Payroll Account Associate

Job Responsibility:

About Us:

Entertainment Partners is a global organization that has been a trusted production partner to the entertainment industry for over 45 years, helping clients create and produce great shows, choose the best production location, forecast, manage and track expenses, and pay crew and talent. As a global leader in entertainment payroll, production finance and production management solutions, EP delivers integrated, digital solutions to support every phase of production. EP brings together background casting and digital production technology with the Casting Portal, the leading SaaS-based platform that has transformed the way background actors are found, hired, managed and paid, and the iconic and legendary Central Casting.

Entertainment Partners Canada is the lead provider of financial services to the entertainment industry in Canada. We provide financial services to the Motion Picture, Television and Commercial industries along with production management and accounting software services. Entertainment Partners Canada prides itself on being the best in class from a product/services perspective but we are equally proud to have been Great Places to Work certified since 2017, providing an encouraging, accepting, and interesting work experience for all of our valued employees.

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Payroll Services Manager, the Payroll Account Associate (ATL) works as part of a team responsible for supporting the administration of payroll for our clients while supporting EP's mission and values and adhere to Company policies and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists the Payroll Account Coordinators with inputting of Above the Line (ATL), union and non-union manual timesheets
• Provide support in importing EPOL payroll files
• Assists with inputting of extras, if required
• Vendorizes employee information into the payroll database
• Understanding of ATL payments and associated contracts
• Understanding of payroll/rulebook set-up
• Understanding of Project maxouts
• At the discretion of the Payroll Services Manager, is assigned and processes post-production payroll
• Responsible for client management of assigned payroll accounts (where applicable)
• Processes ROE inquiries and requests from production accountants and production employees on assigned payroll accounts
• Providing payroll support in the absence of Payroll Account Coordinator (i.e. alternate coordinator for vacation/sick time)
• Complete Special Processing instructions associated with the processing of payrolls
• Assist with entering payroll adjustments (i.e. variances, void/reissues, retro HST payments, etc.)
• Provide support in posting payrolls
• Runs, assembles, and packages payroll reports
• In conjunction with the Payroll Account Administrator, is responsible for filing all necessary documents and show information (deal memos, contracts, etc.)
• Prepares and reissues stop/stale dated cheques
• Provides support to all members of the Payroll Services team as required. Attends and participates in the Payroll Services Department meetings
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Payroll Services Manager and/or Payroll Services Supervisor

Qualifications:

• Minimum 6 months experience in the Payroll Account Administrator role
• 1-year experience in a clerical environment, preferably payroll
• Intermediate computer skills including MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to work within a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
• Shifted work schedule Tuesdays to Thursdays to accommodate high volume payroll
• Desirable
• Completion of CPA's Payroll Compliance Legislation course or CPA Level 1 - Introduction to Payroll
• Basic knowledge of accounting

Why Work with EP:

• Flexible work hours
• Group RRSP
• Hybrid work environment
• Casual dress code
• Employee snack program
• Wellness Wallet (HealthCare Spending Account
• Movie ticket reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Calm app subscription
• Work lunches and events
• Health and dental benefits
• Paid time off (Vacation, sick, volunteer and personal days and additional holiday time)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Commitment to employee growth and development (i.e. LinkedIn Learning membership)
• Discretionary bonus
• Employee Value Plan (share grants)
• Family planning support
• Employee Incentive Plan (grants for stellar performance)

Working conditions

• Conditions are normal for an office environment
• The hours of work are 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Some overtime may be a requirement of this position.
• Hybrid work