Payroll Clerk

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
**Work setting**:

- General office
**Tasks**:

- Prepare and verify statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans
- Perform clerical duties, such as maintain filing systems
- Prepare and balance period-end reports and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements
- Prepare monthly statements
- Inform employees about payroll matters and benefit plans
- Maintain payroll
- Maintain records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, using manual or computerized systems
- Prepare T4 statements and other statements
- Perform data entry
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Canadian Payroll Association's¿(CPA) payroll compliance practitioner¿(PCP)
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS Windows
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Public transportation is available
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Attention to detail
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Fast-paced environment
- Large workload
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- Mileage paid
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Travel insurance
- Variable or compressed work week
- Wellness program