Sherry Franklin
Milpitas, CA *5035
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Payroll Professional
I am loyal, dedicated, and committed to excellence. I have extensive
experience in payroll, and accounting fields. I have only listed the most
recent, relevant experience below. I continually strive to grow and learn.
As a professional, I work well in a team environment, as well as being
highly efficient working individually.
Skills & Competencies:
. ADP Payroll- PCPW, PayeXpert, ProBusiness, checkmate, adjustmate,
eTime, and EZLabor.
. Full cycle payroll- including manual checks and wage garnishments.
. Muli-state payroll, multijurisdiction adjustments, and labor laws.
. QuickBooks, PeopleSoft, SAP, Sage MIP, and Oracle.
. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.
Professional Experience:
Payroll Specialist (Contract)
Equinix Inc., Foster City, CA 07/2010- Present
. Process the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) bi-weekly payroll for the
North American region
. Process new hires, terminations, status changes, tax changes,
deductions, direct deposits, time sheet data, pay rate changes,
garnishments and expense reimbursements
. Process commission and bonus payments, retroactive adjustments,
special pay, sick leave, and worker's compensation records
. Prepare and upload 401k records and flexible benefits reports
. Generate manual checks and distribute ADP prepared checks
. Inspect/Audit automated system output such as registers and standard
reports
. Assist with the preparation of tax reports and management reports
Payroll Specialist (Contract)
Symantec Corp., Cupertino, CA 01/2009- 04/2009
. Time/Labor management via eTime. Audit employee entries, make
corrections as needed. Close/sign off period, export data to payroll
system. Track/obtain missing manager approvals for weekly time cards.
. Run, post daily Hr interface from PeopleSoft to ProBusiness.
. Stock run files, prepare, post, and load into ProBusiness.
. Prepare, upload payroll journal entries into Oracle.
. Wage garnishment research, and implement into payroll system according
to issuing agency requirements and applicable laws.
. W-2 corrections and amend tax filings, issue W-2C's.
. Various projects as assigned.
Payroll Administrator (Contract)
Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA 05/2008- 09/2008
. ADP semi-monthly payroll for approx. 4,500 employees via ADP PCPW.
Adjust pay data in ADP payroll grid, export data, audit payroll
preview, accept final pay data for processing, start new payroll
cycle.
. Research and input data changes into ADP, including wage garnishments,
liens, levies, voluntary payroll deductions, direct deposit
information, and W-4's,
. Prepare and upload payroll journal entries into SAP.
. Stock run files, prepare, audit, and process through PCPW.
. 401K import/export reports. Verify and calculate contribution/election
changes.
Payroll Administrator (Contract)
Unity Care Group, San Jose, CA 12/2007- 03/2008
. ADP bi-weekly payroll for 150 hourly employees via PCPW. Adjust pay
data in ADP payroll grid, export data, audit payroll preview, accept
final pay data for processing, start new payroll cycle.
. Input data changes into ADP, including researching wage garnishments,
liens, levies, benefit elections voluntary payroll deductions, direct
deposit information, and W-4's,
. Enter new hires, employee changes, pay increases, and hour allocation
by department and funding source.
. Reports via Reportsmith, manual/termination paychecks, journal entries
of payroll figures into Sage MIP accounting software. Excel
spreadsheets, cost centers, funding sources, labor distribution.
. Time/Labor management via EZLabor.
. Year end close out including reviewing, verifying, and issuing
employee W-2's and vendor 1099's.
Education & Training:
. Accounting Associates Certification, San Jose City College
08/1987- 05/1989
. QuickBooks training courses via Intuit.
. C.P.P. (Certified Payroll Professional) certification to be completed
Spring 2010.
Accomplishments:
. Successfully closed out seven acquired companies, including W-2's and
941 Federal filings.
. Cleared backlog of up to 11 month old tax tracers from various
government agencies, jurisdictions, and localities. Determined if
action needed, gathered required information, made appropriate
adjustments to payroll and employee records as needed.
. Continue to perform bookkeeping/payroll independent contract services
on a part time as needed basis for John W. Manson General Contracting
from 02/2009- present.