ISEL FIGUEROA- ZIMMERMAN

Miami Lakes, FL

Cell Phone: 305-***-****

Email: ad45cs@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

South Florida Lumber. 08/2019 - Present

Payroll & HR Generalist - Contractor

Produces scheduled and ad-hoc reports pertaining to Payroll, GL export and Bank cash reports.

Responsible for HR processes and monitoring compliance to AHS’ policies and procedures.

Ensures company compliance with legal requirements and government regulations related to human resources.

Monthly audit enrollments, terminations, and other changes to payroll information to ensure that accurate records are maintained.

Responsible for adjustment deductions at the time of employment termination to ensure employee deductions cover the entire month.

Monthly audit employee payroll deductions for health/optional coverage chosen at time of hire or changed throughout the year.

Process 401K Audit

Process Workers Compensation Audit

Responsible for 941 Audit (Quarterly)

Perform Tax liability Audit (Monthly)

Acts as liaison between employees/service providers and assists in problem resolution.

Responsible for HR processes and monitoring compliance to AHS’ policies and procedures.

Jpay Inc. 01/2013 – 08/2019

Payroll & IT Purchasing Manager

Tasked with development, implementation and process monitoring to ensure consistent high quality and accurate payroll process with emphasis on efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Responsible for the maintenance of ongoing development policies and programs and bring in best practices to offer the most accurate payroll processes.

Established and implemented systems to conduct regulatory and compliance audits as well as working closely with IT to develop, test and roll out new systems and upgrade of existing systems.

Analyze complex pay transactions, identify issues that exist and work with various internal operational teams to identify root cause of payroll system issues, assess risk and implement mitigation plans to minimize or eliminate future occurrence.

Provide clear and consistent communication of key business priorities and project status of major initiatives. Develop ad-hoc financial and operational reporting and provide analytic and key business metrics.

Specialized in mergers and acquisitions.

Tasked with purchasing for every facet of operations including acquiring vendors/suppliers.

Negotiating best cost price points that meet the required specifications per department as outlined by department heads.

Managed & maintained a purchasing budget of 10 million dollars US.

Liaison to Beijing Manufacturer. Familiar with customs & trade regulations.

Worked in close coordination with Human Resources in the aide of above tasks including hiring process.

Responsible for payroll via Workforce Now® as well as time/attendance/HR via EZ Labor®.

Over 35 years proficiency combined experience.

Fanatics Mounted Memories 01/2010 to 07/2013

Payroll, Benefits & Human Resources Administrator

Accurately processed the bi-weekly payroll for eight company codes with multiple states for 1100 employees using ADP Pay Expert® and EZ-Labor®.

Worked directly with management to discuss any errors or discrepancies, as well as, provided special reports using Report Smith software®.

Monitored pay or adjustments as required for employees on LOA.

Verified data entry of new hires, terminations, and various status changes.

Performed Payroll auditing pre-/post-processing to ensure accuracy, compliance, overall balancing and reconciliation.

Set up garnishments, child support orders, and tax levy’s as directed by the courts.

Worked closely with ADP to resolve any tax situations that occurred such as late filings, employees that filed under the incorrect state, unemployment issues, etc.

Fanatics Mounted Memories (continued)

Oversaw the company’s health insurance programs and 401(k) plan: responded to employee inquiries, processed new enrollments, updated employment changes, and maintained legal compliance.

Provided information related to company history, vision and values, Code of Conduct, benefits, attendance policies, and other content contained in the On-boarding process.

Managed and conducted pre-employment screening, reference checks, and background screenings.

Maintained the completeness, accuracy, and audits of associates files, including working files, medical files, and performance files as defined by the Department of Labor and in compliance with the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.

Prepared pertinent data related to salary increases and promotions during annual evaluation periods; collected final decisions and transferred to payroll accordingly.

Compiled necessary data to ensure compliance with ERISA, SOX and federal and state employment and employment tax laws.

Knowledge of state and deferral laws, and OSHA compliance.

Reported to Director of Human Resources.

