Experience

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  Currently available for full time work

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  Payroll specialist
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  Crawford, smith and swallow, chartered accountants

  Sept 1981 - Sept 1991

  Bookkeeper/accounting technician

  Full Bookkeeping/ payroll and Data entry services for a number of clients from a variety of businesses/operationsProcessed A/P,A/R, Sales, Purchases, G/L entries, Produced Balance Sheet & Financial Statement, Cash receipts, including printing of cheque payments, bank deposits and bank reconciliations and produced misc reports for cost purposes as required by accountants and clients Y/E adjusting entries, Personal and Corporate Tax Returns. Assisted with Company auditsAssist Clients & staff with setup and mainainence of Computerized accounting and payroll programs & reports as required. Overseeing full cycle payroll processing functions, monthly government remittances. ROE's, Y/E reconciliation of payroll to produce and distribute statements of wages (T4. T4A and T5) and government returns & reports Reconcile o process and distribute T4's and reports to Show less

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  Shoppers drug mart

  Sept 1998 - May 2000

  Posted daily cash receipts, charges on accts, bank deposits, posted journal entries, to update general ledger to produce monthly financial statements of Company for Corporate Matched Purchase invoices (both internal and external) with system reports,verify invoices for payments, prepare and print cheques for suppliers. Reconcile and process A/P and A/R sub ledgers, produce monthly reports. Post and reconicile Insurance payments to G/L account. Calculated and processed bi-weekly payroll for hourly staff including taxable benefits, mandatory and miscellaneous deductions to ensure accurate payment of wages to employees.Open and maintain employee personal files and changes as required for Federal and Provincial tax credits, Health, Dental and Insurance Benefits, submit completed Benefit claims for payment, reconciliation of RRSP and miscellaneous deductions also EHT and WSIB payments Y/E audit and reconciliation of payroll to produce Statement of Wages (T4, T4A and T5) and Government reportsRespond to employees payroll inquiries on Health/Dental,pensions, benefits, RRSP's,Federal and Provincial tax credits, Pensions, RRSP and miscellaneous deductions. Letters of employment and reference as required. Provided excellent customer service to incoming calls from business clients, government agencies, customer inquiries to assist where possible and/or re-direct calls as requiredRe-organized office spaces for better efficiency and security. Trained staff on processes and systems to provide coverage and assistance as required Show less Posted daily cash receipts, charges on accts, bank deposits, posted journal entries, to update general ledger to produce monthly financial statements of Company for Corporate Matched Purchase invoices (both internal and external) with system reports,verify invoices for payments, prepare and print cheques for suppliers. Reconcile and process A/P and A/R sub ledgers, produce monthly reports. Post and reconicile Insurance payments to G/L account. Calculated and processed bi-weekly payroll for hourly staff including taxable benefits, mandatory and miscellaneous deductions to ensure accurate payment of wages to employees.Open and maintain employee personal files and changes as required for Federal and Provincial tax credits, Health, Dental and Insurance Benefits, submit completed Benefit claims for payment, reconciliation of RRSP and miscellaneous deductions also EHT and WSIB payments Y/E audit and reconciliation of payroll to produce Statement of Wages (T4, T4A and T5) and Government reportsRespond to employees payroll inquiries on Health/Dental,pensions, benefits, RRSP's,Federal and Provincial tax credits, Pensions, RRSP and miscellaneous deductions. Letters of employment and reference as required. Provided excellent customer service to incoming calls from business clients, government agencies, customer inquiries to assist where possible and/or re-direct calls as required Show less

  • Accounting/Payroll Administrator

    Aug 1999 - May 2000

  • Store Administrator

    Sept 1998 - Jul 1999
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  Kelly services (canada), ltd.

  May 2001 - Feb 2009

  Temporary administrative assistant

  General Office Administration duties for various clients,order office supplies and inventoryReception, answering phones and redirecting calls as required and/or taking messagesSorting and filing, photocopies, faxing, data entries, schedule and set up meetings and agenda's Take minutes and distribute, set up conference calls and monitor executive calendarsBook travel arrangements, reconcile and record expense disbursements for executivesMiscellaneous accounting,payroll and bookkeeping functions using client programsFormat miscellaneous reports and documents using Excel and Word programs Office equipment maintenance and service calls as required, arrange courier services as required Show less

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  Premrili inc

  May 2002 - Feb 2004

  Office administrator for concrete and forming company

  Reception duties, answer phone calls, take messages and/or redirect as required using Photocopy, scanning and faxing all documents.open and log all mail received and redirect as neededSet up of filing system, binders and computerized files for all documents received and distributed Receive and log all Blue prints/drawings and distribute copies as neededAssist with purchase order and/or rental of equipment, tools and supplies, record in respective logsReceive invoices and match with P.O #'s, log and forward to H.O by courierLog daily hrs (200) unionized (2) employees, send for processing,receive and distribute wkly chqsLiaison with employees for payroll issues, open and maintain employee personnel filesComplete on site accident reports, follow up with WSIB reports as requiredAssist Project Manager on routine site inspections and document for on going reports Assist (2) Structural Engineers with calculation of invoices and reports using Excel spreadsheet Show less

