Payroll Administrator

Contemporary Career Consultants; Calgary; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Contemporary Career Consultants in Calgary, Alberta, is seeking an experienced payroll professional to manage bi-weekly payroll processing and related financial activities.

You will input data in Dayforce, answer inquiries from employees and management, and prepare periodic reports for accounting and leadership. Strong analytic skills, attention to detail, and knowledge of Canadian payroll rules are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience with general ledger and payroll processing.
• Advanced computer skills including payroll database management and MS Office.
• Working knowledge of Dayforce.
• PCP designation is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong self-initiative and process-orientation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure bi-weekly payroll is processed timely and accurately, ensuring compliance with local, state, provincial and federal laws.
• Responsible for controlling timely and accurate payroll input through Dayforce.
• Answer and investigate payroll questions from employees, management, HR and accounting inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
• Reconcile, edit and audit discrepancies, preparing manual checks when appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with company policy and procedures.
• Work closely with HR on all changes to employee files and verify changes are reflected in the payroll system.
• Create and distribute accurate reports to accounting, management and field personnel in a timely and organized manner.
• Meet all deadlines including bi-weekly payroll processing, month and year end and audit requirements.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations and assist Accounting with other reconciliations.
• Assist with analyzing financial statements monthly and report variances.
• Assist with financial and tax audits.
• Prepare reports for garnishments, tax levies, child support, etc. for payment and deductions.
• Administer Canadian benefit and retirement savings programs.

Skills

Payroll processing

Dayforce

MS Office

Communication skills

Self-initiative

Education

PCP designation

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

• Ensure bi-weekly payroll is processed timely and accurately, ensuring with compliance with local, state, provincial and federal laws.
• Responsible for controlling timely and accurate payroll input through Dayforce.
• Responsible for answering and investigating payroll questions from employees, management, human resources and accounting inquiries in a timely and professional manner, communicating out any issues as appropriate.
• Reconciles, edits and audits discrepancies, preparing manual checks when appropriate.
• Ensures compliance with company policy and procedures.
• Works closely with human resources on all changes to employee files and verify changes are appropriately reflected in the payroll system.
• Responsible for creating and distributing accurate reports to accounting, management and field personnel in a timely and organized manner.
• Responsible for meeting all deadlines, including bi-weekly payroll processing, month and year end and audit requirements.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations and assist Accounting as needed with all other account reconciliations.
• Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report variances.
• Assist with financial and tax audits.
• Prepares reports for auditing garnishments, tax levies, child support payments, etc. for payment, and deductions.
• Administers Canadian benefit and retirement savings programs.
• Prepares periodic reports of earning, taxes and deductions.
• Audits, reports and maintains accruals and allocations.

Knowledge, Education, Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience with general ledger and payroll processing is required.
• Advanced computer skills and aptitude, including payroll database management and proficiency with MS Office Suite applications is required.
• Working knowledge of Dayforce
• PCP designation is required.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have strong self-initiative skills and a process-orientation background.