Katalina Perkins

Telephone # 510-***-****, Email Address: ad1owp@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Experienced Senior Manager, Global Payroll, Senior Payroll Analyst who has a strong command of all regulatory, tax and administrative needs for multiple payroll system. Adept at several payroll software platforms, Lead and manage Implementation analyzing payroll data to find errors and establishing proper level of benefits. Manage and process Global and International Payroll process with ADP Global view and ADP Celergo platform connecting and unifying multiple country payrolls into a single, unified solution. Specializes in companies that span several states, Understand SOX controls and Excellent organization skills; ability to handle multiple priorities within deadlines is required, handle relocation and taxation laws in relation to permanent and temporary employees.

Business Proficiency

General Skills

• General Ledger • Accruals, Commission • Multistate Payroll

• Journal Entries, AP & AR • All Tax Audit Support • Union / Nonunion Software / Operating Systems

• MS Word, Excel 2007 • People Soft 9.0Attendant • Etime & Attendant

• Windows 95/98/2000/XP • Paychex, NetSuite

• EZ Labor Time & Attendant

• ADP Pay x Pert 2.0 (PWPC), – EV5 • ADP Celergo

• Paycom

• Workday Payroll & HR

• Workforce now 11.0 • ADP Global View • UK Payroll – ADP

• 7.0 Time & Attendant • Report Writer • Canadian Payroll – ADP

• ProBusiness 9.0

• WEB Globe (UK)

• Pay Escape (UK)

• UltiPro (UKG)

• Paylocity – Time & Labor

• International Payroll

• Blue Marble (UK)

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• Ceridian 7.4 / Etime • In-house Payroll

• SAP Payroll

Professional Experience:

Employed as a Contractor Pyramid Agency: Senior Global Payroll Manager. (Remote) Fandom: May 2023 – September 2023

Employed as a Contractor with DeWinter Agency: Senior Global Payroll Manager. (Remote) Altos Labs: April 2022 – March 2023

• Leads teams of 2 employees, Responsible for goal setting, training and development, performance management and mentorship. Set performance goal, conduct regular performance evaluations, and provide constructive feedback to enhance the team’s performance and development.

• Manages vendors and software. Responsible for contract management & negotiations, security permission & access, configuration, usage, integrations and relationship management, and performance measurement.

• Manage end-to-end payroll processes, including salary calculations, wage deductions, benefit deductions, and timekeeping systems.

• Oversee payroll processing and validate payroll data, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies across various countries.

• Ensure accuracy of employee records related to payroll, including changes in compensation, job titles, benefits, and tax information.

• Analyze and evaluate existing payroll processes to identify areas for improvement and implement necessary changes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.

• Conduct regular audits of payroll data to identify discrepancies or errors and take necessary measures to resolve them.

• Collaborate with People Operations and Finance departments to provide accurate and timely payroll reporting and be able to provide support to ensure consistency between payroll and ERP systems.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on domestic and international payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance requirements, ensuring adherence to applicable regulations.

• Monitor and process payroll taxes, including global tax withholdings, deductions, and reporting requirements. Handle payroll inquiries and provide excellent customer service to employees regarding payroll-related matters.

• Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in payroll systems and technologies, recommending improvements or enhancements to enhance overall payroll operations. Afterpay US, Inc., - Senior Global Payroll Manager 8/2019 – 10/2021 (Remote)

• Manage processing, configuration, and reconciliation of all payroll data to our external payroll and financial systems. Review employee data changes for new hires, rehires, terminations, status changes, rate changes, leave of absences, and other payroll inputs.

• Coordinates year-end W-2 processing. Oversees preparation of pay period reports detailing employee and employer.

• Oversees transmission of employee contributions to flexible spending & commuter spending plans to plan administrator.

• Handles escalations, complex, or non-routine situations for all levels of employees and administration, providing root cause analysis and corrective action.

• Prepares payroll related journal entries and account reconciliation; manages banking relationships and oversees all payroll transmittals to banking institutions and government agencies.

• Works with the Employee Services team on projects and initiatives.

• Provide strong oversight of U.S. multi-state and international payroll functions. Ensure an accurate and timely payroll, including but not limited to salary, equity, bonus, benefits, and taxes. Lead the implementation of any new payroll platforms or upgrades.

