Deborah Bassenden
Pierrefonds, Québec, H9H 1H8
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PAYROLL SUMMARY
Payroll up 1800 employees for Canada for hourly, salaried and commission employees
Payroll for U.S. up to 1000 for multiple locations for hourly, salaried and commission
Timesheets by excel to upload, manual entry and time data systems
Ensure compliance with payroll-related regulations of governing bodies for vacation, stat holidays
Twelve unions across Canada
Group insurance and other taxable benefits, RRSP, pension plans
Monitoring and set up of yearly vacation and sick day bank.
CNSST payments and follow up ups, 1% training allowance
Bi-weekly, Monthly, and yearly journal entries of all payroll accounts
Reports for month-end, year end, budget (multiple worksheets, pivot tables, v-lookup)
3rd party remittances, DAS, T4 and Releve 1 and year end
Evaluation, design and development of processes and work tools with a view to improving & streamlining processes, efficiency, performance
Implementation of new payroll software and verification
Train and assist HR and payroll staff with the payroll system
Supervising of 4 employees
CERTIFICATION: Canadian Payroll Association –
Certified Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 – 2025 ELRAN FURNITURE – Pointe-Claire, Quebec
Payroll Manager
Supervising of 1 junior employees
Payroll for 450 Staff & Hourly employees
Reporting, budget and analyzing of Payroll
Month end, year end
2021 – 2024
SAMUELSOHN LTD. Montreal, Quebec
Payroll / Human Resources Manager
Supervising and training of 3 junior employees
Payroll for Staff & US Employees
Hiring of Office Employees
Reporting, budget and analyzing of Payroll
2018– 2021 DAWSON COLLEGE - Westmount, Quebec
(Special Project Contract) Financial Management Payroll & H.R. Officer
Full cycle of payroll for 1500 union employees
Supervising and training of 3 junior employees
Implementaton of electronic timesheets
Implentation of PDF documents
2017– 2018 ACCOUNTEMPS - Pointe-Claire, Quebec
(Full Time Temp Contracts) Anima Plus - Payroll (Jan 17-Apr 17)
Richelieu - US Payroll (April 17 Jan 2018)
Aeromag 2000 - Payroll (Jan 2018-June 2018)
2015 – 2016 SOL-R/LES VITRERIES D&D - St. Laurent, Québec
(Sick leave contract) Payroll /Human Resources/Credit Manager
2014 – 2015 NELLSON NUTRACEUTICAL - St. Laurent, Quebec
(Contract company merger) Payroll /Human Resources Administrator
2013-2014 CONCIERGERIE MASNET INC. - St. Laurent, Quebec
(Company closed) Office Manager
2013 – 2014 ARTISSIMO DESIGNS – Montreal, Quebec
(Company closed) Payroll Administrator - U.S and Quebec
2008 – 2009 MOBILIA INC. – Pointe-Claire, Quebec
(Maternity Contract) Payroll & Human Resources Administrator
2004 – 2006 RANDSTAD – St. Laurent, Quebec
Payroll & Billing Administrator - Canada
2003 – 2004 CLARKE TRANSPORT – St. Laurent, Quebec
(Offices Moved to Toronto) Payroll Administrator – U.S and Canada
2002 – 2003 MIKES RESTAURANTS HEAD OFFICE – Montreal, Quebec
(Sick leave contract) Payroll / Accounts Payable Supervisor for corporate stores
2001 – 2002 GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. – St. Laurent, Quebec
(Closed moved to U.S.) Payroll Supervisor – Vermont, Quebec and Ontario
1997 – 2001 TOMMY HILFIGER CANADA INC. – Montreal, Quebec
Payroll and Human Resources Administrator – Quebec and Ontario
COMPUTER SKILLS
SOFTWARE: Microsoft Excel, Word, PDF
PAYROLL SOFTWARES: ADP (Pay Specialist, Pay Tech, PCPW, Workforce Now, Total Source), Ceridian (Dayforce, Prism and Insyc), Cytronics, J.D. Edwards, Ouipay, Orange, Nethris, Desjardins, CGI, Clara (Germini)
TIMECARD SYSTEMS: Time Data, Kronos, Leadtec
OTHER SOFTWARES: Great Plains, JDE, AS400
LANGUAGES: English and French (written and spoken)
EDUCATION:
1994 The Business Center (C.E.C.M)
DEP in office systems technology / automated accounting
1997 McGill University
Accounting and Human Resource Courses