Payroll Manager

• Locations 2199 Blackacre Drive, Unit 100, Oldcastle, ON, N0R 1L0, CA

Come Build Your Career at Amico

Amico delivers complex and impactful infrastructure projects that help communities grow, move and thrive. From highways and bridges to transit and residential and commercial environments, our work strengthens Ontario’s communities and helps build a more connected future.

As a Canadian-owned and operated construction company, Amico brings together expertise in general contracting, civil engineering and road building to deliver projects of significant scale and complexity. Through careful planning, innovative thinking and disciplined execution, we work alongside our clients and partners to create infrastructure that will serve communities for generations.

At Amico, our people are at the heart of our success. As one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, we are proud to be recognized for the strength of our leadership, culture and commitment to continuous improvement. We foster a collaborative, inclusive and performance-driven environment where employees are empowered to contribute their expertise, take on meaningful challenges and continue developing their careers.

Amico is a leading, Canadian-owned and operated construction company specializing in large-scale infrastructure projects. With a strong track record in general contracting, civil engineering and road building, we deliver complex infrastructure solutions that shape the communities of Ontario. Our expertise spans major infrastructure projects, including highways, bridges, and critical public works that require meticulous planning, innovative engineering, and precise execution.

At Amico, we believe in fostering collaboration and empowering our team to tackle ambitious challenges head-on. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and proven project management practices, we consistently deliver high-quality infrastructure projects, regardless of their scale or complexity.

If you're ready to be part of a team that plays a pivotal role in Ontario's most impactful infrastructure developments, while gaining hands-on experience with industry-leading projects, we invite you to join us.

Position Overview:

Amico Affiliates is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to lead and oversee the full-cycle payroll function across multiple entities in a unionized environment. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for salary and hourly employees, including unionized and non-unionized staff within a complex, project-based environment. The position will lead the payroll team responsible for the weekly processing of payroll.

The Payroll Manager will play a critical role in compliance with employment standards, construction collective agreements, remittance requirements, reporting, and internal controls, while leading payroll system optimization, automation and continuous improvement initiatives. The role will collaborate with HR, Operations and Finance to ensure seamless payroll execution. This position reports to the Corporate Controller.

• Overseeing full-cycle weekly payroll processing for multi-entity operations.
• Interpreting and applying multiple union agreements and company benefit plans and validating system configurations support the agreement terms.
• Establishing and maintaining internal controls that ensure the accurate calculation of earnings, deductions, liabilities and benefits in accordance with employment contracts, collective agreements, approved company rules and directives, statutory requirements and authorized direction.
• Processing and managing payroll for hourly, salaried, unionized, and project-based employees.
• Reviewing payroll registers prior to final submission and reconciling payroll information to accounting records.
• Verifying the completeness and accuracy of remittances within prescribed filing deadlines.
• Managing the timely processing of ROEs, terminations, and year-end reporting activities.
• Confirming payroll compliance with employment standard, Canada Revenue Agency and provincial requirements, workplace safety obligations and construction-specific regulations.
• Leading and mentoring payroll team members.
• Monitoring and implementing changes in payroll legislation, collective agreements, benefits programs, and industry regulations.
• Maintaining and optimizing payroll systems, enhancing automation and expanding reporting tools.
• Coordinating internal and external audit requirements.
• Implementing…