Manager Years Experience

Harold Gary

Email: **********@********.***

Address: ** ******* *****

City: baltimore

State: MD

Zip: 21208

Country: USA

Phone: 410-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $40,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

HAROLD L. GARY

17 Cobbler Court * Baltimore, MD 21208 * 410-***-**** * **********@********.***

Payroll and Tax Compliance Professional with 20+ years experience identifying and reconciling payroll and accounting errors in large-scale, complex corporations. Reputation for accurate payroll preparation and resolving federal and state tax notices timely, efficiently and accurately. Complete understanding of all payroll processes including initiation, government statements and remittances. Expertise in filing federal and multi-state tax returns. Demonstrated ability to process bi-weekly payroll of a $250 million annual salary budget.

Multi-state Payroll Processing * Tax Returns * Internal Accounting Controls/Payroll Audits * Tax Notice Resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Payroll Consultant 2002-Present

On-site consultant for Johns Hopkins Health System, Inc., Paychex, US Food Service and T. Rowe Price, ADP,

Mary Kraft and Associates, Baltimore, MD

Contracted to prepare gross to net payroll, withholding, garnishments, reconciliations and to identify accounting and tax errors within private and publicly traded corporations:

* Prepared weekly payroll, review time sheets, enter hours, reconcile gross to net, distribute checks

* Resolved federal and state payroll and tax notices by contacting US revenue agencies

* Reconciled payroll tax liabilities to internal records G/L, A/P

* Completed and filed corrected withholding and unemployment insurance tax returns

* Corrected posting errors in SAP listings

* Prepared and filed amended quarterly and year-end returns for all 50 states

* Processed bi-weekly payroll taxes an annual salary budget of $250 million

Selected Achievement:

Recovered over $1 million in tax overpayments and penalty abatements

Tax Specialist

Ledger Coordinator

Baltimore Gas & Electric, Baltimore, MD

* Responsible for weekly and quarterly payroll tax compliance for BGE and 23 subsidiaries:

* Prepared federal and multi-state tax returns for 11,000 employees: Forms 941, 940, W-2 and W-3

* Filed state withholding and unemployment forms

* Reconciled payroll accounts to general ledger

* Resolved tax notices from tax authorities throughout the US

* Calculated energy surcharge, tariff returns and Sales and Use tax

* Federal Excise Taxes

Selected Achievement:

Performed at 100% accuracy rate; met all deadlines

Branch Manager

Maryland National Bank, Inc., Baltimore, MD

* Developed new business through cold-calling and relationship management

* Motivated and retained employees through effective coaching, training and leadership

* Networked with Insurance, Trust, Mortgage and commercial industries; followed through on leads

SOFTWARE SKILLS

SAP

PEOPLESOFT

ORACLE FINANCIALS

QUICKBOOKS

ADP

TURBO TAX

ULTRA TAX

MS OFFICE-WORD/EXCEL/POWERPOINT/ACCESS

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

Tax Courses, H & R Block, Baltimore, MD

"Gear-Up" Tax Seminars, Maryland Society of Accountants, Baltimore, MD

M.A., Music, Juilliard School, New York, NY

B.A., Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD

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