JAMES F. LONGLEY, CPP
GREEN BAY, WI 54311
(Home: 920-***-****) (Cell: 920-***-****)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Compensation\Payroll Specialist
Schwabe North America, Inc. 825 Challenger Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311
April 2010 to Present
Duties included the following:
. Develop Compensation process including:
1. Maintain and analyze current compensation structure
2. Partner with HRD management team to evaluate positions,
occupational classifications, exempt and non-exempt status and
salary structure
3. Measure the effectiveness of current compensation policies and
streamline process.
. Develop Payroll processes including:
1. Maintain Confidential payroll information
2. Process payroll from gross to net using ADP-PayExpert system.
3. Research and resolve payroll and system problems
4. Partner with Benefits Specialist to implement more functionality
of ADP-HRD system for payroll and benefits automation
5. Act as back up to Benefits Specialist and enter in benefits into
self service system to feed into PayExpert
HR Benefits\Systems\Payroll Analyst
Mercury Marine - A Division of Brunswick Corporation, W1925 Pioneer Road,
Fond Du Lac, WI 54936
January 2010 to April 2010
Duties included the following:
. Maintain employee benefit rate tables and administer to employee
benefit set up in payroll system
. Worked on project team to convert from Oracle HRMS to ADP
. Led and project managed individuals and teams to ensure attainment of
current project goals
. Over saw all system modifications for HR
. Resolved employee issues concerning benefits and third party vendors.
. Tested and validated new benefits for 2010
. Helped Payroll and HR teams transition to ADP functions
. Provided reports using query tool for HR compliance reporting
. Audited I-9's
. Provided demographics and employee data for new 401K plan
. Created work processes for:
1. Cobra reporting
2. Termination of employees
3. Administrating to in-house and out - source short term
disability payments
Payroll\HR Contractor
AEROTEK, 5471 Waterford Lane, Suite 200, Appleton, WI. 54913
November 2009 to December 2009
Duties included the following:
. Maintain employee benefit rate tables and administer to employee
benefit set up in payroll system
. Tested and validated open enrollment information for 2010
. Created work processes for:
1. Cobra reporting
2. Termination of employees
3. Administrating to in-house and out - source short term
disability payments
Payroll\HR Contractor
Account Temps - A Division of Robert Half, 100 West Lawrence Street,
Appleton, WI 54911
December 2008 to October 2009
Perform services for various clients listed as follows:
Duties: To back fill Payroll Administrators and HR Coordinator role using
PeopleSoft version 9.0, Ceridian, Oracle and ADP
. Process bi-weekly payroll for 5 companies in 35 state using People
Soft HRMS and Ceridian Source 500
. Reconcile payroll liability accounts
. Help current staff with training for new People Soft conversion to
Payroll
. Process all monthly and quarterly tax reconciliation with Ceridian
. Enter and maintain employee personal information in PeopleSoft and
Ceridian
. Processed 327 941, 940 and State year end reporting for clients using
Windfiler Plus software.
Hr Duties: To administer to employee benefits
. Benefit set ups and administration
. Employee terminations and cobra reporting
. I-9 auditing
. Answering questions on benefits and short term disability
. Administer to 401k, medical, dental and vision reports for third party
vendors.
Oracle Functional Specialist - Consultant
The Revere Group, 6737 W. Washington Street, Suite 2350, West Allis, WI
53214
July 2008 to September 2008
Provided for client:
. Documentation for Request for Proposal by providing the following
information.
1. Documentation of current workflow processes versus new workflow
processes
2. Documentation of user requirements
. Development of project plan and timeline
1. Documentation of testing schedule and testing scripts to be
performed
2. Development of testing material
. Analyze client's current business modeling and identify any issues
that will need to be addressed to make client more effective and
efficient to meet corporate goals.
Payroll Manager
Mercury Marine - A Division of Brunswick Corporation, W1925 Pioneer Road,
Fond Du Lac, WI 54936 August 2003 to July 2008
Supervise a staff of 6 people
1. Responsible for maintaining payroll process and procedures for 4,707
employees in 18 different states using Oracle HRMS version 11.59 of
payroll.
2. Maintained and monitored data and report requests from HR department
using Discoverer
3. Maintained all insurance benefit rate tables and deduction processes
4. Ownership of following processes:
1. Interface between TruTrack time & attendance systems and Oracle
Payroll module
2. Security Tree for:
5. TruTrack access
6. PIMS access
7. Automated payroll processes
8. Access to web base Internet banking
9. Processed and submitted project requests to IT department after
prioritizing.
