Bilingual Payroll Specialist

Bilingual Payroll Specialist (English/French)
Location: Fully Remote

About the Role
We are looking for a detail-oriented and service-driven Bilingual Payroll Specialist to join a dynamic payroll team. This role is responsible for full-cycle payroll processing across multiple provinces, with a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and employee support. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with Workday and is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Process full-cycle, multi-provincial payroll (bi-weekly and/or semi-monthly)
• Maintain and update employee payroll data within Workday
• Ensure compliance with federal and provincial payroll legislation across Canada
• Manage payroll changes including new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, and retroactive pay
• Prepare and process ROEs, year-end reporting (T4s, RL-1s), and statutory remittances
• Reconcile payroll reports and investigate discrepancies
• Respond to employee payroll inquiries in both English and French
• Partner with HR and Finance teams to support payroll-related initiatives and system updates

Qualifications

• 3+ years of payroll experience in a high-volume, multi-provincial environment
• Hands-on experience with Workday Payroll
• Bilingual in English and French (both written and verbal)
• Strong knowledge of Canadian payroll legislation and compliance requirements
• PCP designation (or in progress) is an asset
• High attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and customer service mindset

Nice to Have

• Experience in a unionized environment
• Exposure to payroll implementations or system transitions
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, etc.)

Why Join

• Fully remote work environment with flexibility
• Supportive, collaborative team culture
• Opportunity to contribute to process improvements and system enhancements
• Stable and growing organization

Portfolio are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position. To the best of our knowledge, this vacancy is for a new or existing role within their organization.