Customer Service Accounts Payable

ADRIANA OCHOA

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Burlington, New Jersey 08016

Home: 609-***-**** / Cell: 609-***-****

E-mail *******@*******.***

Professional Objective:

Experience highly motivated and goal-oriented payroll specialist with

extensive accounting experience, who is looking for a rewarding

position with diverse duties exemplifying my strong work ethic and

professional dedication, which exploits my ability to complete

intricate tasks, nurture positive relationships, mediate win-win

resolutions, and grow into more challenging opportunities where

presented.

Key Skills:

. Business Administration, Customer Service, Payroll Administration,

Data management

. Oracle: HR 11i,, PeopleSoft 8 & 9.1, SAP A/P, Purchasing,

Discoverer and NoetixViews,

. Model N application, Glacier system for NRAs, Dream weaver MX 2008,

HTML

. ADP Pc Payroll 5.0. ADP PayForce, ADP Pay @ work, Report Smith,

Enterprise E-Time Time attendance

. Actively Pursuing CPP certification, Accounts Payable / Accounts

Receivable / General Ledger, Tax Specialist II

. Microsoft Access Database Design and Creation, High PC fluency

. Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook),

Lotus Note 123.

Work Experience:

RHODIA INC. Cranbury, NJ 08512

Payroll Administrator

June 2010 - June 2011

. Responsible to timely process Biweekly and Monthly payroll and

comply with all governmental and union regulations. Process daily

data base reports for all status and compensation. Generated

periodic statistics for analytics and management dashboards. Review

and reconcile time sheet information for inconsistent or

conflicting information. Run Interface to export E-time ADP hourly

files to SAP Payroll System. Oversaw calculation and entering of

one time earning, tax and deduction amounts as needed to adjust for

retroactive changes or accommodate special requests HR, Benefits or

other department heads. Reviewed new tax levy or wage attachments

and calculated amount of deduction or setup. Run standard SAP

reports to identify trends and analyze escalated issues. Prepare

and submit approved responses to inquiries from various government

agencies. Balanced biweekly and US and Canadian Payroll and Funding

Report. Maintain Human Resource Information System records and

compiles reports from database as needed.

. Key Contributions:

. Assist HR Director with various research projects to improve

the time off procedure.

. Participate in the system upgraded time and attendance ADP E-

Time enterprise.

Merck KGaA -EMD Chemicals, http://www.emdchemicals.com Gibbstown, NJ

08027

Payroll Accountant and Operations Lead /Accounts Payable December

2008 to June 2010

. Responsible for payroll accounting that includes the computation of

gross wages and other compensation such as salaries, employee

commissions, and bonuses. Maintains all payroll general ledger

accounts by preparing reconciliations and analytical reviews,

performing account analysis and accounting entries, applying final

approval on Monthly payroll expenditures, tax withholdings and

other deduction journal voucher postings to the financial

accounting system. Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports

for wage and tax data for external auditors, preparing year-end

journal entries, adjusting entries and accruals for month end

closing cash accounts. Process housing subsidy payments, office and

car allowances for expatriates thru SAP Accounts payable. Reviewing

and running Etime interface to export employee's hours and import

pay files to ADP workforce one. Receive, download, process and

generate reports for weekly & monthly 401Ks. Processing Canadian

payroll thru ADP @pay and Cash Management posting international

payments for Expats and Preparing GL reconciliations and Account

analyses.

. Key Contributions:

. Actively involved on project teams for large strategic

projects including system upgrades and implementation for HR,

time and attendance E-time enterprise and ADP Pay force

system meeting the datelines.

. Assists in the operation and management payroll system by

recommending payroll process improvements, coordinating the

development and maintenance of the automated payroll/ GL info

link interface.

