Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Full-Time | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Join the team behind one of Canada’s most trusted home furnishing brands!

Leon's Furniture, proudly Canadian since 1909, is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Assistant Payroll Manager to join our dynamic HR & Payroll team. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career with a company that values its people and fosters a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

As our Assistant Payroll Manager, you will play a key role in supporting and enhancing the payroll operations for our employees across Canada. You’ll help ensure accuracy, compliance, and timeliness in payroll processes while supporting a team that drives employee satisfaction through efficient and responsive service.

Why Join Leon’s? recruitment@leons.ca

• Work for a well-established Canadian company with over 100 years of history
• Be part of a collaborative HR team committed to innovation and employee support
• Enjoy growth opportunities, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits
• Help support the national workforce and contribute to operational success

Your Impact:

• Lead, mentor and support a busy team of payroll administrators, demonstrating strong team-building and motivational skills
• Audit and Balance payroll prior to processing
• Complete full-cycle bi-weekly payroll processing for commission, salary and hourly employees (1500+ employees bi-weekly)
• Maintain time & attendance tracking system
• Issue ROEs and prepare payroll reports as requested
• Respond to payroll inquiries from retail locations with urgency and be a solution provider
• Be a competent collaborator and skilled cross-functional communicator; working closely with retail locations and other areas within the organization
• Ensure compliance with federal, provincial, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices
• Be accountable for the quality of work performed
• Some accounting is required
• Assist with other payroll duties, as assigned

What We’re Looking For:

Experience Required:

• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing and payroll control plus 5+ years in Supervisory capacity
• 2-5 years of high-volume retail and payroll experience (processing payroll for 500+ employees weekly)
• Experience with multi-province ESA
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong Analytical, problem-solving and planning skills
• Must have a roll-up-the-sleeve work ethic and be comfortable with rapid change
• Knowledge of ADP, Kronos and Workforce Now (WFN) preferred
• Knowledge of current provincial and federal employment rules and regulations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Skilled in preparing detailed reports, as well as evaluating and analyzing technical payroll activities
• Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data manipulation and analysis
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive employee personnel files
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills required
• Must display a positive attitude, be flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities
• Achievement-oriented; ability to multitask and meet deadlines under pressure, be flexible without sacrificing detail and adapt to changing priorities
• Self-starter and team player with strong leadership skills; able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to interpret, implement and adhere to organizational policies and procedures
• Knowledge of the principles, methods and practices of process improvement

Education:

• Payroll, Accounting, Human Resources, or related fields required.
• Must have CPM or working towards
• Bilingual French preferred

If you're passionate about payroll and looking to make an impact at a company where people matter, we want to hear from you !

Apply now at recruitment@leons.ca and take the next step in your payroll career with Leon’s!