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  Cangro foods inc

  May 2005 - Aug 2008

  Payroll administrator

  Input and maintain new hires data including rate, Tax Credits, location, job cost coding, medical & taxable benefits,garnishements, union dues and misc. dedns. Monitor T& A report for O/T, shortages, etc and update changes as per approval. Process weekly payroll 250 hrly union & 500+non union (during peak season) approved vacation & banked O/T hrs and adjustments, R.O. E's as required. R.O.E records as required and Liaison with Service Canada if requiredPrint weekly payroll register and reports,reconcile gross earnings, taxable benefits, mandatory Tax deductions, RRSP, union and miscellaneous deductions to produce G/L entries.Design reports for cost and accounting purposes Corporate and Managers Process remittance reports and cheques for RRSP, Union and garnishment deductions, maintain respective reports in Excel spreadsheet for Y/E reconciliation Process stop payments, recalls/rejects, Trace and reconcile G/L payroll clearing account and liaison with payroll provider as requiredMaintain payroll remittance reports for Quarterly and Y/E reconciliation for all payrolls, maintain weekly vacation & banked hours reports in Excel spreadsheet for year end reconciliation Reconcile and process Y/E tax documents (T4's) processing any adjustments and/or taxable benefits as required prior to final print for deadline date,complete CPP & EI Pier reports and amended T4's if required.. Respond to employee or government agency inquiries and/or reissue tax documents if requiredCalculation of Invoices and cheque disbursement for union hours for meetings Show less

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  Fallsview casino resort

  May 2009 - May 2010

  Departmental administrative assistant disability & health services

  reporting to the Manager of Disability Programs and Manger of Health ServicesDaily approval of hours for health department staff in AS400 programMaintain and distribute weekly calendar of scheduled Health dept staff for hours and coverageManage vacation/time off for employees and coverage by on call staff as per protocol and availability, update calendar and distribute as neededBook room for Health Services department scheduled meetings, prepare agenda,take minutes and distribute once approved by Manager Assist all Casino employees with completion of application for Short Term Disability and advise as neededUsing Insurance Provider program, set up and maintenance of employee file and advise respective consultant. Calculation of benefits for eligible Long Term Disability recipients and retrieve proof of beneficiary from H.R. personnel files. Liaison with Insurance provider,consultants and department managers as requiredMiscellaneous correspondence as may be required by managers and consultantsBook rooms for Disability department meetings and take minutes as required Show less

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  Transcom worldwide north america

  Jun 2010 - Feb 2014

  Payroll coordinator

  Bi weekly processing of CDN and US payroll for 3000 hourly and salaried employees in N.ACalculation of manual CDN & US manual cheques as required and processed to payroll system Ensure Compliance of alol Provincial,, Federal and US State regulations relating to statutory tax deductions and benefit reporting. Audit Bi weekly CND and US payroll registers, prepare journal entries and reconcile payroll general ledger accounts Complete verification of employment/earnings for government agencies Liaison with Payroll provider and government agencies as may be requriedDesign and complete various reports/charts as required by Executive/management for costing Reconciliation of CDN and US wages and deductions as remitted to respective government agencies Maintenance, balancing and distribution of all T4's. T4'A's,W2's, W2C's W3's and annual US reports Reconcile and complete Annual Quebec Releve summaries and CSST returnsand EHT returnsMonitored and worked with team to determine automations and efficiencies to improve workflow, ongoing payroll audits and advise of Legislation/compliance issues requiring attention. Show less

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  Accountemps

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2015

  Payroll specialist - temporary assignment with financial company

  Verification of New Hires documentation and input in Payroll and Time & Attendance systemsInput and maintenance of employee files as required for all Changes pertaining to Payroll Benefits/Federal/Provincial Tax Credits/ Pension deductions and BenefitsData entry of misc payments, complete Bank Transfer of funds and process Journal Entries Complete Records of Employment and maintain employee physical filesAssist Payroll Auditor by compiling documents and reports as requiredPrepare any ad-hoc reports as required Show less

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  Manpowergroup

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

  Payroll specialist temporary assignment with customs and excise company

  Audit of Biweekly payroll for accuracy of Wages payroll adjustments and deductions and report any discrepancies to Payroll ManagerVerification of New Hire documents and file input payroll and Time & Attendance systemsUpdate employee Physical and Electronic files with changes as pertaining to PayrollCreate and update reports in Excel as requiredAssist Payroll team with any miscellaneous tasks as requried