Payroll Associate - Payroll Services - Temporary Full-Time 2026-18406 (2026-18406)
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Payroll Services at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is seeking a detail-oriented and customer-focused Payroll Associate to join our Payroll team on a 18-month temporary contract. As a member of the bargaining unit, this position is responsible for the accurate and timely administration of payroll for unionized and non-unionized employees, ensuring compliance with collective agreements, payroll legislation, organizational policies, and established payroll procedures.
The successful candidate will possess strong analytical and customer service skills, a high degree of accuracy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced payroll environment.
Key Tasks
Payroll Administration
The successful candidate will possess strong analytical and customer service skills, a high degree of accuracy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced payroll environment.
Key Tasks
Payroll Administration
- Process payroll transactions accurately and on schedule for unionized and non-unionized employees.
- Import payroll templates and reconcile payroll data to payroll totals.
- Review, investigate, and correct timecard and payroll discrepancies.
- Process employee terminations and final pay calculations.
- Prepare and submit Records of Employment (ROEs).
- Prepare payroll disbursement requisitions and related documentation.
- Update payroll records for employees returning from leaves of absence.
- Calculate, process, and recover payroll overpayments as required.
- Administer union dues setup and maintenance, ensuring accurate employee deductions and compliance with collective agreement requirements
- Administer garnishment orders and related payroll deductions.
- Calculate and process retroactive payments in accordance with collective agreements, policy changes, and payroll requirements on a bi-weekly basis.
- Respond to payroll-related inquiries from employees and management in a timely and professional manner.
- Assist employees in navigating Employee Self-Service (ESS) tools and resources.
- Provide support in interpreting pay statements, earnings, deductions, and payroll calculations
- Completion of a college diploma in Payroll, Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation, or enrollment in the PCP program, is considered an asset.
- Experience processing payroll in a unionized environment is preferred.
- Working knowledge of payroll legislation, Employment Standards, Canada Revenue Agency requirements, and collective agreement provisions related to payroll administration.
- Experience with computerized payroll and HRIS systems.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet strict payroll deadlines.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Process and reconcile payroll for unionized and non-unionized employees, including terminations, leaves, overpayments, deductions, garnishments, retroactive payments, and Records of Employment. Respond to employee and management inquiries and help employees use self-service tools and understand their pay.
Requirements
A college diploma in payroll, accounting, business administration, human resources, or a related discipline - or equivalent education and experience - is required. The role calls for payroll knowledge, preferably in a unionized environment, experience with computerized payroll or HRIS systems, intermediate Excel skills, strong accuracy and analytical abilities, and effective customer service and communication; PCP designation or enrollment is an asset.
Skills
- Payroll Administration
- Payroll Processing
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Timecard Discrepancy Resolution
- Final Pay Calculations
- Records Of Employment
- Payroll Overpayment Recovery
- Union Dues Administration
- Garnishment Administration
- Retroactive Payment Processing
- Payroll Legislation
- Customer Service
- Analytical Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- HRIS Systems
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Human Resources
- Administrative
- Customer Service & Support
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Payroll Services
- Payroll Administration
- Unionized Payroll
- Non-Unionized Payroll
- Payroll Transactions
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Timecards
- Employee Terminations
- Final Pay
- Records Of Employment
- Payroll Disbursements
- Leaves Of Absence
- Payroll Overpayments
- Union Dues
- Garnishments
- Retroactive Payments
- Collective Agreements
- Payroll Legislation
- Employment Standards
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Computerized Payroll Systems
- HRIS
- Employee Self-Service
- Payroll Compliance Practitioner
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office