Payroll Manager

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🧾 Payroll

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Assurant

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1892

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💸 Finance

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-02

Consulting • Logistics • Finance

Assurant is a global company specializing in providing consumer-centric support and protection services. With a presence in over 21 countries across regions like North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific, Assurant helps over 300 million consumers through services like technology protection, claims resolution, and financial services. The company emphasizes innovation, remote work opportunities, and global collaboration, with teams skilled in technology, claims, customer service, and finance. Assurant offers a competitive benefits package and is committed to equal employment opportunities and work-life balance.

📋 Description

• Oversee and manage end-to-end payroll activities, including audits, reconciliations, year-end processes, garnishments, benefits, equity, and special payments • Ensure compliance with IRS, CRA, Puerto Rico Hacienda, applicable state/provincial/local laws, internal audit, and SOX standards • Lead the design, documentation, and testing of payroll controls and risk mitigation measures • Maintain jurisdictional tax setup and adherence to legislative changes • Safeguard sensitive payroll and employee data • Lead and develop payroll specialists and analysts • Provide coaching and technical expertise for North American payroll jurisdictions • Support workforce planning, hiring, and capability building • Deliver and maintain payroll dashboards and KPIs • Use analytics to identify trends, reduce defects, and drive operational improvements • Provide reporting for Finance, Total Rewards, and Accounting • Communicate insights, risks, and opportunities to leadership • Lead multi-country payroll operations and execute regional payroll strategies • Partner with senior HR, Finance, and Technology leaders on standardization and operational excellence • Serve as the primary escalation point for complex payroll, taxation, and compliance issues • Diagnose enterprise payroll system issues and support enhancements and integrations • Leverage payroll data, dashboards, and AI-enabled insights for reconciliations, trend analysis, risk identification, and decision-making • Own automation opportunities and partner with IT and vendors • Apply AI responsibly while validating outputs and maintaining human oversight • Ensure automation and AI-supported processes meet regulatory, privacy, audit, and SOX requirements • Manage external payroll vendor relationships and SLA performance • Partner with HRIS/Workday teams on integrations, data quality, and configuration updates • Influence payroll technology roadmaps, including automation, RPA, workflow tools, data insights, and digital transformation • Lead issue resolution, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions • Collaborate with HR, Legal, Accounting, Total Rewards, and Time & Attendance teams • Support M&A due diligence, onboarding, and payroll integrations • Partner with global payroll leaders on shared services design, governance, and process harmonization • Lead payroll-related projects • Manage 2 Payroll Analysts and 1 Payroll and Benefit Administrator

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of progressive payroll experience with significant U.S. multistate exposure • Strong experience with Canadian payroll and Puerto Rico payroll • Deep knowledge of payroll laws and compliance across North America • Experience managing multi-country payroll teams or leading a payroll function • Proficiency with Workday and major payroll systems (ADP, Deel etc.) • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills • Ability to operate successfully in a fast-paced, complex global environment • Experience in a shared services or Center of Excellence environment • Above average computer literacy, e.g., EXCEL, WORD, and various vendor applications • Strong organizational abilities with excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate effectively with various levels of management and staff personnel • Bachelor's degree, CPP, FPC, PCP, or CPM certifications • Experience with large-scale payroll transformations, vendor consolidation, or digitalization initiatives • Knowledge of RPA, workflow automation, or process mining • Lean/Six Sigma certification preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary growth within the position • Virtual interviews conducted on video • Identity verification process subject to applicable notice and consent requirements • Equal employment opportunity