Eaton's ES AMER PCS division is currently seeking a Payroll Processor - Contract. This is a temporary/contract position that can be based at our Burlington, ON or Mississauga, ON Eaton locations. This role offers a hybrid working schedule of two days remote and three days in office.
The Payroll Processor is responsible for processing, maintaining, and updating payroll records for approximately 1,5000 employees in 10 Canadian divisions, for both salary and hourly payrolls. This role will also be responsible for remitting all related payroll taxes, benefits, garnishments and WSIB premiums as required. Working with team to process Year End/Year Begin activities. Ensuring alignment of the payroll system with Canadian legislation while also ensuing compliance of payroll is a top priority of the role. The incumbent will be able to reconcile payroll sub-ledger to the general ledgers for both salary and hourly payroll, as well as process incentive payouts as required and reconcile source documents to the payroll system.
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What you'll do:
- Setup and maintain payroll data for approximately 1,100 employees across Canada, including hourly, salary and union employees. Includes both bi-weekly and semi-monthly payrolls for ten divisions.
- Maintain and remit all deductions, including federal and provincial government remittances, union, provincial health premiums, credit union, RRSP, United Way, garnishments, and WSIB premiums.
- Calculation of manual pays (advances, returns from leave, corrections, retroactive adjustments).
- Track and maintain payments for the DCBP to ensure payroll and payments are processed monthly for both active and inactive employees.
- Prepare annual vested vacation calculations, comparing vacation entitlement versus percentage of vacationable earnings, and then process additional vacation pay, if required.
- Process and calculate final pays for terminations, including vacation owed, pay-in-lieu, severance/retiring allowances and Records of Employment.
- Prepare monthly reconciliations for accounts as required (e.g.) Subledger to General Ledger, Incentive files to payroll, etc.
- Prepare monthly compensation reports for management.
- Work with Eaton Benefits Centre and U.S. benefits to ensure correct adjustments.
- Review and prepare annual T4s, T4As and RL1s, and complete summaries for each, for filing purposes.
- Work closely and assist Human Resources team and leadership ensuring complete confidentiality, when required with questions and reports.
Qualifications:
Basic (required) Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or post-secondary diploma from an accredited institution
- Two (2) years of Canadian payroll processing experience including year-end processing
- Understanding of Canadian legislation/compliance
- Must be authorized to work in Canada without company sponsorship
- Must currently reside within 80km of the posted working locations to be considered
Preferred Qualifications:
- Accounting knowledge for reconciliations
- Understanding of Provincial Health
- Understanding Union Payroll, including remittances
- Knowledge of ROE software from HRDC for completion of Records of Employment.
- Knowledge of the Year-End T4 process, up to Pier Report completion for CRA
- Knowledge of EBC for year-end adjustments
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.