Manager – Payroll Analytics

Job Title: Manager – Payroll Analytics

Location: Calgary, AB (Onsite)

Estimated Duration: Fulltime

About Us:
 
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

The Opportunity:
Manager – Payroll Analytics
The Manager, Payroll Analytics, is accountable for end-to-end payroll governance, forecasting accuracy, and labour performance insights across the SportChek, PHL, and Mark’s Banners. This role ensures payroll is accurate, compliant, forecast-aligned, and decision-useful, while enabling leaders to actively manage labour as a strategic driver of sales, productivity, and margin.

Payroll Performance Management & Governance

• Own weekly payroll performance tracking versus forecast, budget, and prior year (Payroll %, Payroll $, Sales per Hour, Cost per Hour).
• Ensure payroll actuals are accurately captured, reconciled, and aligned across reporting tools and SharePoint / Power BI outputs.
• Act as the single point of accountability for payroll variance explanations and financial narratives.

Labour Forecasting & Planning

• Partner with FP&A and Store Operations to develop and maintain weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll forecasts.
• Translate sales outlooks into labour demand using labour models and scheduling assumptions.
• Support preliminary and final payroll plans during budget and reforecast cycles.

Weekly Reporting & Business Insights

• Lead weekly payroll reporting including WBM summaries and XTD/YTD views.
• Explain payroll performance drivers, separating sales leverage from true labour efficiency.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities early and recommend corrective actions.

Labour Model & Scheduling Enablement

• Own and continuously improve labour models translating sales plans into planned hours by role and task.
• Ensure scheduling tools and assumptions are operationally realistic and consistently applied.
• Support Field AVPs and Store Leaders in interpreting labour insights.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary payroll liaison between Finance, Store Operations, HR, and Data teams.
• Lead recurring payroll discussions and ensure insights are clearly communicated to leadership.

Process Improvement & Capability Building

• Identify opportunities to simplify payroll reporting and automate manual processes.
• Support transitions in payroll systems, data pipelines, and reporting standards.
• Contribute to playbooks, training materials, and best-practice payroll governance.

Core Skills & Capabilities

• Strong understanding of retail payroll, labour economics, and store operations
• Advanced financial and analytical skills with strong business judgment
• Ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights
• Strong stakeholder management and influence without authority

Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Finance, Payroll, Labour Analytics, or Retail Operations Finance
• Experience supporting multi-store retail environments
• Exposure to payroll systems, labour scheduling, and financial planning processes

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
 
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
 
Accommodations:
 
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.