Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and initiate bi-weekly payroll for approximately 100 employees
- Update and maintain new hires, employee changes and terminations in the Company’s HR/payroll systems
- Calculate and track taxable benefits as they relate to employees
- Collect approved timesheets for hourly employees
- Calculate retro pay, sick pay, vacation pay, holiday pay, etc. based on supporting documentation
- Validate and ensure that all payroll changes are supported by approved documentation
- Investigate discrepancies with Ceridian Payroll and recommend solutions the Senior Corporate Accountant
- Maintain confidentiality in ALL aspects of the payroll cycle including updates to employee information (salary, benefits, terminations etc.)
- Prepare payroll related journal entries
- Assist with year-end procedures including the reconciliation of all government remittances, T4’s, T4A’s and completion of EHT and WCB annual returns
- Prepare monthly WSIB remittances
- Prepare salary change forms and salary increase letters
- Other duties as assigned (e.g. coding of corporate expenses)
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in full cycle payroll processing
- Strong payroll technical knowledge including relevant legislation, policies and regulations
- Good experience with bookkeeping or similar role is required
- Post-secondary certificate or diploma in accounting, payroll, business administration or a related field would be advantageous
- Proven experience in data collection, entry and reporting with great attention to detail and confidentiality
- Familiarity with general accounting principles
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills
- Excellent communication abilities with aptitude in problem-solving
- Bilingual in French is an asset
Accounting:
- Bookkeeping skills, experience doing prepaids, accrued liability, accounts payable, general and administrative expense and variance analysis
- Reconcile and maintain some corporate accounts G/L accounts to identify discrepancies requiring investigation
- Assist with month-end, quarterly and year end close processes
- Some reconciliations
- Associate degree in accounting or related field (open for discussion as it is not a must)
- 1 to (preferably 2 years’) experience in the Accounting or related field
Very Important:
- Highly proactive attitude
- Self-motivated individual with high level of attention to detail;
- Ability to prioritize
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel (Word, Outlook and Access)
- Work with minimal supervision (hit the ground running)
An Asset not a must:
- Experience in the automotive, leasing or financial auditing industries is an (asset)
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