Payroll Supervisor

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

Payroll Supervisor overseeing unionized payroll team delivering bi-weekly payroll for Seaspan Shipyards. Leading payroll operations and providing oversight to ensure compliant and timely payroll processing.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeNorth Vancouver • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorLead💰 CA$112,500 - CA$137,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
Resolve queries from internal or external customers by providing information on complex processes and related policies.
Provide leadership, coaching, training, and performance support to payroll team members.
Foster a collaborative, customer-focused, and high-accountability team environment.
Stay up to date on collective agreement requirements and interpret these in day-to-day practices where necessary.
Identify needs for system performance to process payroll information accurately and efficiently.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Optional hybrid work schedule after 90 days of onsite work and onboarding
Subject to the terms of the Flexible Work Policy Agreement

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle payroll processingpayroll reconciliationsstatutory reportingunion contract interpretationpayroll auditsMicrosoft Excelpayroll compliancepayroll adjustmentsretroactive paymentsoff-cycle payments

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingtrainingcommunicationattention to detailproblem-solvinganalytical skillscustomer-focusedcollaborationtime management

Certifications

National Payroll Institute Compliance Practitioner certificationNational Payroll Institute Certified Payroll Manager program