Description

Robert Half seeks a Payroll Administrator to help process payroll with proficiency. This might be the right opportunity for your career if you can handle a dynamic work environment that requires strong communication skills and problem-solving abilities. This opportunity ensures you will be part of a dynamic team for career growth. This Payroll Administrator opportunity is located in Oshawa, Ontario and is a long-term contract opportunity.

What you get to do every day:

• Exercise of proper data management by collecting, calculating, and entering payroll data
• Payroll record maintenance by tracking changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers
• Help payroll manage all internal and external audits
• Exercise review and verification of source documents
• Execute relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports to circulate amongst department heads
• Resolve payroll discrepancies via information collection and analysis
• Reconcile employee deductions and other liabilities as needed
• Handle all payroll information questions and requests
• Understand and report necessary changes to payroll operations by maintaining established policies and procedures
• Preparing reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages
• Continue employee confidence in payroll operations by keeping sensitive information confidential
• Put together summaries of employer social security, unemployment, and worker compensation payments and employee federal and state income and social security taxes to calculate all payroll liabilities

Requirements

• 3+ years of payroll experience
• Meet and uphold Certified Payroll Professional criteria
• Prior experience working with collections/accounting software
• Knowledgeable of basic accounting principles and solid financial acumen
• Experience with high volume data entry
• Capable of managing high volume multi-state payroll, billing, licensing, AP, etc.
• Expertise with internal controls
• Proven knowledge and experience processing bi-weekly Payroll for over 500 employees
• Practical knowledge of PeopleSoft
• Expertise in Union Dues
• Sharp, analytical thinking abilities, always seeking to draw connections and identify the "why"
• General proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel preferred