According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records. | 94% |
| Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions. | 94% |
| Prepare and file payroll tax returns. | 93% |
| Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers. | 93% |
| Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system. | 93% |
| Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements. | 92% |
| Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies. | 92% |
| Distribute and collect timecards each pay period. | 92% |
| Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records. | 91% |
| Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases. | 91% |
| Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts, and submit them to appropriate departments. | 89% |
| Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees. | 88% |
| Post relevant work hours to client files to bill clients properly. | 87% |
| Balance cash and payroll accounts. | 87% |
| Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records. | 87% |
| Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process. | 85% |
| Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times. | 85% |
| Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits, such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance. | 81% |
| Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions. | 80% |
| Train employees on organizations' timekeeping systems. | 76% |
| Conduct verifications of employment. | 70% |
| Coordinate special programs, such as United Way campaigns, that involve payroll deductions. | 61% |
