Payroll Manager

Original job posting

The Payroll Project Manager is responsible for the overall planning, governance, and successful delivery of payroll assessment and transformation engagements. This includes managing stakeholder relationships, tracking project milestones, and ensuring compliance with privacy and reporting requirements.

Job details

Job ID: AR1024 Posting Status: Upcoming Jobs Job Title: Payroll Manager Closing Date: September 08, 2026 9:00 a.m. (EST) Location: Toronto, Ontario Salary: Commensurate with Experience Employment Type: Contract - 15 months, Temporary, Full-time and Part-time (all contractors must be incorporated) Shifts: Days / Nights / Weekends Explore exciting opportunities with our growing team! Join us in making a meaningful impact – apply today! The Payroll Project Manager is responsible for overall planning, governance, stakeholder management, quality assurance, delivery management, risk management, and successful completion of the payroll assessment and transformation engagement. This role coordinates Aliant Technologies consulting team and ensures compliance with confidentiality, privacy, documentation, validation, and reporting requirements Key Responsibilities Develop project work plan. Create project schedules and milestones. Manage deliverables timeline. Coordinate resources. Manage project governance meetings. Track project status and dependencies. Act as primary client contact. Coordinate interviews and workshops. Facilitate validation sessions. Escalate risks and issues. Manage decision logs and approvals. Review all deliverables. Ensure traceability across documentation. Validate evidence quality. Ensure documentation consistency. Ensure alignment with project scope. Maintain RAID log. Track assumptions. Monitor unresolved issues. Escalate delivery risks. Manage mitigation plans. Qualifications and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Finance, Accounting, or Project Management. PMP certification preferred. PCP/CPM designation is considered an asset. 10+ years managing payroll or HR transformation projects. Experience with Canadian payroll implementations or assessments. Experience in the Ontario public sector or broader public sector consulting preferred. Experience managing cross-functional consulting teams. Diversity Statement At Aliant Resources, we are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace. Accessibility Statement Aliant Resources is dedicated to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone with or without a disability. We adhere to workplace accessibility standards to ensure that individuals with disabilities can fully participate in employment opportunities. We understand the importance of identifying and removing barriers and we strive to provide an inclusive experience for all candidates. Workplace Accommodations We offer workplace accommodations throughout the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of the AODA. If you require workplace accommodations due to a disability, injury, illness, or any other condition that may affect your ability to apply online or perform essential job functions, please reach out to us at accommodations@aliantresources.com. Your request will be answered and we will collaborate with you to provide appropriate workplace accommodations as appropriate. How to Apply You must apply online here on LinkedIn. Your resume should not exceed four (4) pages, in Microsoft Word or PDF format only. Note for all Applicants We thank all applicants for their interest but advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Qualified applicants may be considered for other comparable positions. Please prepare your application in accordance with the qualifications posted in this job advertisement. Subject to successful completion of professional standing verification, criminal record check, reference and education/credential verification, ability to work in Canada, and any additional client-specific onboarding and security requirements.

What you’ll do

The Payroll Project Manager is responsible for the overall planning, governance, and successful delivery of payroll assessment and transformation engagements. This includes managing stakeholder relationships, tracking project milestones, and ensuring compliance with privacy and reporting requirements.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and over 10 years of experience managing payroll or HR transformation projects, specifically within the Canadian context. PMP certification and PCP/CPM designations are highly preferred.

Listed skills

• Budgeting · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Payroll Transformation
• Project Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Management
• Quality Assurance
• Canadian Payroll Implementation
• Project Scheduling
• Resource Coordination
• RAID Log Management
• Public Sector Consulting
• Budgeting
• Documentation Validation

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Human Resources
• Finance & Accounting
• Consulting
• Government & Public Sector