Payroll Specialist (Dayforce Expert) – 2-Month Contract
Location: Fully Remote (Canada-wide – must work PST hours)
Schedule: Part-time / Cyclical (40 hours per bi-weekly pay cycle)
Pay Rate: Up to $40.00/hr
Start Date: May 14th, 2026
I am currently partnering with a high-growth Medical Manufacturing company based in Burnaby, BC, to find an immediate Payroll Specialist.
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This is a 1-2 month contract designed to support their bi-weekly payroll window. While this is a temporary coverage role, there is a potential for permanency for a high-performing candidate who is local to the Lower Mainland.
This role follows a specific bi-weekly rhythm to align with critical processing deadlines:
Week 1: Thursday and Friday (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM PST)
Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM PST)
Totaling 40 hours every two weeks.
Advantages
True Remote Flexibility: Work from home anywhere in Canada while supporting a BC success story.
Career Growth: Join a company during an exponential growth phase.
Compeititve Pay: Up to $40/hr
Responsibilities
High-Volume Processing: Support Canadian payroll for 900+ employees (Hourly & Salaried).
Complex Logistics: Manage timecard validation for a manufacturing environment with 20+ different shift rotations.
Technical Support: Handle manual adjustments, retro-pay, and post-processing payroll journal entries.
Collaboration: Partner with Finance and Talent teams to ensure accurate processing of terminations and salary changes.
Qualifications
System Expertise: Minimum 1+ year of hands-on experience with Ceridian Dayforce. You must be able to hit the ground running with zero system training.
Excel Skills: Proficiency with VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables is required for data validation.
Industry Background: Previous experience in a Manufacturing or Production environment is highly preferred due to the complexity of hourly shift rotations.
Reliability: You must be able to commit to the May 14th start date and the specific cyclical schedule mentioned above.
Summary
If you are a Dayforce expert available to start next week, please apply with your resume today. I am vetting candidates over the weekend for interviews on Monday!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Payroll Specialist (Dayforce Expert) – 2-Month Contract
Location: Fully Remote (Canada-wide – must work PST hours)
Schedule: Part-time / Cyclical (40 hours per bi-weekly pay cycle)
Pay Rate: Up to $40.00/hr
Start Date: May 14th, 2026
I am currently partnering with a high-growth Medical Manufacturing company based in Burnaby, BC, to find an immediate Payroll Specialist.
This is a 1-2 month contract designed to support their bi-weekly payroll window. While this is a temporary coverage role, there is a potential for permanency for a high-performing candidate who is local to the Lower Mainland.
This role follows a specific bi-weekly rhythm to align with critical processing deadlines:
Week 1: Thursday and Friday (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM PST)
Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM PST)
Totaling 40 hours every two weeks.
Advantages
True Remote Flexibility: Work from home anywhere in Canada while supporting a BC success story.
Career Growth: Join a company during an exponential growth phase.
Compeititve Pay: Up to $40/hr
Responsibilities
High-Volume Processing: Support Canadian payroll for 900+ employees (Hourly & Salaried).
...
Complex Logistics: Manage timecard validation for a manufacturing environment with 20+ different shift rotations.
Technical Support: Handle manual adjustments, retro-pay, and post-processing payroll journal entries.
Collaboration: Partner with Finance and Talent teams to ensure accurate processing of terminations and salary changes.
Qualifications
System Expertise: Minimum 1+ year of hands-on experience with Ceridian Dayforce. You must be able to hit the ground running with zero system training.
Excel Skills: Proficiency with VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables is required for data validation.
Industry Background: Previous experience in a Manufacturing or Production environment is highly preferred due to the complexity of hourly shift rotations.
Reliability: You must be able to commit to the May 14th start date and the specific cyclical schedule mentioned above.
Summary
If you are a Dayforce expert available to start next week, please apply with your resume today. I am vetting candidates over the weekend for interviews on Monday!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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