Payroll Team Lead

Alberta Pensions Services Corporation•Edmonton, AB

8d•CA$75,113 - CA$110,524•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time, permanent position for a Payroll Team Lead in Edmonton, Alberta. The role involves leading and supporting the delivery of full-cycle payroll for semi-monthly and off-cycle payroll groups, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. The position requires supervising, coaching, and supporting payroll staff, reviewing and approving payroll calculations, and ensuring compliance with legislation and organizational policies. The Team Lead will also oversee employee leave administration, administer pension and benefits processes, maintain payroll data integrity in Dayforce, prepare reports, and act as a key point of contact for payroll-related inquiries. A significant aspect of the role is identifying and improving payroll processes, strengthening controls, and enhancing service delivery.

Requirements

University degree with five or more years of directly related experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
Payroll designation such as PCP or CPM.
Progressive payroll experience in a large, complex and unionized environment, including full-cycle payroll processing and payroll leadership responsibilities.
Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, collective agreements, payroll best practices, and statutory reporting requirements.
Experience administering payroll in Dayforce or a comparable payroll/HRIS system, with strong systems and reporting capability.
Strong supervisory, organizational, and time management skills, with the ability to lead day-to-day operations and support team success.
Well-developed communication, consulting, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, supported by sound judgment and a strong service focus.
Ability to interpret legislation and business requirements, influence decisions, mitigate risk, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and confidence working across payroll, HR, and finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead and support the delivery of full-cycle payroll for semi-monthly and off-cycle payroll groups, ensuring all transactions are processed accurately and on time.
Supervise, coach, and support payroll staff by assigning work, providing guidance, and fostering a high standard of service and accountability.
Review and approve payroll calculations, adjustments, deductions, overtime, taxable benefits, and off-cycle payments.
Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, organizational policies, procedures, and collective agreement provisions.
Oversee employee leave administration, including general illness leave, vacation, personal leave, long-term disability, maternity leave, and WCB.
Administer pension and benefits processes, including eligibility, enrolments, changes, terminations, remittances, reporting, and year-end activities.
Maintain payroll data integrity in Dayforce, support system updates, and work closely with the HRIS Analyst on reporting and process improvements.
Prepare payroll, tax, benefits, and finance-related reports, and support internal and external audit requirements.
Act as a key point of contact for payroll-related inquiries and resolve issues with professionalism, accuracy, and sound judgment.
Identify and improve payroll processes, strengthen controls, and enhance service delivery.