Hybrid Payroll Implementation Specialist

at Clio - Cloud-Based Legal Technology

• Job title: Payroll Implementation Specialist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$105,600 - CA$158,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vancouver, Canada

About the role

• Payroll & Implementation Specialist leading global payroll transformation initiatives for Clio's Payroll team. Managing comprehensive payroll projects and ensuring compliance across multiple countries.

Responsibilities

• Lead global payroll projects end-to-end, including implementations, migrations, vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, major system updates/upgrades, country launches, and M&A integrations.
• Support discovery, requirements gathering, current- and future-state process mapping, data readiness, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare for payroll and benefits-related changes.
• Partner cross-functionally with PSA (HRIS), Total Rewards, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and regional People teams to ensure payroll and benefit changes are implemented safely, compliantly, and with strong operational adoption.
• Support payroll processing and key validations to understand current-state workflows, identify risks or control gaps, and improve implementation outcomes.
• Help strengthen payroll controls, documentation, audit readiness, and continuous improvement efforts across systems, processes, and vendor-supported workflows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of payroll experience, with exposure to global payroll operations, payroll implementations, transformations, or major process and system changes.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations and controls, including reconciliations, approvals, variance analysis, audit-ready documentation, and compliance-focused process design.
• Experience supporting vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, or system upgrades that impact payroll inputs, deductions, funding, reporting, or employee experience.
• Strong project management and cross-functional partnership skills, with the ability to coordinate across Payroll, HRIS, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and People teams.
• Familiarity with payroll platforms and tools such as CloudPay, Remote, Workday integrations, or similar systems.
• A high level of attention to detail, ownership, and comfort working independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Demonstrated interest in elevating your craft using AI.
• Serious bonus points if you have: Hands-on experience with CloudPay and/or Remote, including implementation, migration, or stabilization work.
• Workday HRIS/payroll integration experience, including interfaces, pay element mapping, reporting, and exception handling.
• Experience leading or supporting payroll-related vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, or large-scale system upgrades.
• Experience with UAT, parallel runs, go-live support, and hypercare for payroll or benefits-related changes.
• Experience working across multiple countries, payroll models, or complex global payroll environments.
• Payroll certifications or advanced payroll compliance, systems, or project management training.

Benefits

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance
• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.
• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
• $2000 annual counseling benefit
• RRSP matching and RESP contribution
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years