Description

You're a good fit for this Payroll Administrator position if you have experience with Microsoft Office and are ready for a challenge. If you're looking for work as a Payroll Administrator, Robert Half is looking for candidates with dynamic communication and problem-solving skills who can process payroll effectively and efficiently. If you want to join a smart team, contact us today to start advancing your career in this fast-paced environment. Located in Toronto, Ontario, the Payroll Administrator is a long-term contract role.

What you get to do every day:

- Answer questions and requests related to payroll information

- Compile all information in reference to summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages for reports

- Handle reconciliation of employee deductions and other relevant liabilities

- Track payroll record changes by entering updates in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers

- Offer assistance with internal and external audits related to payroll

- Report needed changes after maintaining payroll operations according to established policies and procedures

- 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

- Execute relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports to circulate amongst department heads

- Manage other tasks as assigned

- Review source documents with necessary verification

- Certify compliance with federal and state regulations and guidelines

- Retrieve and assess information in order to resolve payroll discrepancies

- Proper payroll information maintenance by collecting, calculating, and entering data

Requirements

- 3+ years of relevant experience in payroll

- Prior experience working with accounting software

- Knowledge of federal and state payroll regulations and requirements

- Certified Payroll detail oriented designation favored

- Distinguished analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Previous experience handling high volume multi-state payroll, billing, licensing, AP, etc.

- Knowledge of internal controls

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

- Experience with high volume data entry

- Background working with Multistate Payroll

- Multi-state payroll experience highly preferred

- Previous experience working with manual payroll

- General familiarity with Weekly Payroll

- Prior experience with Payroll Tax Reporting

- Payroll tax experience desired

- Automated Payroll experience

- Good understanding of payroll systems for 100-500 employees

- Comprehension of payroll management

- Payroll Tax Returns experience preferred

- General familiarity with HR Payroll System

- Automated Payroll experience desired

- Payroll Law experience highly valued

- Expertise in Payroll Transaction

- Practical knowledge of International Payroll

- Foundational knowledge in Reconcile Payroll

- Knowledge of benefits payroll

- Demonstrated knowledge of payroll taxes

- Adeptness in Union Payroll

- Proficiency in Process Payroll

- Benefits payroll experience

- Ceridian Payroll System experience highly desired

- Earlier work involving payroll

- Demonstrated knowledge of Full Cycle Payroll

- Reconcile Payroll Prior experience highly desired

- Experience with Payroll Tax

- Hands-on experience with Payroll Tax Deposits

- Adeptness in Certified Payroll

- Knowledgeable of basic accounting principles and solid financial acumen

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles