Payroll Specialist - North York
Compensation: $60,000 - $75,000 + discretionary bonus + 2-3 weeks’ vacation + benefits
Duties & Responsibilities:
Process weekly hourly payroll
- Enter new hires, review timesheet (clean up punches, missing punches, log sick/vacation/bereavement tracking
- Enter payroll corrections from previous week, calculate shift premiums, training incentive pay, enter bereavement pay, calculate vacation payout, calculate classification rate changes, pay out bonus, RRSP and taxable life & RRSP calculations.
Process semi-monthly payroll -
- Enter new hires, calculate any pay adjustments, pay commission, enter tax info, pay any bonus incentives, calculate all taxable benefits and adjust accordingly throughout the year.
- Prepare offer letters for new employees
- Prepare job descriptions; post on hiring platforms, review resumes, set up interviews -all locations
- Conduct interviews, screen candidates, recommend to managers.
- Perform reference checks if employees are not hired through an agency
- Prepare new hire packages; tax forms, contact information, banking information etc.
- Conduct new employee orientation, including providing H&S safety link, training on positive workplace and drug and alcohol policy, review HR handbook, and arrange for ISO training
- Prepare and provide training for annual Positive Workplace policy training and drug and alcohol policy
- Process and pay out quarterly Quality Bonus Plan
- Manual tracking of vacation, sick time, leave of absence for employees across all locations
- Calculate vacation accrual percentage based on seniority dates and payout vacation accrual for all hourly employees
- Scan and maintain confidential employee files
- Prepare and issue employee warning letters (verbal, first written warning, suspension)
- Prepare termination letters - assist in termination process with managers
- Responsible for all union related items; facilitate weekly union meeting, review issues on the floor with union and management, process letter of understanding, post internal jobs, update seniority list, handle grievance process, union negotiations, prepare rate reports, process annual increases, et
- Responsible for all Health and Dental benefit administration, review benefit renewal rates, enter new employees into benefit plan, terminate employees, enter dependent information and overage student updates, handle all employee inquires
What You Bring To The Team
- 2-3 years payroll experience in a similar role
- Accounting experience an asset.
- Advanced Microsoft Word and Excel skills
- Advanced knowledge of Ceridian Dayforce