Payroll Officer

Date Posted: 03/11/2026
Req : 47295
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Munk Sch Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number:
Existing Vacancy: Yes

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy proudly offers more than a dozen teaching programs in a variety of areas of global expertise. We are home to exceptional faculty, experts and researchers from around the globe, and more than 40 academic centres, labs and programs. Our goal is to build a unique, world-renowned research, teaching and public engagement hub that shapes the contemporary field of global affairs from within Canada.

Our School unifies those who are passionate about global affairs and public policy to research, discuss and address the problems of a fast-changing world.

Under the general direction of the Manager, Administration & Finance and supervision of the School Business and Financial Officer, the incumbent oversees the payroll functions associated with faculty, staff, and students at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. This includes all components of the payroll process, including reconciling payroll distribution, preparing payroll cost estimates, tracking and monitoring contract end-dates for casual staff, maintaining and updating pertinent information on digital systems, including HRIS, working with internal resources to resolve payroll and/or HRIS processing issues, and responding to enquiries or referring when needed.

The Payroll Officer will be responsible for ensuring all processing is aligned to appropriate policies and Collective Agreements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for payroll related enquiries. Keeping well-informed on changes to policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
• Collecting supporting documentation required for payroll and/or HRIS processing, preparing contracts using templates
• Entering salary and/or personnel information in HRIS. Collecting timesheet data and processing in the applicable systems.
• Processing payroll.
• Verifying that HRIS transactions are processed according to applicable policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
• Keeping well-informed on changes to policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
• Reconciling payroll distribution
• Preparing payroll cost estimates
• Liaising with internal contacts to resolve payroll and/or HRIS processing issues

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) in Finance or Accounting or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of recent and related experience processing payroll transactions.
• Knowledge and experience working with the University’s HR rules, guidelines and procedures, as well as payroll principles, and recent experience in applying it.
• Experience identifying and resolving individual payroll discrepancies and bring forward for resolution.
• Demonstrated experience in working with developing, maintaining and analyzing reports.
• Experience processing payroll for unionized and non-unionized staff in an academic department.
• Advanced skills with MS Office (e.g. Excel and Word) and database management.
• Advanced skills with SAP based Systems (FIS & HRIS)
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with the…