Senior Canadian Payroll Analyst

Support Manulife’s complex Canadian payroll operations from Waterloo in a hybrid Payroll Analyst position focused on accuracy, controls, and analysis.

This experienced Payroll Analyst supports approximately 13,000 employees across all provinces and six legal entities. The work spans payroll processing, audits, reconciliations, tax, benefits, testing, and reporting. You will collaborate with Human Resources, Finance, Technology, vendors, and business teams to resolve complex issues.

• Process, audit, and validate high-volume Canadian payroll
• Resolve payroll, tax, benefits, employee, and vendor issues
• Lead executive compensation, equity, bonuses, and taxable benefits
• Complete quarterly and year-end reconciliations, audits, and filings
• Analyze payroll data for trends, risks, and opportunities

• Five-plus years of progressive Canadian payroll experience
• Experience with payroll audits, reconciliations, and year-end reporting
• Advanced Excel and large-data analysis skills
• Experience testing payroll system or configuration changes
• ADP Global View, SAP, or similar enterprise payroll experience

Bring Canadian payroll expertise, analytical judgment, and control-focused problem solving to Manulife’s hybrid Waterloo team.