Elisha Ochola

acqizi@r.postjobfree.com

626-***-****

EXPERIENCE

Marine Corps Community Services, San Diego, CA January 2015-April 2015

Payroll Supervisor

Bi-weekly, multi-state payroll for 800 employees, both exempt and non-exempt

Process of monthly commissions, annual bonuses

Reconciliation of payroll accounts and monthly benefits

Input of new hires, terminations, annual checks, wage garnishments

Employment verifications

Administration of 401k plan, loans borrowed from 401k, withdrawals, rollovers, employee contributions, annual 401k audits

Responsible for Workers Compensation audits, monthly reporting and policy changes requiring renewals per state.

Responsible for filing monthly, quarterly and yearly state and federal payroll taxes

Responsible for benefit administration: medical, and dental open enrollment, including remittance of benefit payments, 401k submission of participant information and transmission of payment

Manage regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports (Gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrued, tax deductions, garnishments, and benefit deduction)

Generation of vacation and sick reports

Year- end preparation of W-2s and 1099 reports

Boy Scouts of America, San Gabriel Valley Council, Pasadena, CA June 2004-September 2014

Payroll Manager (2004-2014)

Processed Semi-Monthly payroll for 500 employees, both exempt and non-exempt

Audited payroll balance sheet, and year to date earnings.

Managed regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end payroll reports ( gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrued, tax deductions, garnishment, and benefit deductions

Managed weekly disbursement of multi-state payroll, including garnishments, benefits and taxes consistent with federal and state wage and hourly laws.

Reconciled general ledger payroll accounts monthly for any variance

Responsible for processing of monthly commissions and annual bonuses

Responsible for keeping up with multi-state payroll and tax laws

Responsible for state set-up, including registering/applying for various tax IDs, update SUI rates, and deposit frequency

Reconciled quarterly payroll reports from ADP against GL

Yearly negotiated payroll cost with ADP for a better cost.

Staff Accountant (2004-2014)

Served as assistant controller, supervised 8 accounting and payroll staff

Performed comprehensive budget variance analysis and determined root-cause for each significant variance

Key contributor to annual budget process, reviewing historical activities, trends and future obligations.

Analyzed budget requests from departments for completeness, accuracy and conformance with procedures and regulations.

Compiled and reviewed budgets for organization units, using actual performance, previous budget figures, estimated revenue, expenses and reports.

Daily Journal Entries for any reclassifications like payroll distribution, insurance amortization and employee benefit payroll deductions

Audited and reconciled general ledger accounts at month end

Managed daily cash flow

Reconciled monthly bank accounts (statements) for all three funds.

Performed month end close process

Reviewed and approved invoices for payment

Prepared month-end and quarter-end closing journal entries

Booked monthly recurring and non-recurring journal entries

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, People Soft, ADP Payroll Work force, Pay Easy 6, DOS, IOI, Quick Books Premier 2014

EDUCATION

California State University, San Bernardino, CA

MBA in progress

United States International University, San Diego, CA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

The Accounting Annex, Arcadia, CA

Certificate in Computerized Accounting-Quick Books Premier 2014