Payroll Supervisor
At a glance
Mid-level Payroll role at Seaspan. North Vancouver · full-time · CA$112,500–CA$137,500 base.
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What you'll do
- Run complex, full-cycle payroll every two weeks, covering standard pay, adjustments, retroactive amounts and off-cycle payments
- Check reconciliations, audits and payroll reports for accuracy, and apply legislation, collective agreements and company rules
- Keep payroll work on schedule, answer complex process questions, and handle year-end T4s, statutory reporting and audits
- Guide Payroll Clerks and Timekeepers, interpret union agreements in daily work, and coordinate system needs with Business Analysts
What you bring
- A post-secondary degree with advanced payroll and accounting study, plus at least ten years handling full-cycle payroll for multiple companies
- At least three years in a supervisory role and a completed NPI Compliance Practitioner credential
- You can interpret union contracts and apply their terms in payroll work
- You have finished, or are enrolled in, the NPI Certified Payroll Manager program
Who this fits
This supervisory role suits someone experienced in unionized payroll who is ready to guide payroll staff. You’ll work in North Vancouver, with an optional hybrid schedule available after 90 days of on-site work and onboarding.
From the employer
Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the Payroll Supervisor oversees the unionized payroll team responsible for the accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of full-cycle bi-weekly payroll for Seaspan Shipyards’ hourly unionized employees. This role provides day-to-day leadership, guidance, and oversight to Payroll Clerks and Timekeepers, ensuring payroll processing, reconciliations, remittances, and reporting activities are completed in accordance with company policies, collective agreements, and legislative requirements.
The Payroll Supervisor also supports continuous improvement initiatives, payroll system enhancements, stakeholder collaboration, and regulatory compliance activities, while serving as a backup to the Payroll Manager as required.
Note: This position qualifies for an optional hybrid work schedule after 90 days of onsite work and onboarding. Employee will be subject to the terms of the Flexible Work Policy Agreement
What you'll do
- Lead and oversee the accurate and timely processing of complex, full-cycle bi-weekly payrolls, including regular payroll, adjustments, retroactive payments, and off-cycle payments.
- Ensure payroll operations comply with legislation, collective agreements, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Review payroll reconciliations, audits, and reporting to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance.
- Monitor payroll workflows and deadlines to ensure service levels and operational requirements are consistently met.
- Support payroll year-end activities, including T4s, reconciliations, statutory reporting, and audits. Works within established systems to deliver prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control.
- Resolve queries from internal or external customers by providing information on complex processes and the related policies, referring to others where necessary for the interpretation of policy.
- Provide leadership, coaching, training, and performance support to payroll team members.
- Foster a collaborative, customer-focused, and high-accountability team environment.
- Stays up to date on collective agreement requirements and interprets these in day-to-day practices where necessary.
- Identifies the needs for system performance to process payroll information accurately and efficiently, reporting these needs to the manager. Leads the execution in coordinating with Business Analysts to ensure payroll needs from the system are met.
What you'll bring
- Post-secondary degree supplemented by advanced coursework in payroll and accounting.
- Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience processing full-cycle multi-company payrolls.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
- Completion of the National Payroll Institute (NPI) Compliance Practitioner certification.
- Completion of, or active enrolment in, the National Payroll Institute Certified Payroll Manager program.
- Previous experience managing unionized employees preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge of union contract interpretation (required).
- Strong functional and technical payroll expertise.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to lead and support payroll teams in a deadline-driven environment.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
- Customer-focused with a commitment to providing responsive and professional service.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively across teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to interpret and apply legislation, regulations, policies, and collective agreements with professionalism and discretion.
Why you’ll love working here
- This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
- In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.
- We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, wellness/fitness reimbursement for memberships or registration fees, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- This position qualifies for an optional hybrid work schedule.
- Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.
The estimated salary for this position is $112,500 - $137,500. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skills and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.