Sidharsha Seebun

I am a payroll advisor, with a background in biotechnology. I am into challenges and exploring new horizons. I am currently preparing for my PCP certification and I am looking into making a firm career in payroll. Few of my skills include multi tasking, meticulousness, ability to prioritize task as per urgency, ability to use excel comfortably including using pivot tables and vlookups, experience using ADP Workforce Now and EmployerD

Payroll Advisor, Yellow Pages.

October 2022-Present Montreal, Quebec

Confirming payroll bi-weekly using the ADP interface within deadline Submitting ROEs post payroll bi-weekly

Producing and providing Employment Confirmation Letters to employees upon request

Processing new hires, termination, leave of absences, maternity leaves, paternity leaves, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability cases

Processing salary changes and promotions, including calculating retroactive payments

Processing and importing commissions, incentives, gift card payments and allowances

Processing saisies, alimonies and including them in payroll

Handling and running pre-payroll reports including verification reports Updating employees’ information on their ADP profile, including personal information

Participating in Year-End procedures, T4s and RL1 balancing

Replying to email queries from employees, HR department and Canada Services. Generating reports, using pivot tables and vlookup to validate hours before confirming payroll

Investigating discrepancies while validating payroll on payroll register

Producing Adhoc and post payroll reports for other departments, including Human

Resources, I.T and Accounting

Producing HRIS report, to be sent to benefit provider as a post payroll task Uploading employees documents to their file on sharepoint

Immunology Analyst, ITR laboratories. November 2019-October 2022 Montreal, Quebec

• Performing ELISA and MSD on animal and human samples
• Developing and validating new methods and techniques
• Writing related SOPs
• Recording procedures and results as per protocol, SOPs and GLP
• Reviewing and doing the quality control of worksheets within deadline
• Analysing, documenting, interpreting, compiling and summarizing data and results
• Receiving and handling test articles from clients
• Assisting in the daily operational tasks of the laboratory
• Performing cell culture and cell count on samples
• Verification and calibration of laboratory instruments daily and monthly
• Training of new analysts on the operation of the MSD instrument
• Reporting unforeseen issues and deviations to Study Director

Laboratory Technician, Bureau Veritas November 2017-November 2019 Montreal, Quebec

• Inspecting the samples that are to be analysed in order to ensure their integrity
• Processing samples for submission to another laboratory
• Verifying instrument functioning by checking and calibrating specific laboratory instruments
• Making sure that test procedures are performed in accordance with standard operating procedures
• Preparing samples for further testing and incubation using various laboratory techniques as well as making sure that samples are processed/tested within the required time frame.
• Preparing media for microbiological testing
• Informing supervisory personnel of any unusual or problematic incidents
• Performing further testing such as transferring colonies by inoculation or streaking method

Pay Technician, Atelka

December 2016- November 2017

Montreal, Quebec

• Processing payroll information (e.g. time sheets, withholding information, etc.), updating information and/or authorizing timely payment
• Researching discrepancies of payroll information and/or documentation (e.g. time sheets, leave time, unemployment eligibility, and direct deposit requirements, etc.) prior to processing
• Responding to written and verbal inquiries (e.g. employment verifications, garnishments, payroll processes, etc.)
• Calculate and update employees' vacation files
• Administer benefits (pension, insurance...)

Pay Clerk Atelka

December 2014- November 2016 Montreal, Quebec

• Processing bi-weekly payroll using computerized payroll systems
• Corrections and resolutions of payroll discrepancies
• Creating new employees files and updating existing employees information
• Attending other departments requests
• Filing paperwork in corresponding employees’ files

Customer Service Advisor July 2014- August 2014

Rogers, Montreal, Quebec

• Attending customers and answering their queries
• Dealing with client’s technical issues
• Handling customer’s personal information and maintaining the confidentiality
• Dispatching queries to the appropriate department

Customer Service Advisor June 2010- August 2010 Videotron, Montreal, Quebec

• Attending customers and answering their queries
• Multitasking: addressing customers’ needs using different informatics platform
• Sending the necessary queries to other departments
• Dealing with client’s personal information

Bachelor of Science with Major in Cell Biology and Anatomy, Minor in Biotechnology

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Diploma of Collegial Studies, Applied Sciences

(Concentration in Biology and Chemistry) Queen Elizabeth College, Rose Hill, Mauritius

High School Graduate Diploma

Sodnac State Secondary School, Sodnac, Mauritius