Lisa Whyte
Calgary,Canada
Summary
Professional payroll specialist with focus on accuracy and compliance in payroll processing. Demonstrates strong capabilities in team collaboration and adapting to changing requirements. Skilled in payroll systems, tax regulations, and benefits administration, ensuring seamless operations and timely results. Known for reliability and results-driven approach that adds value to organizational goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Payroll Administrator
Visions Electronics
07.2022 - 02.2025
- Process, verify and audit pay for commission, hourly and salary employees in AB, BC, SK, MB, ON
- All Year End procedures to balance and produce T4’s
- ROE, PIER reports, Service Canada and CRA requests
- WCB, WSIB, Worksafe BC, Employment Standards cases, Human Rights cases
- Benefits administration
- Track vacation balances for salaried employees in all provinces
- WFN super user, GL mapping, updating validation tables
Sr Payroll Administrator
LaPrairie Group
08.2021 - 11.2021
- Verified time entries and vacation accruals, processed the Canadian pay for staff in BC, AB, SK, ON, QC
- US payroll for staff in NY, OH, MI
- Entered data for new hires, taxable benefits and benefit information, terminations, employee changes, produced ROE, compose change letters, administer benefits – US and Canadian, short- and long-term disability claim management, return to work scheduling, life event administration and support
- Prepare and upload payroll payment files to the bank
- Submit CRA remittances, US federal, state, and local taxes
- SIT and SUI set up
- 401K administration including annual audit
- Reconcile benefit accounts and insurance billings; calculate annual WCB and EHT reconciliation
- Year end balancing and produced T4's and W2's
Payroll & HR Coordinator
Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Centre
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Verified, approved and entered time for unionized and non-unionized bi-weekly payroll in AB
- Administered group benefit plan for all employees, short and long-term disability claims including return to work scheduling, life event administration and support, health spending account, RRSP
- Union dues, reporting
- Terminations, severance, ROE
- Assist HR – employment contracts, reference verification, job posting
- Completed Ceridian Dayforce implementation
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Innovative Pipeline Crossings Inc
02.2020 - 05.2021
- Verified, approved and entered time for bi-weekly and semi-monthly payrolls in AB and BC
- Administer a new group benefit plan for all employees, short and long-term disability claims including return to work scheduling, life event administration and support, health spending account
- Prepare all year end tax forms, T4, T4A, T2200
- Terminations, severance and pay continuance, ROE
- WCB and Worksafe BC Administration and year end reporting
- Assist HR – employment contracts, territorial pay rate table, reports and research as requested
- Complete implementation of Criterion HCM software
People & Payroll Specialist
Project Surgical Centres Inc
06.2019 - 12.2019
- Provided assistance to employees and vendors
- Verify and approve time entries and vacation bank availability for outsourced pay processing for staff in BC, AB, SK
- Administer a new group benefit plan for all employees, short and long-term disability claims including return to work scheduling, life event administration and support, health spending account, in-house personal wellness account
- WCB and EHT maintenance
- Assist AP, filing
- Avanti payroll software implementation team lead
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Robert Half Staffing
05.2019 - 06.2019
- Contract position – Town of Strathmore
- Processing unionize bi-weekly payroll, benefit administration, pension administration
HR Administrator
Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment
06.2018 - 02.2019
- Provided timely, accurate and friendly customer service to all clients, local and international
- Verified time entries and vacation accruals, processed the Canadian pay for staff in BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, US payroll for staff in CA, PA, NY, NJ, NV, NM, OH, IN, UT, MS, MO, MT, ID
- Entered data for new hires, taxable benefits and benefit information, terminations, employee changes, produced ROE, compose change letters, administer benefits – US and Canadian, short- and long-term disability claim management, return to work scheduling, life event administration and support
- Open enrolment – US benefits
- SIT and SUI set up
- 401K administration including annual audit
- Prepared and sent remittance for all benefit related deductions including uploading data to third party sites
- Reconciled benefit accounts and insurance billings; calculated annual WCB reconciliation and estimates
- Performed year end balancing and produced T4's and W2's
- Contact person for immigration, work Visa’s and entry
- Balancing inter-departmental benefit invoices for payment
Payroll Specialist
12.2017 - 06.2018
- Payroll contract – Olds College – processed a unionize payroll for 120 staff using Workforce Now, pro-rated payments, commissions, bonuses as per union contract
- Payroll contract – CSEC – processed payroll for 225 frontline staff using Ultipro, ROE clean up using Kronos
Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network
11.2012 - 09.2017
- Prepared a $3 million dollar bi-weekly payroll using Pay@Work and Avanti for 120 employees: transmitted payroll data in an accurate and timely manner, calculate manual cheques, schedule voluntary and involuntary deductions, make retroactive payroll adjustments, handled garnishments
- Verified time entries and vacation accruals based on FTE, processed direct deposit file for upload, prepared payroll reports for pay run back up and journal entries for finance
- Entered data for new hires, taxable benefits and benefit information, terminations, employee changes, produced ROE’s, conducted new employee orientation, composed offer letters, performed reference checks, administered benefits for all employees including annual presentations of all changes/updates to benefits, administered short and long-term disability claims including return to work scheduling, life event administration and support
- RRSP/DPSP administration
- Reconciled benefit accounts and insurance billings; calculated annual WCB reconciliation and estimates
- Tracked and updated all professional licenses and re-newels including but not limited to RN’s, pharmacists, social workers and coordinated CPR classes for new and existing employees on an annual basis in HRIS
- Completed year end balancing and produced T4’s
- Team implementation lead for Avanti – responsible for all GL and payroll coding, HR employee self service module, testing of scripts, ran parallel payrolls
Education
Business Administration Diploma - Management and Marketing
Okanagan University College
Vernon, BC01.1996
Business Administration -
East Kootenay Community College
Cranbrook, BC01.1994
Skills
- Employment tax and payroll processing knowledge in Canada and US, custom report generation, electronic deposits, commissions, international pay, inter-provincial pay, unionized pay and manual payments
- Benefit Administration (Manulife, Great West Life, Sun Life, Green Shield, Merit, Blue Cross, Cobra), RRSP/DPSP, 401K (ADP, Liberty), long and short-term disability claims, life claims
- Exceptional consultative approach to working with internal business units to deliver timely and accurate payroll initiatives
- Proficient in accounting programs including Avanti (2x implementation team lead), Dayforce (Implementation lead) Criterion, Explorer, ADP Workforce Now (Implementation lead)
- US Onboarding software – Ease, Bamboo, ADP
- Demonstrated high performance standards with astute attention to detail
Timeline
Sr Payroll Administrator
Visions Electronics
07.2022 - 02.2025
Sr Payroll Administrator
LaPrairie Group
08.2021 - 11.2021
Payroll & HR Coordinator
Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Centre
05.2021 - 09.2021
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Innovative Pipeline Crossings Inc
02.2020 - 05.2021
People & Payroll Specialist
Project Surgical Centres Inc
06.2019 - 12.2019
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Robert Half Staffing
05.2019 - 06.2019
HR Administrator
Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment
06.2018 - 02.2019
Payroll Specialist
12.2017 - 06.2018
Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network
11.2012 - 09.2017
Business Administration -
East Kootenay Community College
Business Administration Diploma - Management and Marketing
Okanagan University College
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