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Ontario | Canada

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Job description

Payroll Officer (Term)

Date Posted: 03/06/2024
Req ID: 35665
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Munk Sch Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00046623

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

Your opportunity:

The Munk School of Global Affairs proudly offers 14 teaching programs in a variety of areas of global expertise. As part of the University of Toronto, we are home to exceptional faculty, experts, and researchers from around the globe, and over 40 academic centres, labs, and programs. Our goal is to build a unique, world-renowned research, teaching, and public engagement centre that shapes the new field of global affairs from Canada. Our School unifies those who are passionate about global affairs to discuss the problems of a fast-changing world.

Under the general direction of the Manager, Administration & Finance and supervision of the School Business and Financial Officer, the incumbent oversees the payroll functions associated with faculty, staff, and students at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

This is a term position with an end date in Dec 2024, with possibility of renewal.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for payroll related enquiries. Keeping well-informed on changes to policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
• Collecting supporting documentation required for payroll and/or HRIS processing, preparing contracts using templates
• Entering salary and/or personnel information in HRIS. Collecting timesheet data and processing in the applicable systems. Processing payroll. Processing payroll. Troubleshooting and resolving payroll discrepancies.
• Tracking and processing attendance
• Applying the generally accepted accounting principles to all financial tasks
• Processing invoices
• Preparing and/or processing journal entries, generating reports, verifying the accuracy and completeness of documents.
• Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) in Finance or Accounting or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of recent and related experience processing payroll transactions.
• Knowledge and experience working with the University’s HR rules, guidelines and procedures, as well as payroll principles, and recent experience in applying it.
• Experience identifying and resolving individual payroll discrepancies and bring forward for resolution.
• Demonstrated experience in working with developing, maintaining and analyzing reports.
• Experience processing payroll for unionized and non-unionize staff in an academic department.
• Advanced skills with MS Office (e.g. Excel and Word) and database management.
• Advanced skills with SAP based Systems (FIS & HRIS)
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to explain financial concepts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a superior customer service orientation and ability to deal tactfully, personably and effectively with staff, students, and all other stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills to maintain accurate records and information systems.
• Multi-tasking ability, ability to organize and oversee a high volume of paperwork
• Demonstrated ability to identify and correct problems and strong attention to details.
• Excellent time management skills.

To be successful in thisrole you will be:

• Accountable
• Efficient
• Meticulous
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Team player

Closing Date: 03/20/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type : Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $65,407 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $83,646. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Finance/Budget/Planning/Audit
Recruiter: Ann Yang

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see . Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact [email protected] .
Job Segment: Payroll, Information Systems, Public Policy, HR, HRIS, Finance, Technology, Legal, Human Resources

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Salary

$83.65k per year