Job Description
A Payroll Clerk position has opened up at a growing company that Robert Half has partnered with whose duties include supporting the Payroll department in a variety of duties. This role is located in the Ottawa, Ontario area. This is a challenging position that is best suited for a self-starter looking to further their career path and work with an industry leader. The dynamic company has an open position for a skilled candidate capable of effectively communicating with both the internal team and outside customers to join their fast-growing team. The Payroll Clerk will tackle challenges in data entry, reconciliation of timecards, paycheck distribution and providing statements to various departments. This Payroll Clerk opportunity is offered on a long-term contract / temporary basis.
Your responsibilities in this role
- Be the main point of instruction/training contact to employees regarding payroll-related best practices
- Compile data into spreadsheets and the payroll system
- Build and run custom reports
- File, scan, fax, and perform other clerical duties as required
- Administer and distribute reports as instructed
- Communicate with organization employees via a variety of channels to obtain approvals of timesheets
- Data entry into spreadsheets and the payroll system
- Canadian Payroll experience desired
- PeopleSoft experience
- Payroll experience highly desired
- Expertise in expense reports
- Deep understanding of benefits administration
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Highly organized, attentive, has a sense of urgency, flexible and able to deal with frequent interruptions and changing priorities
- Previous payroll experience
- Data entry, document management, file creation and previous records experience required
- Knowledgeable in Payroll software
- High attention to detail and possesses excellent organizational and writing skills
- Eagerness to master new systems
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