A Tarp Solution, LLC 04/2008 – 01/2010

Part Time Contractor

Prepared payroll for a small family owned tarp manufacturing business.

Accounts payable and receivable.

Reconciled company’s credit cards.

Maintained all human resources files.

Balance year-end and quarter end reconciliations.

Act as the liaison between the owners and insurance agents.

Compupay Payroll Services 03/2007-04/2008 Payroll Specialist Supervisor

Responsible for managing a staff of 7 payroll administrators, 130 external clients payroll processing and reconciliations.

Developed my department to focus on providing a high level of customer service and quality consistently.

Mentored and developed department personnel through honesty, objectivity, fairness, and understanding.

Monitored the efficiency and timeliness of the workflow to ensure that client processing deadlines and requirements were met.

Arranged necessary training of all staff to provide adequate backup for essential functions of department.

Ensured accuracy of Payroll data, reports, forms, and submission of tax liability deposits.

Coordinated bi-weekly and weekly payroll processing for multiple internal and external clients.

Reviewed and applied new federal, state, and local tax regulations.

Liaison between outsourced clients, management staff, and direct internal staffing needs.

Balanced year-end and quarter end reconciliations.

Ivax Pharmaceuticals Inc. 07/2003-01/2007

Senior Payroll Specialist

Processed payroll for 19 ADP Company Codes with multiple states for 3500 employees using ADP Software.

Resolved current and previous payroll processing issues to streamline the time and attendance system.

Imported timekeeper data from Kronos® and Novatime® time clock system E-time & EZ Labor®.

Transmitted and received all payroll files and loaded pay data and management reports.

Set up special garnishments for child support, IRS, etc., deductions with goal limits.

Assisted Human Resources with JDE HR software imports for employee changes to update ADP.

Set up Multi States in software and coordinated information with San Dimas Tax Processing Center.

Calculated in house Short Term Disability payments processed by entire payroll department.

Trained new hires in the Payroll Department.

Audited all payrolls for accuracy.

Assisted Payroll Manager with special projects.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 1989-1994 & 1999–2003

Client Services Account Manager

Assisted ADP Clients by trouble shooting payroll complexities, discrepancies, and errors.

Workload for customers was assigned by incoming call board.

Assisted ADP Clients with use of ADP PCPW® payroll product.

Assigned case numbers and managed incoming requests for changes to Client payroll processing schedules.

Manual data entry for some Clients when incoming payroll volume was high during peak processing.

Coordinated PC Tech Support for clients with software and hardware issues.

Coordinated training classes and research for ADP PC Payroll for Windows.

Lehman Auto World 09/1994-11/1999

Senior Payroll and Human Resources Administrator

Resolved current and previous payroll processing issues to streamline the time and attendance system.

Ran the Human Resources department.

Calculated all commission for sales and parts department.

Audited all payrolls for accuracy.

Coordinated meetings with all supervisors to discuss payroll reporting.

Coordinated meetings with all new employees for orientation.

Coordinated meetings for open enrollment for benefits.

Administered all set up for Section 125 Cafeteria Plan.

Was in charge of all employee benefits for open enrollments and scheduled company meetings.

Coordinator for workers compensation claims and work safe environment.

Screened new hires for background checks and drug testing, along with previous employment verification's.

Set up special garnishments for child support, IRS, etc., deductions with goal limits.

EDUCATION:

University of Phoenix

Associates of Arts with a concentration in Human Management.

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, ADP Report Smith, ADP/PCPW 5.0, Kronos Time Clock, Novatime Time Clock, ADP Ez-Labor time clock & E-time, Kronos payroll system, ADP payroll systems, Compupay payroll systems, PayChex Payroll System, ADP HRB &ADP PayExpert.

ASSOCIATIONS:

The Latino American Who’s Who - 2013

American Payroll Association - 10 years

Member of the American Payroll Association.

The Network Recruiters.

The Automatic Data Processing Alumni.

The Automatic Data Processing & Subsidiaries.

The Hispanic Human Resources Network.

The lean Six Sigma (HR).

The Human Resources Professionals.

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