Join a leading organization and advance your payroll career! Aplin is currently recruiting for a
Bilingual Payroll Coordinator to join a busy centralized payroll team supporting operations across Canada, with a focus on the Quebec district.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced payroll professional with a strong background in hourly payroll, unionized environments, and collective agreements. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience processing full-cycle payroll and applying complex union agreements in a fast-paced environment. Candidates with knowledge of Quebec payroll legislation and CCQ requirements are strongly preferred.
Location: Montreal or Ottawa
Work Arrangement: In-office
Compensation- 80K to 95Kbased on experience and qualifications
- Annual/performance bonus
Benefits & Perks- Benefits effective from day one
- Employee share program
- Pension matching currently up to 5%, increasing to 6% in January
- Monday to Friday, full-time position
Responsibilities- Process full-cycle weekly payroll for hourly employees, with a focus on Quebec-based unionized employees.
- Interpret and apply collective agreement provisions related to wages, overtime, premiums, vacation, statutory holidays, and other employee entitlements.
- Apply relevant Quebec payroll regulations and CCQ requirements, where applicable, to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing.
- Process new hires, terminations, transfers, and employee changes, including rate adjustments and changes to payroll deductions.
- Review and process time entries, attendance records, and employee hours, ensuring compliance with applicable collective agreements.
- Support the transition from paper time cards to electronic timekeeping.
- Process payroll remittances, deductions, benefits, union dues, and other payroll adjustments.
- Prepare T4s, Relevé 1s, and other year-end payroll reporting.
- Reconcile and remit payroll and union benefit liabilities.
- Ensure payroll complies with applicable legislation, Quebec payroll requirements, CCQ regulations, and collective agreements.
- Work closely with internal teams, employees, and union representatives to resolve payroll-related matters.
- Respond to payroll inquiries, investigate discrepancies, and provide timely resolutions.
- Maintain accurate and confidential payroll records and supporting documentation.
Qualifications- Fluent in both written and spoken French and English is mandatory.
- Minimum 2 years of full-cycle payroll experience, ideally 5+ years.
- Experience processing hourly payroll in a high-volume environment.
- Experience with unionized payroll and interpreting collective agreements, ideally in Quebec.
- Knowledge of Quebec payroll legislation, deductions, benefits, remittances, and year-end reporting.
- Familiarity with CCQ requirements and experience applying collective agreement provisions are strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience applying union agreement provisions related to wages, overtime, premiums, vacation, and employee benefits.
- Experience processing union dues, benefit contributions, and other union-related payroll calculations is an asset.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- PCP certification or working toward PCP is preferred.
- Experience with JD Edwards/JDE or Oracle payroll systems is an asset.
