Connie Allmand * P a g e
Connie Wolfe, CPP
PAYROLL MANAGER
Katy, Texas 77449
Phone: 832-***-****
Email: *************@*****.***
Dedicated payroll professional with 15+ years of experience supporting accounting and payroll operations for government and gaming industries. Demonstrated ability to master roles with increasing responsibility, train and develop teams and contribute to change management processes. Combine strong analytical and evaluation skills to management roles to deliver excellence. SUMMARY OF SKILLS NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 10+ years in Payroll and Accounting
• Expert data analyst and financial auditor
• Building pivot tables and making macros
• Word Perfect, Word, Excel, Access, ACCPAC,
QuickBooks Pro, Peachtree, TimeCentre, JDE
Oracle, Insight, Epay and Kronos. Knowledge of
SAP, GIS mapping software and Crystal Reports.
• Saved over $1 million through audits, analysis, and reallocation of benefits
• Implemented self-service and tips and tokes
modules in Kronos for staff of 2,800 workers
• Developed a complete step by step instruction
manual for reports and tips
• Lead high-performance teams to exceed goals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACCOUNTEMPS PAYROLL SPECIALIST 03/18-CURRENT
• Provide payroll support from beginning to end for 100k salary exempt and non-exempt employees for ABM.
• Resolve paycheck inquiries, process PTO, employee pay adjustments, terminations, resignations and transfers.
WINSTAR WORLD CASINO
& RESORT PAYROLL MANAGER 12/06-03/18
• Promoted to lead team of 7 in support of over 2,800 part and full time employees working 24/7, 365 days a year for largest casino in Oklahoma. Processed 6 Million in bi-weekly payroll for 30 departments.
• Successfully developed and implemented change management plan to upgrade from TimeCentre to Kronos, resulting in improved support for casino Human Resources and Payroll operations and additional data capture and reporting measurements.
• Collaborated with IT department to create specialized reports in Kronos by providing data requirements.
• Developed spreadsheets and databases for payroll department to create labor reports for General Manager. Conducted month-over-month and year-over-year analysis of payroll trends to produce accurate financial projections.
• Completed all reviews, employee evaluations, performance development plans and scheduling for payroll department.
• Coordinated training for employees on new timesheet processes through the development of step by step training manuals.
• Performed labor transfers to ensure the proper labor allocation codes remained accurate for ever-changing staffing requirements across departments and performed balance calculations on a bi-weekly basis for error-free payroll. PAYROLL SPECIALIST 12/07-12/08
• Liaised with benefits department monthly to verify employee benefits were correctly allocated to insure correct paycheck deduction amounts.
• Achieved audit pass rate of 100% for all payroll calculations. PAYROLL ANALYST 12/06-12/07
• Conducted payroll account analysis, logged journal entries.
• Achieved 100% pass rate on weekly tip calculation audits. Connie Allmand 2 P a g e
Connie Allmand, CPP Experience continued...
CASH SYSTEMS, INC SUPERVISOR 3/05-5/06
• Supervised 20 employees in check cashing booth located within Winstar World Casino and Resort to support
• Balanced cash, checks, and credit card transactions for each shift daily, acquired funds from the Casino vault and made average daily deposits of $1 Million.
• Scheduled employees for 3 shifts, hired, completed review for employees and conducted monthly employee meetings.
• Performed random cash draw audits weekly, reduced calculation errors and achieved 100% accuracy.
• Completed and sent weekly cash balance reports to home office in Minnesota. TEXOMA COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS 911 PROGRAM ASSISTANT 01/03-03/05
• Responsible for 911 database for Cooke, Fannin and Grayson Counties. Used GIS Mapping software daily for locating cell towers.
• Worked with telephone companies to make sure that 911 calls routed properly.
• Ordered all 911 supplies for fire and police departments in the three counties to distribute.
COUNTY OF BUTTE AUDITOR-ACCOUNTANT 10/98-12/01
• Started at Sheriff’s office as a clerk then transferred to the Auditor’s office.
• Approved or disapproved all county contracts for fiscal review to make sure they complied with that department’s budget.
• Audited all payments on the contracts to make sure that it complied with the contract. Then sent payment to Accounts payable to be paid.
• Helped departments prepare contracts for review by the Controller.
• Kept track of all fixed assets for the county in a database. EDUCATION
BUTTE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Associate degree in Business Administration and Liberal Arts CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO
Accounting Major
CERTIFICATIONS
AMERICAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION
Fundamental Payroll Professional Certification
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) Certification Member of APA IRS Committee