Payroll Administrator, Temporary Full Time

**Job Description**:
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Reporting to the Manager of Compensation and Payroll, the Payroll Administrator is responsible for the delivery of high quality payroll services in a manner that maximizes the use of technology and offers exemplary client service. This position is primarily responsible for providing payroll services for Ontario Health atHome Champlain and supporting the East Region of Ontario Health atHome as needed.

**What will you do?**
- Implements appropriate payroll processes and controls (e.g. checks and balances) to ensure completeness and accuracy of all payroll related activities
- Ensures payroll is administered in accordance with accounting principles, policies and procedures, collective agreements, and legislated requirements
- Performs manual calculations for cheques, leaves of absence, benefits and adjustments that impact pay
- Processes termination pay and completes Records of Employment (ROE’s)
- Responds to employee inquiries and initiates corrective action, as necessary, prepares T2200s and employment verification letters and makes adjustments to leave banks
- Provide information and analysis in response to ad hoc requests from senior management, other managers and external stakeholders
- Ensures proper account set-up and distribution of salary, positions and accounts in accordance with MIS guidelines
- Reconciles and remits payments through financial software (Quadrant Financials) for pension (HOOPP) and group benefits, union dues, garnishments, etc.
- Reviews payroll summaries for accuracy and completeness; initiates corrective action, as required
- Prepares invoices for CUPE and OPSEU for salary expenses for union leave
- Assists in the preparation of accruals and journal entries
- Promotes participation in corporate campaigns through payroll deductions, e.g. United Way
- Creates and maintains employee payroll files
- Keeps current with payroll legislation and industry best practices that may impact corporate policies and procedures and recommends changes to existing practices
- Responsible for contributing to the development of Finance and Corporate Services Initiatives, special projects and performs other duties as required
- Responsible for training employees on payroll system and processes
- Administration of Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
- Performs system administrator function for payroll system; identifies and recommends system enhancements and leads change necessary to maximize effectiveness of payroll system; maintains system security
- Ensures salary, pension and group benefits rate information is in accordance with contractual obligations; reconfigures system, conducts testing and implements changes, as required
- Ensures system accuracy and integrity through data entry, regular audits, problem-solving, and proactive monitoring and troubleshooting
- Takes corrective action in resolving error messages, system navigation problems, and other payroll system-generated discrepancies
- Creates user access profiles and provides training to employees on the use of the payroll system
- Generates reports by compiling and processing payroll data from source documents including, but not limited to, leave and other entitlements for hourly and salaried employees and processing changes, such as exemptions, group benefit coverage and garnishee payments
- Maintains scheduling units for Corporate staff
- Monitors daily automated voice attendant, records absences for corporate staff and inputs same into system
- Ensures correct deduction amounts for employee and employer portions of premiums
- Reconciles group benefits and pension plan remittance reports
- Prepares and balances monthly remittance reports to benefits and pension plan carriers
- Provides manual calculations for pension and benefits adjustments
- Provides employee and employer cost information to HOOPP regarding terminations and retirements
- Balances, prepares, and distributes T4’s, T4A’s and T2200’s to staff and remits electronic file to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Ensures completion of reporting requirements for Employer Health Tax (EHT), Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Calculates and reports pension adjustments and MDC
- Reconciles and submits annual pension plan contributions report
- Responds to inquiries regarding general ledger issues and concerns
- Conducts year-end audits, reconciliations and preparations related to all payroll accounts
- Other duties as assigned

**Date Posted**: September 24, 2024

**Team/Department**:Finance

**Hours of work: Rotational shift**:Monday to Friday, 830am to 430pm (37.5hrs/week)

**FTE**: 1.0

**Length of Temporary Assignment**:12 months

**Starting Salary**:$57,919.15 to $69,159.48

**Reports To**:Manager, Compensation and Payroll Finance and Corporate Services

**Affiliation**:MPE**

**What must you have?**

**Educational Qualifications & Experience**:

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