Anyone planning to enter the payroll field must have good computer skills and be familiar with automated payroll systems. This program provides students with the necessary skills and knowledge required for a payroll department. The student will become familiar with basic payroll practices and procedures, as well as basic office and business skills.
Graduates will meet the current criteria to write the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA) Payroll Compliance Practitioner Certification (PCP) exam.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates from this program may be employed by banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies, and other establishments throughout the private and public sectors.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Payroll Administrators collect, verify, and process payroll information and determine pay and benefit entitlements for employees within a department, company or other establishment. Their duties may include:
- Maintaining records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, in Canadian and other currencies, 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, garnishees and insurance and pension plans.
- Preparing employee payments and benefit payments by cheque or electronic transfer.
- Preparing Record of Employment forms.
- Completing, verifying, and processing forms and documentation for administration of benefits.
- Preparing T4 statements and other statements.
- Providing information to employees on payroll matters, benefit plans and collective agreement provisions.
- Compiling statistical reports, statements and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts.
- Preparing and balancing period-end reports and reconciling issued payrolls to bank statements.
- Operating computing, calculating and other office equipment.
- Applying payroll legislation.
Program Outline:
| Basic Bookkeeping Level 1 |
| Telephone Communications Skills |
| CPA Payroll Compliance Legislation |
| CPA Payroll Fundamentals 1 |
| CPA Payroll Fundamentals 2 |
| Introduction to Personal Computers |
| Job Search and Resume Writing |
| Keyboard Skill Building Level 1 |
| Office Procedures Level 1 |
| Microsoft Outlook Level 1 |
| Thought Patterns for a Successul Career |
Please Note: Actual course selections may vary by campus and are made at the time of enrollment.
Program Length:
- 25 weeks (25 hours per week)
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