About Us

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.

What you'll Do

• Process payroll weekly and bi-weekly for all employees, including new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, leave of absence, statutory holidays, deductions, Provincial and Federal taxes, garnishments, and handle payroll-related inquiries and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Work with ADP specialist to ensure pay is processed within deadlines
• Prepare the validation of all wages paid for audit purposes, and ensures approval received by divisional Plant Manager's.
• Monitor account reconciliations to ensure accuracy of payments.
• Lead year-end payroll closing procedures, including reconciliations audit and balancing and filing all statuary required reports
• Ensure accurate, confidential and detailed administration and reporting by following regulations, collective agreements, and company policies and procedures.
• Issuing Record of Employments (ROE's) to terminated employees
• Reconciling and filing Union remittances

What Experience and Education You Need

• Minimum 3 years payroll processing experience. Demonstrated in-depth understanding and working knowledge of payroll processing within a large company environment, payroll laws including multi-provincial and multi-company to include reciprocity and other payroll guidelines.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); some college preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• ADP Enterprise experience required.
• Kronos experience required.

Physical Requirements

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business
• May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing
• May require carrying loads related to travel and the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The Company makes reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

What We Offer:

Our associates know the answer to the question What's in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.