Payroll Specialist - Payroll - Temporary Full-time 2026-16039

Payroll specialist (temporary full-time)

The Opportunity

Payroll Services at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is a team of 10 providing full service payroll to over 9,000 Hospital staff. Reporting to the Manager. The Payroll and HOOPP specialist is an experienced payroll professional who will identify and implement process improvements and serve as a technical and analytical expert within the team. The successful candidate will play an integral role in supporting upgrade/implementation projects including an upcoming human resource information system implementation.

Key Tasks

Key Responsibilities

• Transmit bi-weekly (oncycle and offcycle) and monthly payroll accurately and in accordance with established schedules and controls.
• Support and process year-end payroll and pension activities, including reconciliations, reporting, and audit requirements
• In collaboration with Human Resources to ensure employee status or other information updates are accurately and timely reflected in HOOPP Insight,
• Continually improve the efficiency of HOOPP year-end MDC reporting by implementing best practices, validating HOOPP data, and coordinating with relevant stakeholders during the year.
• Support pension audits, reconciliations, and regulatory reporting activities.
• Other duties may assigned.

Workday Pension Implementation

• Actively participate in the implementation of Workday for pension administration,
• Participate in system testing (unit, integration, and user acceptance testing), including test case development, execution, and issue resolution.
• Review, validate, and reconcile pension data during data conversion and parallel payroll testing.
• Prepare and maintain pension-related process documentation, procedures, and training materials.
• Support go-live and post-implementation stabilization activities related to pension processing.
• Ensure adherence to data integrity, confidentiality, and security standards throughout all pension and system activities.

Qualifications/Skills

• Completion of a post-secondary degree program (Business Administration, Accounting or Finance is preferred)
• Minimum 5 years’ progressive experience administering full cycle Canadian payroll within a large organization (Healthcare and/or experience in a unionized environment preferred)
• Member of Canadian Payroll Association, Payroll Certification is preferred
• Proficient knowledge of top tier payroll and HCM software systems ( e.g. Empath in house payroll system) and time and attendance ( e.g. UKG Dimensions )
• Experience leading, or having a significant role in major implementation/upgrade projects
• Demonstrated experience with identifying, designing and implementing process improvements
• Demonstrated analytical ability and problem-solving skills;
• Collaborative team player with superior influencing skills, who can build relationships easily to move initiatives forward
• Strong oral and written communication skills including ability to communicate technical requirements to non-technical users in a simple manner
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to prioritize and manage high volumes of data accurately and in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment with stringent deadlines Highly organized, self-motivated, and adaptable
• Full knowledge of all relevant Canadian legislation governing payroll calculations and reporting
• Solid grasp of federal and provincial labour standards and regulations
• Knowledge of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) or similar defined benefit pension plans preferred
• Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills– Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook