Briane Doherty - PCP
Toronto,Ontario
Summary
Dynamic Payroll Specialist with extensive experience at ADP Canada, adept in full-cycle payroll processing and compliance. Proven expertise in ADP Workforce Now and Excel, coupled with strong communication skills to foster client relationships. Successfully resolved payroll discrepancies, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality while mentoring junior staff in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Payroll Specialist II
ADP Canada
12.2018 - 04.2026
- Full cycle Canadian payroll processing for multiple clients of different sizes, ranging from small business to multi-national corporations located in all provinces.
- Auditing and processing all payrolls and year-end tax forms to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Submitting all statutory third party remittances and annual summaries to CRA, Revenu Quebec, Worker's Compensation, Ontario Ministry of Finance and Manitoba HAPSET.
- Administering other third party tasks including submitting reports and remitting RRSP and pension contributions, garnishments, and union dues.
- Mid-year and year-end full balancing of payrolls and remittances, ensuring all earnings and deductions are reporting to the correct T4 and RL1 boxes, and investigating and resolving any discrepancies in tax form totals or remittances.
- Resolving client's payroll issues and answering inquiries in a timely matter.
- Experience in resolving out of balance payroll general ledgers.
- Working with implementation to oversee the transition from the old Pay@Work software to Workforce Now for all clients, ensuring the payroll records moved across accurately and the programming was set up to meet the payroll requirements.
- Maintained strict confidentiality and security of all payroll information and records by adhering to ADP's data protection protocol.
- Mentored and trained newer associates.
Payroll Specialist
ADP Canada
07.2016 - 12.2018
- Similar tasks as above but on a more junior/entry level basis, with smaller, less complex clients.
Payroll Administrator
ADP Canada
02.2015 - 07.2016
- Keyed payroll data into ADP Pay@Work, including the creation of large import files for hours, payments, new hires, and salary/benefit changes.
- Calculated salary pro-rations and retro payments.
- Balanced payroll totals to ensure accuracy before submitting the payroll to the specialists for processing.
- Created some third party reporting for specialists.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto 05.2001 -
Skills
Expert level working experience in ADP Workforce Now, including data entry and generating various payroll reports
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including VLookup, pivot tables, and running macros
Experience in working in a fast paced and high volume work environment, while meeting tight deadlines
Knowledge in the requirement in prioritizing urgent tasks, and setting expectations on when less urgent tasks will be actioned
Strong communication skills, and have built great working relationships with clients
Maintaining professionalism while successfully deescalating unsatisfied clients
Certification
Payroll Compliance Professional
Timeline
Payroll Specialist II
ADP Canada
12.2018 - 04.2026
Payroll Specialist
ADP Canada
07.2016 - 12.2018
Payroll Compliance Professional
06-2016
Payroll Administrator
ADP Canada
02.2015 - 07.2016
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting
Toronto Metropolitan University
05.2001 -