Canadian Payroll Implementation Specialist

Job Requirements Document current Canadian payroll processes, pay groups, calendars, earnings, deductions, benefits, balances and interfaces. Validate federal and applicable provincial payroll requirements with internal owners and the implementation partner, including Quebec requirements where relevant. Review proposed Dayforce payroll configuration and identify gaps affecting taxes, statutory deductions, pension, union rules, remittances and employee pay. Support source data mapping and cleansing; reconcile converted employee payroll data, opening balances and year-to-date values. Work with Lavasource on conversion defects. Develop Canadian payroll test cases for regular and off-cycle pay, overtime, retroactive changes, leave, terminations and year-end reporting. Execute and reconcile payroll parallel runs. Investigate gross-to-net and balance differences, document causes and verify corrections. Validate payroll outputs, bank files, remittance information, GL results and relevant third-party interfaces with accountable teams. Prepare payroll cutover checks, reconciliation evidence and operating instructions; support initial production runs and knowledge transfer.