Payroll Administrator

Payroll Administrator Opportunity

At Stantec, we have some of the world's leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we're building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day

Your Opportunity: As a Payroll Administrator you have an exciting opportunity to join our team. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the incumbent's primary role is to perform payroll administration duties including input and processing. This experienced level payroll support position is geared towards a detail-oriented individual with demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills. Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Under direct supervision performs payroll related input, balancing, and reconciliation tasks and complies with internal policies and external regulations.
• Input changes to employee direct deposits, taxes, etc. Investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Researches and resolves routine employee paycheck related questions. More complex issues are referred to more senior staff.
• Audit payroll data entry reports.
• Back-up for Certified Payroll as well as prevailing wage.
• Help Manage the Manual Timecard inbox as well as entering and maintaining manual timecard corrections.
• Prepares and distributes manual checks as needed and processes reversals.
• Daily requirement for data entry and filing.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• Experience with automated payroll and timekeeping systems.
• Prevailing Wage experience preferred.
• Demonstrates organization and accuracy in work.
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects and repetitive tasks.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local payroll regulations with multi-jurisdiction payroll experience.
• Knowledge of FLSA regulations.
• Strong customer service and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Math skills and analysis capability.
• Demonstrates behavior reflected in confidentiality, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Proficient with the use of Oracle HRMS and time & labor, MS office applications, especially Excel.

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma with minimum of 1-3 years payroll experience or equivalent combination of post-secondary educational experience.
• Payroll certification preferred.
• Position will primarily work in an office setting.

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Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: United States | AZ | Phoenix

Organization: BC-2275 Financial Services-US Payroll

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 29/07/2025 09:07:56

Req ID: 1001586