Payroll clerks

Payroll clerks collect, verify and process payroll information and compute pay and benefit entitlements for employees within a department, company or other establishment.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintaining records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, using manual or computerized systems
• Preparing and verifying statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans
• Preparing employee payments and benefit payments by cheque or electronic transfer
• Reviewing time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
• Verifying attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and posting information into designated records