. Provide timely responses to ad-hoc requests from Management,

Business Units and Internal and External customers.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, NJ 08544

Senior Operations Administrator /Accounts Payable

April 2006 to December 2008

. Oversaw calculation and entering of one time earning, tax and

deduction amounts as needed to adjust for retroactive changes or

accommodate special requests for 9000 employees thru Account

Payables for the Treasury office, HR, Benefits or other department

heads. Reviewed new Union deductions, tax levy or wage attachments

and calculated amount of deduction or setup. Prepare payroll tax

payments and filings for Forms, 941, 1042 and others, as well as

all state income taxes, unemployment and local taxes, wage

garnishments, and W-2/1099 processing. Balanced biweekly and

monthly payroll. Glacier Analyzing and interpretation of

appropriate documents from treaty Country .

. Key Contributions:

. Assist with the upgrade HR & Payroll People Soft Version 9

System and meet the date lines.

. Managed and created al payroll projects in Access Database to

establish metrics for the counter activity.

. Worked Closely with IT department to develop and improve

forms for Payroll & Accounts Payables web pages.

BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY, Burlington, NJ 08016

Corporate Senior Payroll Administrator

May 2002 - March 2006

. Oversee payroll activity for 400 national locations and 1200

corporate employees; hourly vs. salaried, union vs. non union,

weekly vs. bi-weekly. Work closely with the Manager of Human

Resources and the Assistant Controller. Support and Assist Vice

Presidents, District and Regional Managers with any employee

relation issues due to salary discrepancies. Review, maintain, and

monitor all salary changes for store and field employees. Regularly

interacted with upper and middle management to resolve salary

issues. Regularly synchronized reconciliation for Benefits, Taxes,

and General Ledger departments to correct inconsistencies.

. Key Contributions:

. Provided hands on expertise to IT department during system

development, upgrades, and migrations (JCI to Oracle HR;

Payroll and Work brain Time and Attendance system).

. Worked closely with American Payroll Company to enhance

system efficiency.

Accounts Receivable/ payable specialist

February 1999 - May 2002

. Processed and verified invoices using corporate standards, and,

where necessary instituting new standardized procedures (e.g. the

Match, Batch, and Code method of invoice tracking). Responsible for

handling and posting all incoming expense reports. Maintain up-to-

date billing system and follow up, collection and allocation of

Monitoring customer account details for non payments, delayed

payments and other irregularities.

. Key Contributions:

. Assisted corporate buyer to enhance procedures in PO orders

and receipts the process.

. Worked closely with MIS department to develop and improve

intranet.

. Acknowledged as employee of the month for project management.

HOST MARRIOT SERVICES, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Cash Office Clerk June

1996 - Feb 1999

. Assigned to train coworkers at other locations in the state, for

the cash offices. Verified all daily transactions, reconciled cash

records, deposits, and settled safe. Submitted various reports for

daily transactions. Prepared money exchanges for employees.

Administrative assistance and department backup.

. Key Contributions:

. Leverage expertise to train employees at other location in NJ

turnpike rest area for the cash office position.

. Created an employee cash office procedure to improve employee

productivity.

. Received employee of the month Award for project organization

and customer services skills.

DOMMARTTI REALTY INCOME TAX (Dommar Income Tax), Woodside, NY 11377

Tax Prep and Administrator Assistant

June 1993 - May 1996

. Primarily responsible for all office clerical duties. Prepared

Income tax returns. Processed payroll and administered petty cash.

Worked with customers to resolve issues. Responsible for bank

deposits and 'Money Grams'.

. Key Contributions:

. Liaised between client and the company to resolve issues and

preserve business relationships.

. Reduced operation expenses by detecting and rectifying system

errors.

Education:

2008-2011 Fall HR Block Tax Certification / HR Tax

Professional III

2007-Present Burlington County College: Pursuing Accounting

Degree and CPP Certification

2005-2006 Burlington County College Web Designer HTML.

2006 -2007 Princeton University Dream weaver MX

2008/ Microsoft Office 2007/Vista

1992-1995 San Buenaventura University Bachelor degree Business

administration

1992. CCEP (Colombian Center for Professional Studies) Associates

degree Computer Programmer.

References:

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