Payroll Specialist

Job description

The Opportunity The incumbent is responsible for effectively and accurately processing complex biweekly payrolls in a high-volume payroll department. The incumbent will act as a resource to our residences and internal departments for payroll matters and ensures that the payroll policies and procedures are being followed and comply with internal and external audit requirements. Key Activities: - Processing the full cycle of multi-province, biweekly payrolls for salary and hourly employees in both union and non-union environments in an accurate and timely manner - Administer various payments such as but not limited to sick pay, retro pays, vacation pays - Respond to inquiries from internal departments and site management regarding payroll matters in a prompt, courteous and efficient manner - Review and applies relevant multiple union contracts ensuring all calculations in the payroll are correct - Process payments to third parties – garnishments, union dues, RRSP and pension payments ensuring that deductions are in accordance with provincial and federal legislations and according to union agreements and corporate policies - Ensure that monthly and year end regulatory filings are comp...