Manager Payroll

Elaine A. Giddens

***** **** ******** *****

Las Vegas, NV 89141

Telephone 702-***-****

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

Objective:

Seeking a position that will not only enhance my current knowledge, but also to be a teaching tool for my future.

Core Competencies:

Responsibility for payroll preparation/production in the payroll department

Managed/maintained Payroll and Time Sytems

Complete Tax filing

Review payroll files for out of balances and make corrections

Prepare/process child support and other various garnishment payments

Maintain employee files

Account reconciliations

401k Administration enrollments, terminations, rollovers, loan hardship withdrawals and reports to vendor

Power of Attorney for company payroll accounts

Backup to A/P with bank reconciliation and out date checks, voids and direct deposit reversals

Conducted and assisted HR, Controller, CFO and Finance department with audit

Systems:

ADP Payroll and Expense modules, Ceridian, Time and Attendance Systems, Agresso in-house, Great Plains In-house, PeopleSoft HRMIS/Payroll/Finance, Deltek Time & Attendance/Finance, Deltek Costpoint,10 key calculator, Excel, Word and Outlook

Key Accomplishment

Produce 1% error payrolls

Devised pre-audit reports to accurate and timely payroll

Communicated annual HR/PR processing schedule to communicate timesheets and employee changes

Set up a shared drive for HR and Payroll department to review and updated employee information

Assist Consultants with conversion by understanding company’s business processes

Successful year end closing with limited issued W2c's

Work closely with CFO, COO, budget reports, mergers

Open/Close tax accounts

Work closely with employees with payroll and or benefit questions

Assist employees who laid off with final checks

Work Payroll vendors with employee data collection in order provide company with define breakdown of hours, earnings, PTO, employee benefits and taxes

Assisted research and enter SOC and EECO codes

Experience:

Savoy Group, Inc./Versa Integrity Group Inc, Sulphur, LA

Payroll Manager September 2014 to July 2016

Oversee, manage, maintain biweekly multi state payroll with a population of 400 employees throughout Louisiana, Texas, Wyoming

Payroll system maintenance with new SUI experience tax rates, payroll. Pay codes, voluntary and involuntary deductions

Conducted Payroll strategy, planning, communication, and marketing the payroll function and related services to VP's and senior management

Supervised Payroll Accountant with processing payroll

Review and approve payroll entries, transmit and reconcile after payroll returns

Process Child Support and garnishment payments

Provide Cash Management department of payroll expenses

Submit 401k contributions, loan payments, hours and earnings report to 401k vendor

Prepared journal entries, PTO reports, Employee Benefit reports, Workers Compensation salary analysis

Created procedures for payroll accounting

Assisted AP Manager as backup and various accounting analysis

Assisted CFO merger changes such as applying new FEIN ID, State ID, SUI ID numbers. Closing old ID numbers, transfer year balances for correct experience rating.

Complete Staffing Agency, Lake Charles, LA

Temporary Payroll Specialist June 2014 to September 2014

Assignment: Savoy Group, Inc.

The company was in the process of converting their finance, payroll, HR systems from outsourcing to Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains. MY duties was compare the payroll output between the systems. Review HR entries. Set up tax information and rates into the new system. Organize filing systems for employee records, tax returns by the years and categories, contact Agencies for child support orders and garnishment orders. Create a PTO database for managers. Conducted account reconciliation for various account. Analyze insurances bills and track deductions.

International Partnership for Microbicides, Inc. Silver Spring, MD

Payroll Accountant January 2009 to September 2013

Prepared, processed and transmission of payroll and expense reimbursements for 5 different payroll cycles with different pay frequencies for United States multi state, South Africa, United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany.

Managed and maintained Time & Attendance system

Responsible for training New Hires the. Time & Attendance and Concur Expense systems

Responsible for ADP updates with pay codes, deduction codes and taxation criteria, SUI experience rate changes

Provide Management with various reports such as: PTO, real time Labor Cost and Earnings reports, other statics reports

Reconcile Tax filing reports from ADP

Collaboration with HR with FMLA, Employee Benefits, 401k Administration,

Maintained Employee payroll records

Year end closing and W2 processing

Involved with the organization's payroll processing objectives, including relationship with internal and external auditors and state and federal agencies

Involved with the payroll strategy, planning, communications,

Assisted COO, CFO, HR Director with marketing payroll function and other related services

Task as lead with Payroll, AP, HR conversion

Trained and assisted AP Specialist with AP procedures and processing

Assisted with Bank reconciliations

Wilmer Hale Culter Pickering and Dorr,LLP Washington DC

Senior Payroll Specialist July 2006 to October 2008

Processed 2 payrolls multi state biweekly and monthly cycles with a population of 1200 employees

Reviewed HR data, entered time sheets, direct deposits, tax changes, department changes, check distribution,

Correcting out of balance conditions before submitting payroll file to Payroll Manager for approval

Transmit payroll files, review the return payroll documents and close the payroll file and begin new cycle

Provided Leave Manager with employee information for FMLA, Maternity Leave and Sick Leave and vacation balances

Created special reports for Project Managers, CFO,HR, Treasury departments

Accountemps Staffing Agency

Payroll Specialist

June 2006 to July 2006: Assignment Wilmer Hale, Cutler, Pickering, Dorr LLP

Time sheet collection, enter into ADP batches, reviewed HR entries, entered tax information, train another temporary the payroll system. Hired within 2 weeks

Development Alternatives Inc. Bethesda MD

Senior Payroll Accountant June 2001 to March 2006

Processed monthly multi state payroll, population of 1500 employees

Population consisted of 1000 US employees, 250 Expatriated, 250 Non-US citizens located in the Middle East, Bolivia.

Prepared wire transfers for Non-US citizens

Trained and supervised 5 payroll clerks

Processed Bonus, relocations payments, commissions, Severance Packages, retro payments, billing adjustments

Responsible for maintenance of Payroll and Time &Attendance systems

Assisted with implementation of in house HRMIS/Payroll system

Prepared journal entry import file

Reconciled payroll accounts, researched discrepancies

Resigned personal reasons.

Accountemps Staffing Agency

February 2001 to June 2001

Payroll Specialist : Assignment Paralyzed Veterans of America

Process payroll and assist with their conversation from Cerdian to ADP

One person department, time sheet collection and data entry

Input new hires, terminated employees, deduction codes, direct deposits and deductions, garnishments and tax reconciliation.

Resigned hired by Development Alternatives, Inc.

Sterling Software/North Grumman McLean VA

Senior Payroll Administrator

April 1994 to February 2001

Responsible for processing multi state semi monthly payroll, population of 975 employees

Employees locations were. California, Nebraska, Washington State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, DC, VA and MD

Provided Payroll Manager with final payroll for approval, transmission of payroll files.

Responsible for collecting and entering time sheets, employee changes such as: taxes, salary, direct deposits, company change

Monitor the Labor allocation, payroll system, 401k, Flex spending

Responsible for check distributions

Company merger the entire accounting department laid off

KForce Temporary Staffing

January 1994 to April 1994

Payroll Processor: Assignment The Nature Conversay

Entered timesheets, generated payroll for the Payroll Manager

Research and reconcile old tax issues

Maintained employee files

Resigned: Recommended for a position with Sterling Software

Education:

Louis D Brandeis High School New York, New York

Graduate 1971

Mandel University New York, New York

Associate Degress Graduated 1974

Member of,American Payroll Association

Certifications

ADP Payroll Accounting Course

ADP Year End Tax filing and W2 seminars

Oracle/PeopleSoft training

Agresso In house payroll system, Finance, HR seminars

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