Payroll Specialist

King Business Solutions

City of Leduc

On-site

CAD 52,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

RRSP & TFSA matching
Life insurance
Health Spending Account
Wellness Spending Account

Job summary

King Business Solutions, a bookkeeping firm based in Leduc, Alberta, seeks a Payroll Specialist to deliver payroll services to clients across Canada under the supervision of Managing Partner Melissa Lenos. The role involves managing deadlines, ensuring compliance with payroll legislation, and reconciling accounts across payroll software.

Candidates should have advanced Excel skills, professional communication, and the ability to work independently or in a team.

Qualifications

  • Must complete Wagepoint, Xero and QBO certifications within 3 months.
  • Advanced Excel skills with efficient sheet creation.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
  • Ability to work independently or in a team.
  • Detail-oriented and accurate with data.
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to change.
  • Uphold professional codes of conduct and ethics.

Responsibilities

  • Manage payroll deadlines for clients, ensuring no deadlines are missed.
  • Ensure payroll legislation is followed and updated as required by legislation updates.
  • Reconcile all payroll accounts on the balance sheet to ensure payroll entries clear.
  • Post outside payroll to the accounting software promptly ensuring all accounts on the balance sheet reconcile to the payroll software.
  • Setting up memorized entries, when able, in the client files to alleviate manual entry.
  • Work on client files, using Hubdoc / QBO / Xero / QuickBooks Desktop / Sage / AgExpert
  • Complete engagements in an effective and efficient manner, ensuring accuracy and completeness
  • Assist with bookkeeping engagement when requested
  • Complete additional responsibilities and activities as requested

Skills

Values alignment
Advanced Excel
Professional communication
Data entry
Organizational skills
Learning agility
Attention to detail
Team collaboration
Independence
Professional ethics

Tools

Wagepoint
Xero
QBO

Job description

At King Business Solutions we Value

KIND

We are considerate and compassionate when we speak and act.

We initiate truthful conversations and protect the confidence of our people.

INTEGROUS

We are accurate and forthcoming when interact and work because we are committed to reliable information, results, and relationships.

NURTURING

We are committed to creating a safe space for you to be heard, ask questions, and learn.

We support you through a personalized and collaborative approach.

GROWTH MINDSET

Our TEAM’s proven track record is here to support you as you build and develop.

We strive to anticipate your next level and we are prepared for it!

King Business Solutions is a bookkeeping firm home raised in Leduc, serving all of Canada.

The Payroll Specialist provides payroll solutions to clients, under the supervision of the Managing Partner, Melissa Lenos.

King Business Solutions Inc. (KBS) strives to be the support our clients rely on, as they build their business, and achieve or exceed their goals.

Job Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Manage payroll deadlines for clients, ensuring no deadlines are missed
  • Ensure that payroll legislation is followed and updated as required by legislation updates
  • Reconcile all payroll accounts on the balance sheet to ensure that payroll entries are clearing correctly
  • Post outside payroll to the accounting software promptly ensuring all accounts on the balance sheet reconcile to the payroll software
  • Setting up memorized entries, when able, in the client files to alleviate the need for manual entry
  • Work on client files, using Hubdoc / QBO / Xero / QuickBooks Desktop / Sage / AgExpert
  • Complete engagements in an effective and efficient manner, ensuring accuracy and completeness
  • Assist with bookkeeping engagement when requested
  • Complete additional responsibilities and activities as requested
Required Skills & Experience
  • You understand and agree to work with the same VALUES upheld by KBS
  • Complete certification for Wagepoint, Xero, and QBO within the first three (3) months of employment
  • Advanced excel knowledge, being able to use them effectively and efficiently, creating and maintaining sheets
  • Communicate in a professional manner both written and verbally, using correct grammar and no texting lingo
  • Prepare business correspondence in a professional manner; including but not limited to emails, corporate letters, and memos, when requested documents etc.
  • Exceptional organizational and time management skills
  • Ability to work with and improve disorganized records
  • Enter data accurately with a sense of urgency
  • Detail oriented and accurate in task and completion
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to change
  • Possesses a positive attitude, able to work independently or as part of a team, and shows exceptional tact and sensitivity with clients
  • You uphold all professional membership codes of conduct and ethics that you belong to when applicable
Working Conditions
  • Specifics will be outlined in individual contracts and the KBS Employee Handbook (BambooHR)
  • This position reports to Melissa Lenos
  • Compensation will depend on prior experience and will include, matching RRSP & TFSA, life insurance package, HSA and WSA benefits

Those chosen for the next portion of interviewing will be contacted, anyone not moved forward to the next portion, thank you for your interest in the position.

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