Payroll Team Lead

• Jun 2023 - Present

Payroll Administrator

• Apr 2021 - May 2023

• Processing employee rehires, transfers, maternity leaves, terminations and withholdings.• Overseeing payroll processing to comply with tax laws and court-ordered wage assignments and garnishments.• Supporting payrolls, driving timely and accurate payment of employee wages.• Preparing manual checks and submitting direct deposit through online banking.• Anticipating potential payroll issues and questions to take proactive action and prevent development of problems.• Tracking employee vacation, personal and sick leave earnings and coordinating with HR.• Recording adjustments to previous pay-related errors.• Training new employees on company timekeeping systems.• Preparing end-of-period payroll tax returns, T2200 forms.• Providing pay-related information to employees and managers on benefit plans, tax issues and collective bargaining provisions.• Updating on tax law changes that applied to payroll process.• Extracting information from payroll system and generated reports for various departments and vendors. Show less

Payroll Administrator

• Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

• Assisting in processing timesheets and producing cheques for a large amount of employees weekly. • Preparing monthly union reports and remit payments for all union benefits. • Processing wage increases as indicated on union schedules. • Responding to Government inquiries in a professional manner and produce letters of employment. • Processing Retro payments, vacation pay, leave of Absence and other adjustments. • Spot checking audit payroll reports to catch errors. • Preparing confidential payroll related filings and supporting documentation, such as year-end tax statements, pension, Records of Employment and other statements. • Formulating and validating statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, tracking of pay stubs on timely basis, garnishments and insurance and pension plans. • Ensuring Payroll calendars, current year taxes are up to date. • Identifying and resolving payroll discrepancies. • Assisting and Coordinating with HR and Accounting department. • Preparing invoices for accounting and auditing purposes. Show less

Accounts Payable

• Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

• Assembled, reviewed and verified invoices and check requests. • Entered and uploaded invoices into system, posted transactions to journals, ledgers and other records. • Tracked expenses and processed expense reports. • Preparing and processing electronic transfers, check runs and payments. • Reconciled accounts payable transactions, produced monthly reports. • Researched and resolved invoice discrepancies and issues. • Corresponded with vendors, assisted with month end and responded to inquiries. • Provided supporting documentation for audits. • Retained accurate historical records and maintaining vendor files. • Preserved confidentiality of organizational information. Show less

Volunteer- Accounts & Payroll Assistant

• Jun 2019 - Nov 2019

• Retained and updated employee information, such as records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements using QuickBooks/ERP. • Prepared, verified and administered all employee payroll related payments, including regular pay, benefit payments, and special payments such as bonuses and vacation pay. • Compiled, reviewed, and monitored statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts. • Arranged tax returns and perform other personal bookkeeping services. • Retained financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems. Show less

Accounts and finance assistant

• Mar 2015 - Aug 2018

• Examined and analyzed journal and ledger entries, bank statements, inventories, expenditures, tax returns and other accounting and financial records. • Conformity with established Accounting standards, procedures and internal controls. • Prepared detailed reports on audit findings and made recommendations to improve individual or establishment's accounting and management practices. • Coded, totalled, batched, entered, verified and reconciled transactions such as accounts payable and receivable, payroll, purchase orders, cheques, invoices and cheque requisitions. Show less