
We are looking for an organized, independent, detail-oriented, and friendly Payroll professional with 4+ years of relevant payroll processing experience. Experience processing a BC salaried payroll is required, and experience processing a US payroll is highly preferred/almost required. The team can train the contract Payroll Specialist on payroll for the other country in the Americas. Ideally the successful contractor for this role will also have benefits administration experience, although this is not required if someone is very strong in payroll only. Experience using ADP Workforce Now is a significant asset.
The technical payroll skills are of course very important in this role, but so are the soft skills! This organization has a friendly, collaborative, tight-knit, and fun-loving team. We are looking for a Payroll Specialist who enjoys providing excellent internal customer service to employees and who can answer questions, improve payroll processes, and solve problems.
Where:
HYBRIDORREMOTE. This company’s International headquarters is located in the heart of downtown Vancouver. They have a beautiful corporate office with a great view! Ideally we are seeking a Payroll Specialist who lives in Greater Vancouver and who can work from the corporate office 1 or 2 days a week. That said, given this is a contract, our client is also open to hiring a temporary employee who lives elsewhere in BC or even elsewhere in Canada (as long as the Payroll Specialist has solid BC payroll experience and can align with PST working hours).
How Much:
Competitive hourly consulting rate commensurate with payroll experience, skills, and qualifications- likely in the range of $35 to $52 an hour, with some wiggle room beyond that if the contractor is incorporated. Please discuss your hourly rate expectations in more detail with SWIM.
When & How to Apply:
If you are qualified for, and interested in, this payroll consulting opportunity with a high-profile Vancouver corporation, please let Swim Recruiting know as soon as possible as this search is moving quickly! If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out directly. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (Please note that a resume in MS Word format is preferred as it works better with our internal systems, but PDF is also fine). Thank you!
Great payroll position with a large, fast-paced, and complex Canadian company with a friendly and down-to-earth corporate culture. Great opportunity for a payroll professional who wants to work with a tightknit, collaborative, and supportive payroll team.
Who- the Company:
Our client is a very well-established, interesting, and reputable company with operations throughout Canada and the US. SWIM has placed many people at this company over the years with positive feedback on the team culture. The company has best listed on “Top Employer” lists.
What- the Role:
Our client is seeking a new Payroll Specialist who will process hourly payroll for 600 to 800 BC-based employees. The Payroll Specialist will report into the Payroll Manager and will work on a Payroll Team in the corporate head office. There are also folks in HR and Payroll working at operational sites who the corporate Payroll team works closely with. The new Specialist will have a portfolio of 3 operational sites/subsidiary offices across British Columbia. 2 of these locations are unionized and the Payroll Specialist will be interpreting and complying with a few collective agreements. The Payroll team uses a sophisticated payroll system, as well as a timekeeping system and plenty of Excel. The Payroll team does cross-training so that they can back each other up when someone on the close-knit team is away on vacation or on sick days. For this reason, it’s beneficial if the Payroll Specialist has processed salaried payroll or processed payroll in other Cdn provinces or US states, or if they have benefits administration- but the company can also train their new Specialist in these areas when needed. SWIM will provide interested candidates with a thorough job description.
Who- the Candidate:
We are looking for a payroll professional who has at least 4 years’ experience processing hourly and unionized payroll for at least 500 employees. Experience collaborating with a payroll team is required (as opposed to a 1-person payroll function)
Excellent relationship building skills- with folks working at the operational sites, in the corporate office, and in various departments including payroll, HR, accounting, etc.
We are looking for problem-solvers with excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills and a passion for internal customer service.
We are looking for people who operate with integrity, urgency, and professionalism.
PCP designation highly preferred and the company will provide relevant professional development support for ongoing payroll education.
How Much:
Competitive base salary commensurate with level of skills, experience, and education- in the range of $60,000 to $85,000, with a sweet spot in the $70,000s. To get into the $80,000s range, candidates will truly need to have all the desired qualifications and many years of relevant work experience. The company will provide their new Payroll Specialist with a solid overall compensation package, including a performance-based bonus, an RRSP match, paid vacation and sick days, PCP professional development support, and excellent health, dental, & vision benefits.
Where:
HYBRID. The company is headquartered in Burnaby. Full-time in office for the first 4-6 weeks during training, and after that the Payroll Specialist can choose to work from the office 3, 4, or 5 days a week (i.e. max of 2 days/week work from home).
When & How to Apply:
Swim Recruiting will be presenting the profiles of short-listed candidates directly to the hiring team. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (preferably in MS Word format as it works best with our internal systems). Thank you!
