Payroll Assistant

About us

Since 1984, the company has run a comparison site for car insurance, mortgages and credit cards. Built and run from Toronto, the site connects pet owners with local sitters and dog walkers.

The role

This role opened up after a team member moved internally. The Payroll Assistant runs biweekly payroll for about 900 employees in 12 states, hourly and salaried. We need someone who catches errors before checks go out, not after. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. We engage team members in Luxembourg as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern.

Day to day

• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting.
• Review timecards for missing punches, overtime and PTO before each run.
• Enter new hires, terminations, pay changes and deductions.
• Set up state and local tax accounts when employees move or new locations open.
• Audit benefit deductions against carrier invoices.
• Maintain payroll records and documentation for audits.
• Process biweekly and weekly payroll in ADP Workforce Now.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state.
• Accurate and deadline-driven. Payroll does not slip.
• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• Clear communicator with employees who are upset about their check.
• Strong Excel for reconciliations.
• Discreet with confidential pay and personal data.

Preferred

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)

Compensation and benefits

Compensation: €200 to €250 a day

• Paid time off.
• Flexible hours.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Everard Commerce.