• Responsible for ensuring all payroll regulatory filings are completed in line with statutory due dates, and stay current on regulations, benefits changes, and labor laws impacting the payroll process for all payroll tax jurisdictions. Twist Bioscience – Senior Global Payroll Manager 07/2014 – 09/2019 (San Francisco, CA)

• Lead and own the global payroll strategy aligned with our needs.

• Act as System Administrator to update and maintain ADP Global View & ADP Celergo

• Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing for domestic and international locations.

• Manages processes to review time sheets, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.

• Manages processing of bi-weekly payroll and issues statements of earnings and deductions

• Analyzes and reports vacation and sick leave accruals.

• Collaborates with IT to implement system modifications to improve efficiency.

• Develops and maintains internal controls over T&L and Payroll processes.

• Coordinates responses to requests from internal and external auditors as well as management

• Processes and reconciles short-and long-term disability, workers’ compensation, and life insurance payments; adjusts earnings, taxes, wage garnishments, and leave balances.

• Participates in and supports the Company’s Continuous Improvement program and projects. Take actions to better serve customers. Actively communicate issues to management.

• Performs other duties as assigned to fulfill business operational needs and objectives.

• Prepare and process Canada and Japan payroll, help set up international payroll and assist in manual adminis5ration or ad hoc payroll needs (Japan)

• Ensure compliance with local, state federal regulations, and international locations. Reply to special requests from regulatory agencies.

• Communicate effectively with team members to keep them apprised of the latest changes in regulations on taxes and payroll procedures.

• Stock Administration Tasks – Point of contact for all internal and external inquiries related to equity. Prepare and provide information to employees about vesting and exercise process.

• Ensure that all forms of equity compensation are administered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the plan(s) under which they are granted.

• Maintain equity database integrity and ensure accuracy of employees’ data contained in Share works. Manage the overall calendar stock administration related activities. Assist with other compensation related projects and rewards processes, incentives plan, and market related activities.

• Process stock payrolls, including Options, RSU’s and ESPP. Ensure grants, exercises, repurchases and cancellation are recorded in a timely manner in the equity platform, including partnering with HR to ensure new hire grants are captured in a timely manner.

• Work closely with external auditors to complete the annual company’s 401k audit, Relocation & Equity, including all Stock Options, workers’ compensation audit and financial statements audit. Proactively prepare relevant management reports as needed.

• Attends meetings and training as directed by Twist Bioscience Leaders. Ross Store – Senior Payroll Manager (Contractor) 09/2011 – 6/2014 (San Francisco, CA)

• Manage and mentor the payroll team, Oversee and manage day to day payroll operations.

• Streamline the payroll administrative processes to allow staff to perform effectively and efficiently.

• Lead the relationship with payroll solutions partner.

• Integrate newly acquired employees or companies into the payroll process.

• Partner closely with the Stock Compensation and HR teams, Process stock payrolls, including Options, RSU’s and ESPP

• Ensure tax filings are accurate and on time and coordinate with the tax team on any tax issues.

• Act as main point of contact for employee questions on compensation

• Work closely with cross functional leaders of HR, Legal, Finance and other business partners.

• Ensure that internal controls and procedures are followed to satisfy periodic review of compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley

• Lead all process improvement efforts for the compensation related area.

• Lead ad hoc projects for payroll.

• Process and review all payroll related interfaces. Create pay data batches, verify, and reconcile wages & hours from various applications.

• Calculate timecards when needed. Monitor timely receipt of payroll required document from all locations.

• System maintenance, including, but not limited to new hire set up, taxes forms processing, local taxes, timekeeping input, direct deposit set up, benefits set up, terminations, garnishments processing and employee verifications of employments.

• Process semi-monthly for Canada Manage stock-based compensation processing in payroll, including option exercises & RSU’s and ESPP in future, for proper income reporting and tax withholding.

• Ensure that all monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll tax filings are met; ensure all local statutory payroll and fringe benefit reporting requirements are met.

• Ensure stock activity for US and international employees is properly processed and reported.

• Support various internal and external audits, domestic and international if needed. Bay Equity – Senior Payroll Manager 09/2003 – 03/2011 (San Francisco, CA.)

