Senior Payroll Specialist (15-month term)

Job summary

The Senior Payroll Specialist manages payroll operations, including processing data, auditing time records, and ensuring compliance with tax and withholding requirements. They also resolve payroll inquiries, analyze financial reports, and collaborate with the accounting team on reconciliations.

Job details

Overview Are you a detailed oriented professional passionate about ensuring accuracy in financial processes? As a Senior Corporate Payroll Specialist, you will play a crucial role in managing payroll operations and maintaining data integrity. You will process payroll, audit time records and ensure that all new hire and change form entries are accurately recorded. Collaborate with industry experts and committed teams to deliver timely and accurate payroll support. This role is a termperary role, lasting up to 15 months. Apply now and transform your career with us. What you will be doing Processes payroll within Company assigned frequencies, which includes compiling payroll data such as hours worked, taxes, insurance, and withholding union dues, and preparing and issuing paychecks. Processes timely and accurate wage assignments, garnishments, child support orders, and employment verifications. Audits all system entries for new hires, status and compensation change and termination submissions with the support of the HR Data Entry team. Responds and resolves payroll inquiries in a timely and compliance manner and within prescribed methods. Analyzes payroll reports such as Job Costs, Gross Payroll Registers, Vacation Reports to ensure accurate and timely tracking and accruals. Supports reconciliation of outstanding payroll checks with the corporate Accounting team. What we are looking for High School diploma/GED required. 5+ years’ experience with payroll processing. Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field preferred. Union, Construction, Hourly and Salary payroll knowledge required. Able to work collaboratively in a team environment. Technical expertise regarding payroll processing, resolution methodology and client communications. Able to effectively and efficiently facilitate complex payroll processing. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite of products preferred. Above average planning and organizational skills preferred. Preferred: Dayforce and ADP experience French Language Why work for us Some of the benefits you may be eligible for as an employee are: Comprehensive compensation package and paid time off program Industry leading 401(k)/RRSP Medical/Extended Health Care, Dental, Vision and/or Provincial Medical Wellness benefits & Employee Assistance Program Tuition Reimbursement Program We are an EEO/ADA/Veterans employer. Salary Min CAD $80,000.00/Yr. Salary Max CAD $95,000.00/Yr.

What you’ll do

The Senior Payroll Specialist manages payroll operations, including processing data, auditing time records, and ensuring compliance with tax and withholding requirements. They also resolve payroll inquiries, analyze financial reports, and collaborate with the accounting team on reconciliations.

Requirements

Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and at least 5 years of experience in payroll processing, with specific knowledge of union and construction payroll. An associate degree in a related field is preferred, along with proficiency in Microsoft Suite and experience with Dayforce or ADP.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation package • Paid time off program • 401(k)/RRSP • Medical insurance • Extended health care • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Provincial medical • Wellness benefits • Employee assistance program • Tuition reimbursement program

Listed skills

• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Planning · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Payroll processing
• Data integrity
• Financial reporting
• Time record auditing
• Wage assignments
• Garnishments
• Child support orders
• Employment verification
• Reconciliation
• Union payroll
• Construction payroll
• Microsoft suite
• Dayforce
• ADP
• Planning
• Organizational skills
• Payroll Reporting
• Payroll Processing
• Ceridian Dayforce
• Organizational Skills
• Time Off Management
• Corporate Accounting
• Accounting
• Accruals
• Auditing
• Child Support
• Communication
• Data Entry
• Data Integrity
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Finance
• French Language
• Operations

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Human Resources
• Construction
• Administrative
• Payroll Specialist
• Payroll Specialist (General)
• Payroll Clerks
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks