Larry Mattu

Forward-thinking payroll professional with 6+ years' experience in payroll experience across BC, AB, MB, and ON. Possess a strong customer service focus with great attention to detail, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills. Organized and seasoned in both unionized and non-unionized company settings.

Payroll and Benefits Specialist - Frontier Power Products ULC

(2025-08)

• Process accurate bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll while consistently meeting payroll deadlines.
• Investigate payroll discrepancies and resolve employee inquiries regarding pay, deductions, taxable benefits, vacation, and leave.
• Administer health, dental, life, disability, pension, and employee assistance programs.
• Coordinate benefit enrollments, life event changes, transfers, terminations, and annual renewals within UKG.
• Serve as the primary contact for payroll, benefits, pension, and leave-related inquiries.
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, CRA requirements, Employment Standards, and company policies.
• Coordinate payroll remittances, statutory deductions, pension contributions, and benefit premiums with Finance.
• Complete month-end and year-end payroll activities including vacation accruals, taxable benefits, T4, T4A, T2200, ROEs, and statutory adjustments.
• Review and respond to PIER reports and support internal and external payroll audits.
• Reconcile group benefit invoices and pension contributions while resolving discrepancies with vendors.
• Coordinate disability, maternity, parental, and other employee leave programs.
• Prepare payroll, workforce, benefits, pension, and financial reports for leadership.
• Collaborate with HR and Finance to ensure accurate General Ledger postings.
• Lead payroll process improvements, HRIS enhancements, and payroll-related projects.
• Maintain employee payroll records including TD1s, banking information, tax elections, and benefit data.

Payroll and Benefits Specialist - Neptune Bulk Terminals (North Vancouver) - North Vancouver

(2023-02 - 2025-07)

• Processing and submitting the Biweekly and Semi-Monthly payroll for Salaried, Hourly and Union Employees.
• Lead the project of implementation of New HRIS and Payroll System and combing the General Ledger with the payroll system.
• Prepare reports for weekly, quarterly and yearly reviews.
• Process new hires and onboarding of new employees and termination; review accuracy and completeness of the information received and investigate/follow up on any anomalies and discrepancies.
• Create detailed employee cost budgets for the next calendar year. Helping in creating business cases for proposed new positions and transitions from contract or independent contractors to permanent employees.
• Performing cost analysis for the transitions and new proposed positions for the budget purposes.
• Assist in ensuring accurate tracking of vacation and sick day balances.
• Processing and approving the monthly invoices from the various benefits providers and ensuring the payment from Accounts Payables.
• Process the General Ledger Reports for the finance team and perform payroll account reconciliation.
• Respond and fulfil requests for employment verifications, Service Canada requests, WCB and wage garnishment requests.
• Administers group benefit plans ensuring accurate enrollment, changes and terminations of participants, and accurate payroll deductions.
• Administer a defined benefit pension plan for permanent employees.
• Answering employee questions about benefit programs and resolving employee issues with benefit providers
• Issues Record of Employment forms in a timely manner to comply with EI regulations.
• Maintain employee confidence and protect payroll operations by keeping information confidential.

Payroll Administrator - Sleep Country (Richmond BC) - Richmond, BC

(2021-02 - 2023-02)

• Administering the accurate and timely processing of internal payroll for BC and AB and ON employees.
• Communicate and manage the external payroll with different payroll providers.
• Prepare reports for weekly, quarterly, and yearly reviews.
• Process new hires and onboarding of new employees and termination; review accuracy and completeness of the information received and investigate/follow up on any anomalies and discrepancies.
• Perform month-end functions including journal entries and payroll account reconciliation.
• Assist in ensuring accurate tracking of vacation and sick day balances.
• Resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information and interacting with various departments, managers, and employees.
• Respond and fulfil requests for employment verifications, Service Canada requests, WCB and wage garnishment requests.
• Perform quarterly & year-end audits including file.
• Administers group benefit plans ensuring accurate enrollment, changes and terminations of participants, and accurate payroll deductions.
• Answering employee questions about benefit programs and resolving employee issues with benefit providers
• Issues Record of Employment forms in a timely manner to comply with EI regulations.

Bachelor's - business administration - British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)