Payroll officer

Vg Architects; Brantford; On-site; CAD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking available

Learning/training paid by employer

On-site amenities

Job summary

Vg Architects in Brantford, Ontario is seeking a payroll professional to manage payroll processing, reporting, and data integrity at a compact on-site office. The role requires experience handling earnings, deductions, and year-end tax forms with attention to detail.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of payroll or accounting experience, excellent communication skills, and proficiency with Easypay, QuickBooks, Excel and Word. On-site work with opportunities for learning and growth are provided.

Qualifications

• Secondary school graduation certificate or equivalent experience.
• 3 years to less than 5 years of experience in payroll or accounting roles.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and prepare cheques for payroll.
• Prepare statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans.
• Store, update and retrieve financial data.
• Prepare and balance period-end reports and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
• Prepare monthly statements.
• Complete and submit documentations for administration of benefits such as pension plans, leaves, share savings, employment and medical insurance.
• Inform employees about payroll matters and benefit plans.
• Compile statistics and reports.
• Maintain payroll.
• Maintain records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, using manual or computerized systems.
• Prepare T4 statements and other statements.
• Perform data entry.
• Prepare and submit reports.
• Ensure accuracy of financial transactions

Skills

Attention to detail

Client focus

Oral communication

Written communication

Flexibility

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Education

Secondary school diploma

Tools

Easypay

QuickBooks

MS Excel

MS Word

Accounting software

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE

3 years to less than 5 years

ON SITE

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

WORK SETTING

• Construction company
• Consulting firm

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Calculate and prepare cheques for payroll
• Prepare statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans
• Store, update and retrieve financial data
• Prepare and balance period-end reports and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements
• Prepare monthly statements
• Complete and submit documentations for administration of benefits such as pension plans, leaves, share savings, employment and medical insurance
• Inform employees about payroll matters and benefit plans
• Compile statistics and reports
• Maintain payroll
• Maintain records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, using manual or computerized systems
• Prepare T4 statements and other statements
• Perform data entry
• Prepare and submit reports
• Ensure accuracy of financial transactions

SUPERVISION

• 5-10 people

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE

• Easypay
• Quick Books
• MS Excel
• MS Word
• Accounting software

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Attention to detail
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills

BENEFITS

OTHER BENEFITS

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site amenities