10. Maintained data accuracy for federal, state, and local taxes for
interface with ADP tax service
11. Balanced payroll information on weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual
bases for accuracy in tax deposits, W-2 preparation, tax filings with ADP
tax service, and Worker compensation audits
12. Help maintain SOX audit schedule and automated reconciliation process
using excel.
13. Tested and maintained Oracle payroll module software for enhancements
and complete new conversions.
14. Maintain all Oracle tables for taxes, insurance calculations, bonus
calculations, and all other system table responsibilities.
15. Work with out source entity to maintain and pay Ex-Pats in China, Great
Britain and Korea.
16. Worked with Oracle Fast Formulas to customize payroll and HR processes.
Corporate Payroll Manager
Shopko Stores, Inc., 700 Pilgrim Way, Green Bay, WI 54307 March 2002 to
August 2003
Supervised a staff of 5 people
17. Responsible for maintaining payroll and processing payroll records for
60,000 employees in 26 States using People Soft version 8.3.
18. Take full ownership of the following functions for payroll on biweekly,
monthly, quarterly and annual bases:
1. Monitor interface process between People Soft and Finance
Software.
2. Monitor and process biweekly payroll for 26,000 employees
3. Prepare all tax reports for 26 different states
4. Prepare W-2 files for third party vendor to process
19. Partner with the Human Resource Department to administer all benefit
programs as they pertain to payroll.
20. File all quarterly 941's, and state SUTA returns, File annually 940 and
W-2's.
21. Partner with Risk Management in Worker's Compensation reporting.
22. Partner with Finance for all financial reporting and internal audit
controls.
23. Partner with Finance for development of Sarbanes/Oxley documentation
and audit schedules.
24. Worked with HRIS Manager in maintaining query requests using Crystal.
Previous Accomplishments:
25. Headed up People Soft upgrade from version 7.5 to version 8.3.
26. Headed up development of payroll automation for vacation, general
office and Doctors of Optometry using Web base systems.
27. Member of team for developing new vacation policy and procedure.
28. Member of Sarbanes/Oxley team to review all accounting and payroll
processes.
29. Developed vacation tracking using automation and IT support
30. Headed up development of audit schedule for Sarbanes/Oxley regulations.
Corporate Payroll Manager
M. A. Mortenson Co., 700 Meadow Lane N, Minneapolis, MN 55422 May 1987 to
March 2002
31. Supervise staff of 8 people, 4 locally and 4 regionally.
32. Responsible for maintaining the records and payroll processing of 2,500
weekly and 850 biweekly employees using a fully integrated in house
software package. CGC-Computer Guidance Corporation.
33. Maintain monthly payroll entries and processing of Executives payroll
using Ceridian.
34. Oversaw the handling of monthly, bimonthly and quarterly payroll tax
deposits for 48 different states and 2 provinces.
35. Administered to equalization agreements and payroll for 45 expatriates
in Canada, Japan and Ireland.
36. Oversaw the payment and reporting of Foreign Nationals working in the
U.S. from subsidiary company in Brazil.
37. Administered to the preparation of payroll and taxes for all employees
working in Guam.
38. Work in partnership with Risk Management to maintain all material
pertaining to Worker's Compensation reports.
39. Partnered with the Human Resource Department to administer all benefit
programs as they pertained to payroll.
40. Filed union contribution reports for 75 different union affiliates fund
administrators and maintains union contract documentation.
41. Filed all quarterly 941's and State Unemployment returns, filed
annually 940's and W-2's.
42. Worked with Excel, Lotus 123 and IBM AS400.
43. Worked in conjunction with the Finance Department to reconcile all
general ledger accounts associated with the payroll function.
44. Oversaw the processing of the ACH direct deposit file.
Instructor
Century College, 3300 Century Avenue N, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
January 2000 to March 2002
45. Taught the Payroll Professional Learning Series (PPLS).
46. Prepared and presented material for preparation of CPP exam.
Professional Organizations:
Member of the American Payroll Association
Member of Wisconsin Local Chapter of American Payroll Association
Member of Northstar Local Chapter of American Payroll Association
Member of American Payroll Hotline Referral
Member of Society for Human Resource Management
Education:
CPP, Certified Payroll Professional (October 1999 and April 2010)
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management (May 1981)
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
References available upon request