Payroll Coordinator

Department: HR Systems Data and Payroll
This position is represented by the agreement between the Professional Staff Association and the University of Guelph

Temporary full-time from 03/31/2025 to 07/31/2026

If you are a current employee of the University of Guelph you must apply on the internal Career Page in order to be considered as an internal applicant.
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General Purpose

The University of Guelph’s HR Team supports annual payroll for 6,000 to 7,000 employees bi-weekly. Our payroll team works across various employment scenarios, earning types and taxation requirements. There are 15 employee unions and associations this role will interact with.

We are seeking a Payroll Coordinator to support the existing team as we finalize new processes after moving to a new HRIS system, SAP Success Factors. Experience with SAP will be required to support the existing team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide in depth support for payroll execution on a daily basis
• Provide additional capacity to the payroll team by aiding with support calls, process, and workarounds.
• Provide a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers, specifically related to legislation.
• Validate and analyze the payroll information prior to processing biweekly pay
• Work with Payroll Coordinator team to process biweekly payroll
• Create and troubleshoot ROE files
• Processing off-cycle payments as needed

Requirements

• College Diploma with a combination of working experience.
• Experienced Canadian Payroll practitioner, with a PCP Payroll Certification

• Experience with SAP payroll systems/ECP is required
• Experience running payroll with a large-scale organization.
• In-depth understanding of HR Data and departmental needs to create and deliver reports.
• Ability to prioritize tasks with an attention for detail.
• Experience with complex union environments preferred.

Employee Type: Temporary
Position Number: 10060945
Classification: P&M FT- Band 03
Professional/Managerial Salary Bands

*Tentative evaluation; subject to committee review.

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution.

Posting Date: 04/23/2025
Closing Date: 04/30/2025