Posted 25 days ago
Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist
@ Robert Half
Burnaby, British Columbia
Overview
Robert Half is hiring a Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist for a suburban construction-sector client in BC and Alberta. The role starts by supporting the incumbent payroll professional during a time and attendance software implementation, then becomes a sole-contributor position owning five payrolls for about 250 staff and benefits administration. The job is office-based, full time.
Pay:
$85,000–$95,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Work alongside incumbent payroll professional to learn processes
- Prepare for time and attendance software implementation
- Take total ownership of 5 payrolls averaging 250 staff
- Administer benefits across BC and Alberta
Requirements summary:
- PCP or PLP designation
- Minimum 5 years hands-on payroll processing
- ERP payroll experience, ideally SAGE
- Unionized payroll experience required
- Payroll software implementation experience required
- Construction industry experience (asset)
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-18
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-19
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-19
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Human resources |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | PCP, PLP |
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| Field | Value |
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| Industry | Staffing and Recruiting |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1948 |
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Our suburban client from the construction sector is looking to hire a Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist for their well established and growing business. Currently in the midst of several business process improvement and modernization projects, our client is looking at succession planning. The Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist will be responsible for working alongside the incumbent payroll professional and helping prepare for the upcoming time and attendance tracking (software) implementation while learning about the businesses' payroll processes. This will eventually be a sole contributor position where the Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist will have total ownership over 5 payrolls averaging 250 total staff members and benefits administration across BC and Alberta.
The ideal Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist holds their PCP or PLP designation, has a minimum of 5 years of hands on payroll processing experience, and has processed payroll using an ERP system, ideally SAGE. Experience with unionized payroll, ERP payroll and payroll software implementation are REQUIRED to be considered for this position. Experience in the construction (or construction services) industry, and payroll reporting (labour cost, etc.) are assets, as are strong interpersonal communication skills and experience working with strong personalities. If you working in the office full time and you enjoy projects as well as them through to fruition, please apply today! Please reference job number 05060-0013527768 in all correspondence.
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