Payroll & Benefits Administrator - Brampton, Canada - Waterford Executive

Description

Our client, a manufacturing company with its corporate Head Office located in the Brampton with branch manufacturing facilities located in Southwestern Ontario is looking for an experienced Payroll & Benefits Administrator. This will be an in-office role

Summary: The Payroll & Benefits Administrator will be responsible for the accurate and confidential administration of all aspects of payroll and related activities for the corporate head office and plant manufacturing facilities as well as administrative duties related to Human Resources, including general Recruiting duties.
Responsibilities:

• Process bi-weekly payroll for approximately 600 non-unionized, hourly and salaried employees using the ADP payroll system, processing government remittances, garnishments etc.,
• prepare related reports for senior management and journal entries for general ledger.
• Administer group benefits and registered retirement pension plan and related matters
• Process and administer monthly and annual government remittances and related regulatory filings (e.g.: EHT, WSIB, Source Deductions, T4 filings)
• Reconcile all payroll general ledger accounts to payroll registers on a monthly basis
• Maintain the HRIS system with accurate and current employee data
• Update and distribute departmental absentee reports
• Maintaining employee files and information
• providing Payroll & Benefits related information to employees on an as needed basis
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports such as overtime reports, daily head count reports, etc.
• Other duties as related to the coordination of the Payroll & Benefits function for the organization
• Other duties as required

Qualifications: -

• Minimum of FIVE years Payroll experience (weekly or bi-weekly for over 400 employees) with ADP/Time systems in a manufacturing environmentis an absolute requirement
• Minimum of FIVE years experience in Payroll & Benefits Administration
• Payroll & Benefits experience MUST be from within a manufacturing environment at a plant level.
• Knowledge of Pension Administration is considered an asset
• Certified Payroll Professional designation is preferred
• Excellent knowledge of ALL Payroll related Government regulations including the Employment Standards Act of Ontario
• Minimum College or other Payroll/Accounting and/or HR related Diploma from a recognized Canadian Higher Educational Institute

Skills Required for this position:

• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
• Fluency in Excel Spreadsheets, including macros is a requirement
• Excellent Verbal and Written English is a requirement of this position