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This role ensures the accurate and timely processing of payroll across a large group of companies, maintains compliance with applicable legislation, collective agreements, and company policies, and serves as the primary escalation point for payroll-related matters.\nThe Payroll Team Lead provides coaching, guidance, and performance management to the payroll team, while driving continuous process improvements, maintaining strong internal controls, and fostering a high-performing, customer-focused environment. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership, analytical, organizational, and communication skills, and will thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.\n Lead, coach, and develop the payroll team, fostering a collaborative, accountable, and service-focused environment\n\nOversee the accurate and timely processing of payroll across multiple companies, both in Canada and U.S.\n\nReview payroll activity, audits, remittances, and reporting to ensure compliance with legislation, collective agreements, and company policies\n\nServe as the primary escalation point for complex payroll, benefits, and timekeeping matters, applying sound judgment and an understanding of operational realities to resolve issues effectively\n\nEnsure the accurate administration of employee setups, changes, terminations, garnishments, and union-related processes\n\nPartner with HR, Finance, Operations, and external stakeholders to understand business priorities, resolve payroll related issues and improve service delivery\n\nIdentify and implement process improvements, system enhancements, and best practices to drive efficiency and accuracy\n\nMonitor team performance, manage priorities, and support achievement of departmental objectives\n\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with operations and management by taking time to understand the nature of the work, business flows, and employee experience across the companies supported\n\nAdditional duties as assigned\n\n Post-secondary education in Business, Accounting, or a related field is considered an asset\n\nPayroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation\n\n5+ years of payroll experience, preferably in a large, multi-company and/or unionized environment\n\nPrevious leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience\n\nExperience working with payroll and timekeeping systems such as JD Edwards (JDE), UKG Dimensions (Kronos), or similar platforms\n\nStrong knowledge of payroll legislation, payroll taxes, remittances, and collective agreements\n\nProven ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment\n\nU.S. payroll knowledge is considered an asset\n\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills\n\nExcellent communication and relationship-building abilities","description_format":"text","description_chars":2933,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Real Estate","E-learning","Continuing Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T16:41:33Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:8","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/canadian-precast-concrete-institute-payroll-team-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/canadian-precast-concrete-institute-payroll-team-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T13:25:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}