Payroll Manager SAP

Payroll Manager/ Lead - SAP/ECP


Location Address: Hybrid - Scarborough – 3 days/week (Monday, Wednesday as anchor days, subject to change)


Contract Duration: 6 months | Strong possibility of extension & possibility of conversion to FTE


Schedule Hours: 8:30 am-5 pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week


Typical Day in Role:


• Leads and drives a customer-focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge


• Leads and runs the full payroll year-end cycle in SAP/ECP Payroll. This includes year-end planning, readiness checklists, timelines, year-to-date and tax balance reconciliation, and final year-end close


• Runs payroll processing in SAP/ECP, including regular and off-cycle payroll runs, payroll postings, validations, and reconciliations. Investigates, analyzes, and resolves payroll system problems


• Produces, validates, and reconciles year-end tax forms (e.g., T4, T4A, RL-1) and electronic filings. Ensures they are accurate and submitted to tax authorities and employees on time


• Processes year-end tax form amendments, cancellations, and reissues, along with prior-year adjustments. Keeps a complete audit trail and reconciles all changes


• Documents the full end-to-end year-end process, including process maps, desktop procedures, roles and responsibilities, key controls, and timelines, so the process is repeatable and ready for audit


• Gathers, documents, and validates business requirements for year-end and payroll changes. Works with Payroll Operations, Tax, Finance, Technology, and vendor partners to make sure requirements are complete and traceable


• Plans and runs testing for year-end, legislative and tax updates, support packs, and system changes. This includes unit, integration, regression, and parallel testing


• Writes User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts and test scenarios, runs UAT, logs and tracks defects until they are resolved, and gets business sign-off before deployment


• Works with the Payroll Transformation and ECP project teams to share year-end insights, support knowledge transfer, and make SAP/ECP Payroll more efficient


• Ensures all activities are complete in compliance with the Bank’s policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements


Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:


• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Payroll Manager, Payroll Lead, or equivalent payroll-focused position


• Hands-on experience processing payroll and managing year-end payroll activities within SAP/ECP Payroll


• Advanced Excel skills, including: Pivot Tables, Formulas, Data analysis and reconciliation, Reporting, Macros


• Experience planning and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities


• SAP/HCM Payroll Certification


Nice-To-Have Skills:


• PLP/PCP certification


• Audit experience


• Technical and process documentation writing experience


• Bilingualism in French


Soft Skills Required:


• Strong verbal and written communication skills.


• Exceptional attention to detail.


• Highly organized with strong planning and prioritization abilities.


• Analytical problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.


• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.


Education:


• SAP/HCM payroll certified


• PLP/PCP certifications

Flexible work from home options available.