Payroll Administrator (Prevailing Wage)

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Your Opportunity

As a Payroll Administrator you have an exciting opportunity to join our team. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the incumbent's primary role is to perform payroll administration duties including input and processing. This experienced level payroll support position is geared towards a detail-oriented individual with demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills. Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision performs payroll related input, balancing, and reconciliation tasks and complies with internal policies and external regulations.
• Input changes to employee direct deposits, taxes, etc. Investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Researches and resolves routine employee paycheck related questions. More complex issues are referred to more senior staff.
• Audit payroll data entry reports.
• Back-up for Certified Payroll as well as prevailing wage
• Help Manage the Manual Time Card inbox as well as entering and maintaining manual timecard corrections.
• Prepares and distributes manual checks as needed and processes reversals.
• Daily requirement for data entry and filing.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience with automated payroll and timekeeping systems.
• Prevailing Wage experience required.
• Demonstrates organization and accuracy in work.
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects and repetitive tasks.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local payroll regulations with multi-jurisdiction payroll experience.
• Knowledge of FLSA regulations.
• Strong customer service and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Math skills and analysis capability.
• Demonstrates behavior reflected in confidentiality, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Proficient with the use of Oracle HRMS and time & labor, MS office applications, especially Excel.

Education and Experience

• High School diploma with minimum of 1-3 years payroll experience or equivalent combination of post-secondary educational experience.
• Payroll certification preferred.

Position will primarily work in an office setting.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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