Payroll Administrator

**Viking Projects Ltd is looking for a qualified Payroll Administrator to be come a core member of our Finance Team.**

The Payroll Administrator will provide services for both Viking Projects Ltd and Leif Services Ltd. This position is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate weekly pay runs are completed, maintaining filing and records system(s), data entry to HRIS, and other related functions. This position will also support the Accounts Payable function by helping to optimize the financial transactions and systems.

**Essential Functions**:
Payroll
- Process payroll for up to 300 people on a weekly basis
- Ensure wages and tax withholdings comply with regulations
- Prepare, review, and reconcile payroll and benefits reports
- Reporting and issuing ROE's, T4's, WCB, and payroll deduction remittances
- Process garnishments, terminations, and final pay calculations
- Perform pay adjustment entries, including taxable benefits and TD1
- Point of contact for employees' questions related to payroll
- Maintain HRIS process, entering employee information, attendance, leave, vacation, etc.
- Contribute towards the development or implementation of payroll policies, procedures, or processes

Accounting
- Receive and post payables information into accounting system
- Review invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
- Reconcile vendor statements
- make necessary corrections
- Perform invoice and general ledger data entry
- Generate purchase orders as required
- Administration of vendor account database
- Process weekly payment cycles
- Support month-end and year-end reporting
- Assist senior financial officers as needed

Administration
- Maintain payroll and accounting files and documentation in accordance with provincial, federal, and company guidelines
- Respond to customer inquiries related to payables
- Develop reports as requested
- General administrative duties
- Support front desk coverage as required
- Stay current with professional development and maintain updates on changes that affect payroll and finance rules, reporting, and other regulations.

This roles is expected to react to changes and take on additional tasks/projects as required.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Sage 100 accounting experience(or related HRIS/Payroll Program)
- Demonstrated knowledge of payroll taxes, CPP, EI, Statutory remittances and interprovincial legislation
- Understand the basic principles of finance, accounting, and bookkeeping
- Highly analytical and attention to detail
- ability to work both independently and in a team
- Ability to keep confidences
- worker and company
- Strong mathematical skill with ability to spot numerical errors
- Strong knowledge of Employment Standard

**Education and Experience (minimum requirements)**
- Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) Designation
- Minimum 2 years direct payroll experience (preference for seasonal operations experience)
- Must be bondable
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (specifically excel)