Payroll Administrator
West 49 Inc.

Our Company
West 49 Inc. is a leading Canadian multi-banner specialty retailer of fashion and apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment related to music, youth culture and action sports.  The Company’s stores, which are primarily mall-based, carry a variety of high-performance, premium brand name and private label products that fulfill the lifestyle needs of identified target markets, primarily tweens and teens.  West 49 Inc. operates more than 130 stores in nine provinces, under the banners West 49, Off the Wall, D-Tox, Amnesia/Arsenic, Billabong and The Compound.  West 49 Inc.’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WXX.

Why work for West 49?

You’re looking for an informal and energetic work environment where you can be yourself, perform at your best and have opportunities for growth and advancement.

You’d love a competitive salary and a 40% cross-banner staff discount.

You want to work for a company that gives back. West 49 Inc. sponsors over 200 amateur skaters, supports artists, promotes concerts and demos, runs events like the 'www.sooonotamodel.com' anti-model search and supports many organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation® Canada, Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada and Kid’s Help Phone.

Payroll Administrator

Our Payroll Team manages a national bi-weekly payroll for all of our stores using Ceridian Payroll platform. This is an entry level position however the Payroll Administrator plays a very important role in ensuring that our employees in all of our banners across Canada are paid in a timely and accurate manner.

 SPECIFIC DUTIES

 Processing of Bi-weekly Payroll 

• Collect hours from all banners and department heads on a biweekly basis across Canada.
• Process all payroll changes as required.
• Process and track employee vacation requests, floater and sick days.
• Process all bonus payments.
• Process and monitor payroll deductions such as CSB, RSP deductions and garnishments and reporting to government agencies.
• Audit each biweekly payroll and validate registers before processing and transmitting.
• Balance each banner’s payroll for biweekly payrolls.
• Process manual cheques as required.
• Sort and distribute pay statements.
• Run reports as required for all departments and create ad hoc reports when requested.
• Ensure compliance with external/internal Auditors and Government agencies.
• Respond to payroll inquiries from employees, managers and external sources.
• Keep abreast of all legislation and changes (CPA, HRDC, CRA).

 Maintaining Employee Information and Records 

• Respond to requests for confirmation of employment.
• Process and send out Records of Employment.
• Maintain employee files.