Payroll Administrator

5 days ago

Calgary AB, Calgary Census Division, AB; Alberta, Canada Contemporary Career Consultants Full-time

This is a 4-Month Contract Opportunity

Key skills and experience:

  • Previous payroll administration experience, ideally supporting Canadian and U.S. payroll
  • Good understanding of basic payroll processes, including:
  • Payroll data entry and employee changes
  • Earnings and deductions
  • Timesheet review and validation
  • Vacation, statutory holiday and other payroll-related transactions
  • Basic payroll reconciliation and auditing
  • UKG experience preferred
  • Kronos experience would be a definite asset
  • Experience working with time and attendance systems
  • Comfortable reviewing timesheets, identifying discrepancies and following up on missing or incorrect information
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy, especially when working with payroll data
  • Able to work with deadlines and manage multiple payroll-related tasks at the same time
  • Comfortable working with Excel and performing basic reconciliations
  • Able to handle confidential employee and payroll information appropriately
  • Strong organizational and follow-up skills
  • Able to work independently once processes and expectations have been explained
  • Previous experience providing payroll support during high-volume periods, leaves or temporary coverage would be ideal

Nice to have:

  • Experience in a multi-province payroll environment
  • Exposure to U.S. payroll would be an asset, but not required
  • Experience working with larger employee populations
  • Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation or payroll coursework would be an asset, but not necessary for the role