Payroll Administrator

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

The Payroll Administrator calculates and maintains records of all withholdings, provides various reports of payroll activities to management for use in business decisions, and to government agencies as requested. This position also provides back-up to the Finance Team. Administer the full cycle payroll for salaried and unionized employees, including timesheet review, time entry, identification and resolution of coding errors, direct deposit preparation and paystub distribution.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process weekly payroll, communicate with all internal stakeholders and employees in the field
• Maintain confidential employee records and files
• Be the contact for unions, prepare union remittances and complete required reporting
• Ensure all union agreements are up to date and maintain union tables within the accounting system
• Prepare all required government forms (ROEs) and remittances
• Stay current with payroll regulations, standards and best practices
• Assist with design and implementation of efficiency initiatives (new software, paperless office)
• Prepare labour reports as required by Construction / Service / Safety department

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• 2+ years of work experience preparing payroll using a computerized payroll system
• Must possess or be working towards a Canadian Payroll Association PCP or CPM designation or equivalent experience
• Multi-province payroll experience (Ontario and Quebec) is considered an asset.
• Experience with accounting concepts related to payroll
• Able to deal with people sensitivity, tactfully, diplomatically, and professionally at all times
• Experience with UKG would be an asset
• Experience in a union environment is required
• Proficient using Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook etc.)

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.