Get the skills towards a career in Payroll Administrator

Payroll administrators collect, verify, and process payroll information and determine pay and benefit entitlements for employees within a department, company, or other establishments. Their duties may include:

• Maintaining records of employee attendance, leave, and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, in Canadian and other currencies, using manual or computerized systems
• Preparing and verifying statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishees, and insurance and pension plans
• Preparing employee payments and benefit payments by cheque or electronic transfer
• Preparing Record of Employment forms
• Completing, verifying, and processing forms and documentation for administration of benefits
• Preparing T4 statements and other statements
• Providing information to employees on payroll matters, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions
• Compiling statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts
• Preparing and balancing period-end reports and reconciling issued payrolls to bank statements
• Operating computing, calculating, and other office equipment
• Applying payroll legislation