Senior Payroll Advisor (Workday Required)

We're recruiting for an experienced Payroll Advisor to join a collaborative team supporting a large, complex organization with approximately 2,000 employees, pensioners, and board members. You'll play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant, and customer-focused payroll services while supporting continuous improvements within the payroll function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned payroll professional who thrives in a high-volume environment, enjoys solving complex payroll issues, and has hands-on experience with Workday Payroll.

This will be a 2 month contract starting ASAP with potential for extension. Work location is a hybrid model in downtown Edmonton.

What You'll Be Doing

• Process and validate complex payrolls, ensuring timely and accurate payments.
• Administer payroll transactions including hires, terminations, salary changes, leaves, taxable benefits, and special payments.
• Perform payroll audits, reconciliations, and balancing of payroll and benefit accounts.
• Prepare and reconcile year-end payroll reporting including T4s, T4As, pension adjustments, and statutory remittances.
• Support pension administration, monthly remittances, and reporting requirements.
• Respond to payroll inquiries from employees, leaders, and external agencies while providing exceptional customer service.
• Generate payroll reports and analyze payroll data to identify discrepancies and recommend improvements.
• Support Workday payroll administration, testing, upgrades, and system enhancements.

What We're Looking For

• Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) designation is required.
• 5-7+ years of senior-level payroll experience in a high-volume environment supporting 1,000+ employees.
• Hands-on Workday Payroll experience, including payroll processing, reporting, troubleshooting, and system administration.
• Experience supporting payroll system upgrades, testing, and implementations.
• Experience administering defined benefit pension plans is highly preferred.
• Strong communication and customer service skills with the ability to work effectively across all levels of an organization.

At Aplin — together with our brands CompuStaff, Impact Recruitment, and Vantix Systems — we connect great people with great organizations across North America. We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We use AI tools to assist in a fair and efficient matching process, helping our recruiters connect the right people with the right opportunities. To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits. Our recruitment services are always free for job seekers.