Payroll Assistant

Since 1959, the company has grown through acquisitions of local media outlets. Stations in Alberta include network affiliates and independent stations.

Position summary:

The Payroll Assistant runs biweekly payroll for about 900 employees in 12 states, hourly and salaried. Our team is spread across 6 countries. Headquarters is in Calgary. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in Germany, with a local contract and salary paid in euros. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting
• Enter new hires, terminations, pay changes and deductions
• Calculate final pay in line with state timing rules
• Audit benefit deductions against carrier invoices
• Answer employee questions about paychecks, withholding and direct deposit

Required qualifications:

• 0-2 years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state
• Experience with ADP, Paylocity, Paycom, UKG or Workday
• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred
• Comfortable with garnishments and tax withholding setup
• Strong Excel for reconciliations

Preferred qualifications:

• Bilingual English and Spanish
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)
• Experience with a payroll system conversion
• Canadian payroll

Perks and benefits:

• Annual learning budget
• Performance bonus
• Flexible hours
• Public holidays observed per your country
• Paid sick days

If you are shortlisted, we will reach out to set up a first call.

We are reviewing applications as they arrive, so apply early.

Start: Flexible.

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