Payroll Administrator

Are you a detail-oriented payroll professional who thrives in a high-volume, fast-paced environment? As a Payroll Administrator at Ledcor, you will play a central role in delivering accurate, timely payroll across multiple divisions — processing complex union and non-union payrolls, managing adjustments, and ensuring compliance with applicable legislation and collective agreements.
Reporting to the Team Lead, Payroll, you will bring a thorough understanding of full-cycle payroll processing, strong reconciliation skills, and the ability to meet tight deadlines with precision. You will serve as a knowledgeable resource for employee payroll inquiries and contribute to ongoing process improvement efforts that support Ledcor's operations.
Come and join the True Blue team and build your career with one of Canada's most established construction companies.

Essential Responsibilities

• Process full-cycle payroll for salary, hourly, union, and non-union employees across multiple divisions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with established procedures and timelines

• Validate time and attendance data, earnings, deductions, taxable benefits, and retroactive adjustments to ensure all payroll inputs are complete and accurate prior to processing

• Calculate and process manual payments, off-cycle runs, adjustments, reversals, and retros in accordance with legislative requirements and collective agreements

• Ensure accurate calculation of vacation pay, statutory holiday pay, and final pay for departing employees in compliance with applicable employment standards

• Respond to employee payroll inquiries with professionalism and accuracy, resolving issues efficiently and escalating complex matters as needed

• Process off-cycle payments including severance, bonuses, commissions, and other special payments, ensuring proper documentation and authorization

• Perform account reconciliations and prepare statutory, third-party, and benefit remittances on a quarterly basis, supporting year-end tax slip preparation

• Identify and contribute to payroll process improvement initiatives, maintaining up-to-date procedures and supporting a culture of continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience processing high-volume payroll in a unionized environment, with demonstrated knowledge of collective agreements and legislative requirements

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration is preferred; a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) certification is considered a strong asset

• Solid understanding of Canadian payroll legislation, statutory regulations, tax remittances, and year-end processes including T4 preparation

• Hands-on experience with HCM or payroll systems; experience with JD Edwards (JDE) is a significant asset

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, for reconciliation, reporting, and data validation purposes

• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight, recurring deadlines

• Clear and professional communication skills, with the tact and diplomacy needed to handle sensitive payroll matters and support a diverse employee population

• Collaborative team player with the ability to build effective working relationships with HR, Operations, and Labour Relations stakeholders across multiple business units

Work Environment

• Hybrid-based position

Compensation

$48,000.00 - $66,000.00

This is the expected base pay range for this role. Individual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors including experience, knowledge, skills, education and location.

Our competitive total rewards package provides compensation and benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. We offer exciting, challenging work with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.

Additional Information

The Ledcor Group of Companies is one of North America’s most diversified construction companies. Ledcor is a company built on a rich history of long-standing project successes.

Our workplace culture has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace in North America.

Employment Equity

At Ledcor we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion should be part of everything we do. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

Our True Blue team consists of individuals from all backgrounds who contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to Ledcor. We are committed to continuing to build on our culture of empowerment, inclusion and belonging.  

Adjustments will be provided in all parts of our hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance by submitting a request via email. For more information about Ledcor’s Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit our I&D page.