NEIL S. KOPLITZ

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Jersey City, NJ 07305

201-***-**** (Home) 314-***-**** (Mobile)

acd5hh@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

**/** – Present Independent Payroll Consulting

• Ralph Lauren Corporation (01/2013 – Present)

o US Payroll via ADP–COS Enterprise Payroll / SAP HRIS

o 8 FEIN’s in all States and many localities including Guam and PR

o Canadian Payroll Processing via Ceridian

• TD Bank (11/2012 – 12/2012)

o Process Review for People Soft 9.1/ADP Tax Processing

7 FEIN’s in Multiple States and Localities

PA Act 32 Compliance

o Analysis and Validation of Earnings, Deductions and Tax Codes

o Year End Audit and Analysis – W2 Processing

• Macquarie Holdings USA, Inc. (03/2012 – 10/2012)

o Acting Senior Manager/Project lead to outsource department

o Overseeing all payroll operations (ADP Pay Force/PeopleSoft HRIS)

Multiple FEIN’s, Multiple States and Localities.

PA Act 32 Compliance Expert

Global Ex-Patriot and Shadow Payrolls

Stock, SARS, SESP, MEREP, RSU Deferred Compensation

All Federal, State and Local Tax Filing Validations

08/09 – 03/2012 Panera, LLC Saint Louis, MO

Director International Payroll Operations

• Managed a staff of 18 to pay over 800 Panera and Paradise Bakery Cafes utilizing

Ceridian Payroll systems interfaced with Oracle HRIS Systems for US and Canadian

operations

• Managed the processing and all related payroll related functions of weekly and bi-weekly

payrolls for over 35,000 employees

• Responsible for Federal, State and Local Withholding Tax and Unemployment Tax

Payments and Filings including all year-end requirements (45 state and 80 local tax

jurisdictions including PA Act 32)

• General Ledger accountability on all payroll related expense and liability accounts

• Proficient in SARS, SESP and RSU vesting and administration

• Core Member Steering Committee for direct deposit, pay card and paperless payrolls

• Executive Steering Committee Member for Self Service Payroll

• Monthly, quarterly and annual responsibility to departmental budget/forecasting process

• Quality Service training and implementation leader.

09/07 – 02/2009 NYSE Euronext, New York, NY

Director Payroll Operations

• Managed a staff of 4, with responsibility for all payroll related functions for the New York

Stock Exchange and all world-wide related subsidiaries

• Managed the processing of weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, international, union, and

commission payrolls for 4,000 employees

• International, Federal, State and Local Withholding Tax and Unemployment Tax

Payments and Filings including all year-end W2 reporting and international filings

• Expatriate payrolls, Shadow Payrolls and tax calculations for employees in eight

countries

• Executive Steering Committee Member for PeopleSoft upgrade to version 9.0

• Team Leader for company mergers and acquisitions related to payroll and PeopleSoft

• General Ledger accountability on all tax liability and employee deduction accounts

• Proficient in SARS, SESP and RSU vesting and administration

• Key member of SOX compliance team for global payroll systems

• Employee Relation’s Group for Diversity - Group Leader

09/99 – 09/2007 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Director Disbursements

• Managed the Accounts Payable and Payroll Departments for Madison Square Garden,

Radio City Music Hall, Hartford Civic Center, Beacon Theater, NY Knicks, NY

Rangers, NY Liberty, Hartford WolfPack, MSG Network & Fox Sports Network

• Responsible for all US W2’s, 1099’s, 1042’s and Canadian T-4’s and Releve’s including

all monthly, quarterly and annual filings (940 and 941’s)

• Directly managed 16 admin/coordinators & indirectly managed 40 divisional clerks

• Audited and approved all Senior Management Business Expense Reports

• Union benefits expertise including negotiations, calculations, audit & control

• Expertly trained in Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

• Core Team Member for initial set up and Quarterly IRS and Canadian Payroll

Compliance Reports

• Core team member for the PeopleSoft 8.8 and 8.9 implementation and upgrade, Oracle

11i implementation and upgrade, and the Time and Attendance System implementation

project

09/98 – 09/99 Independent Consulting and Temporary Employment

• Three months at NY Eye Surgery Center performing payroll and general accounting

• Three months at CBA Industries, 500 person payroll. Utilizing ADP PCPW

• Six months auditing Expense Reports and Time Billing Reports for

PricewaterhouseCoopers

10/95 - 08/98 GRP Recording Company, A division of (UMG) Universal Studios Inc., New York, NY

Senior Manager Accounting, Administration & Human Resources

• Supervised accounts receivable and payable coordinators, secretarial, mailroom and

shipping staff

• Managed all payroll related functions including processing, tax reporting and filings, and

end of year processing. Processed form 940, 941 and W-2’s

• All Benefits Administration including 401-K, Profit Sharing, Health, Life and Dental

Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, Cobra Compliance

• Initiated and headed internship program for college and graduate students

• General accounting functions, G/L, Overhead Budgets, Balance Sheet, Income Statements

and P&L Reports and Petty Cash

• Integral part of two down-sizing operations. Financial Impact Reporting

01/95 - 10/95 Kloster Cruises d/b/a Norwegian Cruise Line & Royal Cruises

(MS Star Odyssey and MS Seaward)

Hotel Controller

02/93 - 01/95 Hotel Inter*Continental, New York, NY

Payroll Manager

05/89 - 12/92 Headquarters Plaza Hotel, Morristown, NJ

Assistant Controller

EDUCATION: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

SYSTEMS: ADP PayForce, ADP Tax Services, PeopleSoft (8.8, 8.9, 9.0, 9.1), PeopleSoft Time and Labor, PayChex,

Pay Base, Cerdian Web 6.0, Ceridian Tax Services, Oracle 11i, Kronos, Quicken, Work Brain, MS

Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word, TALX and The Work Number

Excellent References Furnished Upon Request

Willing to Travel and/or Relocate

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