Payroll Administrator

About Pacific Blue Cross

Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) has been British Columbia's leading benefits provider for over 80 years. We are an independent, not-for-profit society with strong roots in BC’s health care system. We provide health, dental, life, disability, and travel coverage to 1 in 3 British Columbians through employee group plans and individual plans.

Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) has been British Columbia's leading benefits provider for over 80 years. We are an independent, not-for-profit society with strong roots in BC’s health care system. We provide health, dental, life, disability, and travel coverage to 1 in 3 British Columbians through employee group plans and individual plans.

We are fueled by a commitment to keep health care sustainable for all British Columbians. Through our PBC Health Foundation, we fund projects that improve health outcomes directly related to mental health and wellbeing as well as the prevention and/or management of chronic disease. We are interested in finding people who want to make a difference and who are looking to grow their career with us.

• Work-life balance with flexible working hours of 7 hours per day, Monday to Friday (i.e., 35 hours per week).
• Paid vacation starts at 3 weeks per year, and increases with years of service.
• Hybrid work environment (i.e., a combination of work from office and work from home days).
• Generous benefits, including extended health and dental insurance; these benefit premiums are 100% paid by PBC.
• Company pension contributions after 1 year of service.
• Education allowance up to $1,000 per calendar year.
• Onsite gym, cafeteria, and access to virtual doctors/counsellors 24/7 via our Employee Family Assistance Program!

• We are searching for one temporary Payroll Administrator to join our Payrolll and Benefits team.
• This position is unionized and part of the CUPE 1816 Bargaining Unit. This position is paid at hourly rates and receives wage increases in accordance with the Collective Agreement. The wage for this position is: $5,458 per month to start (equivalent to $63,744 per year) and then progressing up to $6,484 per month (equivalent to $77,808 per year).

Under general supervision of the Assistant Manager, Payroll and Benefits, the Payroll Administrator administers payroll and benefits services for bargaining unit employees to ensure prompt and accurate processing of employee bi-weekly compensation, deductions and related benefits records submitted through PBC’s payroll processing system. Issues Record of Employment (ROE) for bargaining unit employees. Prepares and balances annual T4 and prepares T2200 tax return slips.

Troubleshoots, analyzes, and corrects coding and other variances identified following the process through adjustments to the interface or by manual journal entries. Prepares miscellaneous manual journal entries as well as balances and reconciles a variety of payroll general ledger accounts. Participates in the testing process for upgrades, patches or other changes made to the automated payroll system. Performs a variety of duties relating to the recovery of over payments.

Responds to inquiries, as required.

Administers payroll and benefits services for bargaining unit employees to ensure prompt and accurate processing of employee bi-weekly compensation, deductions, and related benefits records submitted through PBC’s payroll processing system by:

• monitoring the processing of selected payroll data such as changes in salary, department, job status, overtime, meal allowance, acting pay, return to work from a variety of leaves, retroactive pay, benefit adjustments, sick time payout, vacation payout, ad hoc…