Job Description

Location: Markham, Ontario

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At Pet Valu we understand that your pet is a part of the family because we're devoted pet lovers too. We have been providing pets with everything they need to live healthy, happy, and active lives for more than 40 years.

Our employees are the key to our success! As a growing organization, our employees apply their creativity and innovative ideas as they take ownership of their projects and growth. We pride ourselves in providing an open environment by managing with approachability and providing support to allow for growth and career development.

The Payroll Administrator works in the HR department and reports to the Payroll Manager. This role is responsible for completing the company's bi-weekly payroll and supports the Payroll Manager with payroll accounting activities. The incumbent will interact with numerous contacts in a multi-location organization to obtain required payroll information and solve various payroll issues.

What will you do?

• Complete payroll bi-weekly

• Process bonuses such as STM, Groomer, DM/SM, referral bonuses, signing bonuses, etc.
• Calculate manual retros (including missing stat pay), as required.
• Audit retro results and 0 Net / Over 5K pay results.
• Process payroll in Workday (running pay calculations, retros, pay complete, settlement, etc.)
• Reconcile ADP file to GL.
• Process manual cheque requests, as required.
• Audit terminations and leaves of absence to ensure correct payout.
• Process new garnishment orders and coordinate payment of garnishments/third party payments.
• Follow up on WCB payroll reporting and payment of premiums before the deadlines.
• Follow up on outstanding information to ensure payroll is processed on time.
• Audit and correct ROEs before submission to Service Canada, entering in ROE Web when required.
• Answer inquiries from Service Canada and WCB.
• Complete Statistics Canada wage surveys.
• Responsible for payroll inbox and answering employee questions regarding pay/vacation/ROE/T4 etc.
• Maintain vacation accrual spreadsheet to ensure vacation GL is balanced.
• Maintain RRSP contribution spreadsheet to ensure contribution limit is not exceeded.
• Complete monthly vacation audits to ensure Workday balance accuracy.
• Calculate termination/severance payouts and create payment schedules.
• Provide reporting to finance as needed.
• Work with payroll manager to reconcile payroll accounting.
• Assist with month-end booking and reconciliation.
• Assist with year-end reconciliation and processing.
• Work with Payroll Manager to audit and process T4's annually.
• Provide HR assistance and reception relief when required.

• Post-secondary education in Finance, Business, Payroll, HR
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a similar role
• CPA designation, or in progress
• Experience in a retail industry an asset
• Prior experience with Workday an asset

• Written communication
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Interpersonal savvy
• Functional/technical skills
• Composure
• Customer focus