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Job Summary:
The Payroll Assistant supports the payroll team on payroll processes for all employees.  This position sorts and organizes all payroll change forms, employee information changes and benefit forms.  They also manage the Bring Forward Payroll system for all payroll changes, calculates and enters payroll and benefits information into a computerized payroll system, and verifies output.  Additionally, they generate, balances and distributes a variety of payroll and benefit reports, cheque advices, and statistical summaries.

Qualifications:
Two (2) years post-secondary education including classes in payroll, finance, accounting and/or office education.

Supplemented with one (1) year successful experience demonstrating the ability to do the following:

    Payroll calculations, including pay adjustments, overtime, overpayments, increments and tax calculations.
    Generate financial information into spreadsheets  including reports and statistical summaries.
    Typing speed of 35 net words per minute.
    A proven ability to organize work and complete assigned tasks efficiently, accurately and within established deadlines.
    Proven ability to follow policies and procedures including Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA), labour legislation, Canadian Payroll Association (CPA) guidelines, benefit policies and the collective bargaining agreement.
    Demonstrated sound judgment and a high level of clerical ability.