• Lead and own the global payroll strategy aligned with our needs Act as System Administrator to update and maintain ADP Global View & ADP Celergo

• Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing for domestic and international locations.

• Respond to employee questions that comes to Time Support Mailbox and phone helpline.

• Represent Payroll on calls with labor relations and keep an eye on changes that pertain to Payroll and Time.

• Support Mobile Time entry and other field tools that are used to enter time in SAP.

• Lead Quarterly timekeeper calls and keep them updated on the changes as well as gather the feedback from them and act as needed.

• Respond to Paid Time Off Quota issues from labor Unions.

• Roll-out Employee Self-Service (ESS) application in SAP to new line of businesses (LOB’s).

• Oversee 4 team members.

• Prepare month-end journal entries and analyses for all payroll & benefits.

• Review international payrolls for accuracy.

• Prepare schedules to support workers compensation audits, 401K audits and other surveys/reports requiring employee payroll data.

• Monitor employee PTO usage and include such data in each payroll cycle. Harris Salinas Rebar – Payroll Manager 03/1998 – 08/2003 (Oakland, CA)

• Process payroll for salary and hourly employees and maintained all related records for all employees; run bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll for 700 employees.

• Develop consistent procedures for handling all payroll related functions, responsible for tracking and maintaining procedures for preparing payroll batch for transmission, accounting reconciliation and manual check processing.

• Responsible for researching and resolution of all payrolls related processing issues. Audit time and attendance records for hours worked, managers’ approvals, paid time off and bonuses earned.

• Review all payroll reporting and ensure accurate and timely filing with appropriate governmental authorities.

• Provide general administrative support to the payroll department. Responsible for performing and completing pay, maintaining vacation, sick leave, and workers’ compensation records; compiled reports on base and premium pay; research and provide special reports to all Branch Managers.

• Act as Concur administrator to update employees onboarding, offboarding and approval hierarchy.

• Responsible for payroll policies & procedures.

• Lead significant systems and process changes in the payroll function. Support the HR team in implementation of an HRIS system, including integration to US and international payroll systems, building global payroll provider network and processes. Alameda County/Highland Hospital – Payroll Administrator Consultant 04/1991 – 02/1998 (Oakland, CA.)

• Processed multi-state full cycle payroll for 2000+ employees, salary/nonexempt. Generated and distributed monthly reporting as required. Review tax changes and payroll processes for compliance with labor and tax laws. Ensure timely and accurate federal, state, and local quarterly tax filings with Ceridian tax services.

• Validates that terminated employees do not receive duplicate checks. Provides analysis of moderate payroll projects such as garnishment of wages. Conducts disposable income calculations. Helped campus Payroll Processors on moderately complex transactions. Applies professional concepts in analyzing and reviewing department payroll actions appearing on overpayment/underpayment reports to determine processing errors.

• Prepare accrual and correct entries. Reconcile weekly and month end reports with General Ledger interface reports using Excel spreadsheet. Online input manual checks issued and reconciled total with annual check transmittal log. Assist Accounts Payable Manager to conduct monthly system update.

• Biweekly and Semi Monthly – Reconcile payroll transactions using various pre-established reports. Present an overview of activities, material changes and work with general ledger accountant to resolve out of balance conditions. Monitors payments to non-exempt commissioned employees since all overtime payments must be made on the adjusted (base + commissions) hourly rate.

• Maintains current documentation and prepares new documentation, as necessary. Process all US payrolls and maintain records. Assist with processing annual checks as needed. Department Resource for basic training of junior level payroll specialists. Create special reports for management as needed. Daily customer service and responding to all payroll issues via email or phone.

• Prepared manual checks for terminations based on state regulations for timely payment. Answered all questions and requests for payroll and benefits issues from all employees. Uploaded all HR and Accountant interfaces and distributed all report to management. Review, and updated Sui Tax corrections into payroll application.

• Manage 16 Iron Workers Timecards and all payroll schedule plus benefits, manage 2 clerical employees reporting to me daily. Education:

High School Diploma: St. Mary’s High School

Business Degree: Business Financial Analyst, St. Joseph Business School Bachelor’s degree: Business Administration, U.S.P., Fiji Island

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