Payroll Administrator

Are you an experienced Canadian payroll professional looking for your next contract where your expertise directly shapes day-to-day operations? A prominent, multi-site operation based in Fort Saskatchewan is looking for a skilled Payroll Administrator who can step in, take full ownership of payroll runs, and help optimize processes during a company-wide system upgrade. If you pride yourself on running accurate payroll independently and enjoy organizing workflows so teams succeed, this opportunity is built for you.

Advantages
Take the Lead: Step into an autonomous contract where your experience is trusted and valued from day one.
Build Your Resume: Gain high-visibility project exposure by helping align records, clean up historical data, and document standard procedures during a major software rollout.
Consistent Routine: Enjoy predictable, stable Monday-to-Friday schedules with zero weekend work.
Extension Possibility: Secure an immediate 3-month contract with the chance to extend based on workload and performance.
Collaborative Team: Work directly with supportive colleagues across administration and finance right here in Fort Saskatchewan.

Responsibilities
Run End-to-End Payroll: Take charge of bi-weekly, full-cycle payroll processing for ~350 hourly and salaried staff across various Alberta locations.
Audit & Verify Time: Collaborate with field managers to ensure accurate capture of hours, overtime, and time sheets.
Manage the Employee Lifecycle: Accurately input new hires, pay rate adjustments, retroactive calculations, termination records, and ROEs.
Handle Remittances & Reporting: Balance payroll reconciliations, remit CRA source deductions on schedule, and prepare general ledger postings.
Bridge Payroll & HR: Coordinate benefit deductions, manage plan changes, and audit enrolment records.
Leave a Lasting Mark: Document standard operating procedures in SharePoint and resolve pending record adjustments to ensure a smooth software transition.

Qualifications
3+ years of hands-on, full-cycle Canadian payroll experience, preferably managing multi-site teams of 200+ employees.
Practical knowledge of CRA payroll requirements and the Alberta Employment Standards Code.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; prior experience with Axon or SharePoint is a huge plus.
Background processing payroll in field services, trucking, or oil and gas environments is strongly preferred.
High comfort level stepping into an active environment, resolving discrepancies, and working with minimal day-to-day oversight.

Summary
If you are ready to bring clarity, compliance, and structure to a growing organization while keeping a multi-site team paid accurately and on time, we would love to connect. Apply today with your resume to discuss this Fort Saskatchewan opportunity!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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