Amrita Naicker

Accounting / Payroll Specialist

Acting Payroll Coordinator - Surrey Police Services

(2025-02 - 2026-10)

• Support team with payroll related matters
• Verify timekeeping data against schedules, and resolve discrepancies.
• Investigate any irregularities reported and take corrective action as needed.
• Resolve inquires from employees concerning their paychecks or payroll related matters.
• Audit vacation, sick and personal leave accruals.
• Maintained updated employee payroll records.
• Check job transfers, update timesheet template with data changes.
• Calculate retroactive increases, Municipal pension adjustments, ETIR,Purchase of services.
• Audit and reconcile biweekly payroll reports.

Payroll Associate/Backup Payroll Accountant - BCIT - Burnaby

(2023-10 - 2025-02)

• Maintained updated employee payroll records.
• Processed payroll transactions for employees accurately and in a timely manner.
• Processed paperwork for new employees to enter employee information into payroll system.
• Issued and recorded adjustments related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
• Reconciled payroll discrepancies with thorough reviews of time sheets and work charts.
• Reconciled and audited vacation, sick and personal leave accruals.
• Created payroll related reports for pension plans, and insurance.
• Prepared journal entries for monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts related to payroll activities.
• Assist in the implementation of web time payroll updates.
• Support year end processing activities.
• Preserved employee confidence and protected payroll operations by keeping information confidential.

Payroll Officer - Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Langley

(2020-08 - 2023-09)

• Process bi-weekly full cycle union payroll/ BC standard payroll
• Updated new hire information in database
• WCB/ FEMP claims
• CRA Filing
• Retro calculations for union pay increments
• Overpayment calculations
• Maternity Calculation
• Benefit Adjustments/ Manulife cheque remittance reconciliation
• Municipal Pension Termination/Retirement/ Purchase of Service for leave Employee's/Year End report
• Process ROE's/T4's adjustments
• Worked closely with HR/health and benefits to ensure the employee related changes are accurate.
• General Payroll Adoc duties.

Payroll Support Administrator - Paladin Security - Burnaby

(2020-03 - 2020-07)

• Enter New Hire's from all 10 Provinces
• Enrolling employee benefits for all provinces.
• Termination on benefits and filling out paperwork for insurance provider.
• Processed ROE's
• Filing and dealing with daily payroll mails.
• Backup support for payroll administrator.

Accounts Payable Administrator - Decipher Biosciences Inc. - Vancouver

(2018-10 - 2019-10)

Maternity Leave Contract

• Managed AP Inbox/Invoices
• Coded, recorded PO/Non-Inventory Invoices/Sales Force for Patient Accession ID USO/CAD
• Managed employee expenses on expensify, upload and reimburse by ACH/ Manual check.
• Weekly cash forecast for approvals
• Setup approved payment ACH Online-SVB Bank/HSBC
• Check runs in US/CAD
• Setup Online Utility Payments/Amex Card Payment
• Month end closing

Accounts Payable Specialist - Imperial Metals - Vancouver

(2018-01 - 2019-07)

• Verified, matched and processed invoices batches from sites for weekly payment runs
• Wire Transfers and Cheque Runs in Multiple Currencies
• Prepared pre-payment to vendor's to pre order supplies
• Processed executive share, employee expense and credit cards payments
• Handled petty cash & casual's pay
• Close Month End

Accounts Payable Specialist - ATI Telecommunication Inc. - Surrey

(2015-03 - 2017-02)

• Received; verified invoices to requisitions for goods and services, sent for Approvals.
• Worked closely with project managers and provide weekly actual cost on projects.
• Coded and processed up to 1000 Invoice's and vendor inquires on daily basis
• Worked closely with purchasing department and investigate with buyers on price discrepancies
• Cash extracts to manage the cash flow
• Managed fleet cost for departments sent for approvals
• Managed monthly rents and online Bill Payments
• Maintained and updated vendor files and reconciliation vendor statement.
• Processed employee expense in Concur on weekly basis.
• Closed Month End

Accounts Payable Specialist - R&R Trading - Surrey

(2013-02 - 2014-10)

• Received, Matched Invoices to Requisitions, Coded, and Processed up to 1000 invoices, Monthly
• Investigated with buyers on price discrepancies
• Processed invoices daily and responded to vendor enquires
• Weekly cheque extract and sent for approval
• Weekly cheque runs (CAD & USO), Wire transfers and Cheque Log
• Monthly GST for freight companies
• Prepared online bill payments and rents
• Maintained vendor files in database
• Closed Month End

Accounts Payable Clerk - Westport Innovations Inc. - Vancouver

(2010-09 - 2011-11)

Maternity Contract

• Received; verified invoices to requisitions, coded and sent to departments for Approvals.
• Processed 1000 Invoices Monthly and Respond to Vendor Enquiry Daily
• Maintained vendor files in database
• Worked closely with purchasing department and Investigate with buyers with price discrepancies
• Cheque extract to manage funds available for payment runs
• Handled bank transfers for international suppliers and reconciled Petty Cash
• Weekly cheque runs (CAD & USO) and maintained cheque log
• Prepared monthly GST for freight companies i.e. Pacific Customs Brokers
• Prepared monthly rents and online bill payments
• Closed month end

Accounts Payable Clerk - Colliers International - Vancouver

(2010-08 - 2010-09)

Contract

• Coded and processed up to 1000 Invoices Monthly
• Managed vendor accounts and updated the database with changes
• Ensured proper approval was obtained on invoice processing
• Responded to vendor and Office enquires on timely manner
• Prepare payments in timely manner.
• Managed cheque runs and dispatched cheques to branches

Senior Accounting Clerk/ Payroll Clerk - McConnell Dowell Constructions - Auckland, New Zealand

(2007-03 - 2009-02)

• Verified invoices against orders and processed weekly volume on-time and with high accuracy.
• Checked and audited records for correctness.
• Monitored cash flow activity to ensure sufficient funds were available for business transactions.
• Prepared bank deposits, compiled data, verified receipts and sent payments to banks.
• Balanced and reconciled discrepancies in financial records.
• Received, recorded and banked cash, checks and vouchers.
• Generated reports from auditing and bookkeeping activities.
• Processed employee salaries and wages using payroll systems.
• Classified, recorded and summarized data using journals, ledgers or computers.
• Computed and deducted taxes, benefits and financial obligations from employee salaries.
• Maintained accurate financial records and reconciled accounts monthly.

Payroll Leadership Professional - Payroll - National Payroll Institute

Payroll Compliance Professional - Payroll - National Payroll Institute (2018-09)

Diploma - Accounting - Fiji Institute of Technology (2004)