MICHELLE SMITH

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PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY:

Hands-on Payroll Projects Lead with over twenty years of experience. Strong leadership and communication skills. Able to handle multiple projects; detail oriented and deadline driven. Exceptional Management and Communication Skills. Track record of on-time, on-budget, delivery of projects . Comes highly recommended. Domestic and International Payrolls. Experience developing Project Plans, Project Leadership, Talent and Recruitment Management. Issues/Action Items and Project Metrics. Expertise with a variety of Human Resource Management, ERP and Payroll Strategies. Areas of specialization include:

? Accounting, Payroll Systems ? Multistate

? Payroll for employee populations exceeding 100,000

? Weekly, Bi-weekly, Salaried, Commissions, Stock and Union payrolls Payroll Journal Entries and Reconciliations G/L and Bank Reconciliations, Financial Reporting, Month-end close, and Budgeting

? Payroll Tax, Sales and Use, Property Taxes, Quarterly and Yearend Tax Filings and Reporting

? Payroll Systems Conversions and Implementations, SOW Development Human Resource Management Analysis and compliance reviews

? Policies and Procedures

EDUCATION:

Texas School of Business, Houston, Texas, Business Accounting

Houston Community College, Houston Texas-Business Administration

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tools: Microsoft Project 2007, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint. Unix A/UX, SQL

Multiple Systems: ADP, PCPW, Enterprise, Payforce, Lawson, Workforce, SAP, Ceridian, PayXpert, Oracle

Ultipro, Great Plains and PeopleSoft 8.9, 9.1, 9.2, Workday v13, v14, 22, JD Edwards, People Tools.

Time/Attendance: Next Gen Time, Kronos, ADP Enterprise, PayXpert, EZ Labor

Multiple Reporting Systems: Access, Reportsmith, SalesForce, Crystal Reports, Discovery

General Ledger Reporting/Reconciliations: Lawson, Ultipro, SAP, Oracle, Access, JD Edwards

EXPERIENCE: Consultant 2006 to Present

Tribune Publishing ?April 2014 ? September 2014 Dallas, Texas

Project Test Lead

Project Lead on team of 10. Implementation from PeopleSoft 9.2 to Workday 22 and Kronos v7.0 for 20,000 employees.

Onshore/Offshore.. System design, configuration, integrations, Leading testing efforts with test planning, test scripts, functional system testing, HP Performance Center

Parallels, Cutover, Custom Report writing, End user training, system security. Project Management status updates

T-Mobile- September 2013 ? April 2014 Seattle, Washington

Project Manager

Team of 17 for SAP implementation from Peoplesoft 9.1 for Payroll and Kronos 7.0 for WTK, WFF, WFS, eAspect, and Analytics for 7000 emp.

Managing all aspects of the project for employee setup, EIN, Banking, Tax Setup

? System Analysis, Requirements Gathering and Configuration

? Writing Functional Design Documents and Blueprints

? Testing, Run Systems Parallel

? User Training

? Powerpoint Project Presentations, Sharepoint, Visio

? Establishing Payroll and Timekeeping Processes internally

? System Security

AT&T ? August 2012-August 2013 Richardson, Texas

Project Analyst

Project Analyst for Implementation for 140,000 employees, Workday, Kronos v6.2

? Employee Setup

? Writing Systems Requirements, Desktop Procedures

? Test Plans, Unix Updates, Connect Enterprise, Analytics, Configuration, Test Scripts

? Writing Business Requirements

? Testing of Processes, System Parallels, End User Training

? Project Reporting, Daily Status, Forecasting

? HP Performance Quality Center, Sharepoint, Reqpro

Rowan Oil & Gas ? Jan. 2012 ? August 2012 Houston, TX

Lead Analyst

? Staff of 3 through go live implementation for SAP for 3,000 employees.

? CATS (Cross Application Time Sheets

? Configuration End user training.

? Documentation of processes and procedures.

? EIN and Banking.

? Crystal Reporting & Dashboard Design, Comparison and Analysis, Forecasting

Direct General Insurance- July 2011 ? Dec. 2011 Nashville, TN

? Managing Workday Payroll Dept. of 10 Payroll Specialists for 7500 employees

? Tax Filing. G/L Reconciliation, Administrative Unix Support. Project Lead on HR/Payroll Kenexa Onboarding

? System Security, Training, Reporting, CATS Time and Attendance, Policies and Procedures

MetroPCS- July 2010 ? July 2011 Dallas, TX

? Project Manager for Implementation from Ultipro to Workday v14

? Implementation from TimeCentre to Kronos 6.1 time and attendance, Scheduling

? Gap Analysis, Configuration, System Requirements, Test Plans and Test Scripts

? Tax Filing, G/L Reconciliations. Policies and Procedures, Reporting.

? End User Training, Administer Unix Support, Administration, System Security.

Celanese Chemicals ? September 2009 ? June 2010 Dallas, TX

? Payroll Consultant on SAP Project for international payrolls, CATS, reconciling and filing multiple year tax issues for payroll utilizing PeopleSoft. Implementation of tax filing from in-house to PeopleSoft 9.0.

Brink?s Home Security ? July 2009- September 2009 Dallas, TX

? Project Manager on Reconciliation Project, reconciling multiple year tax issues; payroll, sales and use tax.

? Developed policies and procedures for payroll tax reconciliation in PeopleSoft 8.9 and desktop Procedures for payroll processing utilizing ADP, PeopleSoft 8.9 and Reportsmith for Reporting.

Medical Edge Health Care-June 2009-July 2009 Dallas, TX

? Managed payroll implementation from ADP to Lawson 9.0

? Kronos Timekeeper 6.0 implementation, JD Edwards Financials

? Payroll and General ledger implementation, training and interfacing with Hospital users.

Crump Insurance- Oct. 2008-June 2009 Dallas, TX

? Project Manager, Implemented SAP, Peoplesoft 8.9 financials, design and testing, managing project related documentation. Full cycle Kronos time and attendance implementation.

? Excellent communication and business organization.

? Data conversion of all relevant payroll information. Training end users.

? Reporting.

Idearc Media- April 2008-September 2008 Dallas, TX

? Payroll/Tax Project Consultant; managing tax project in developing processes and

procedures for tax reconciliations for payroll, sales and use, and property taxes utilizing

SAP, Access.

Bowne- Feb. 2006 -Feb. 2008 Dallas, TX

Payroll Project Manager

? Implementation from ADP Enterprise to Ultipro and time and labor implementation to Kronos 6.0 as Project Manager for Client?s ERP and HCM PeopleSoft 8.9.

? HR Implementation was completed 3 months ahead of schedule. 20,000 employees.

? Developed and Manage Project Planning utilizing MS Project 2007 and Visio. Managed day to day processes of projects of time and task.

? Organized and conducted regular progress meetings utilizing PowerPoint presentations on project status.

Adams Mark Hotel Oct. 1999 to Feb. 2006 Dallas, TX

Payroll Project Manager

? Managed a payroll for 6000 employee annually. Implemented ADP payroll and Lawson

? Financials from an in-house system, time and attendance, utilizing. Kronos Timekeeper.

? Payroll Journal Entries and Reconciliations utilizing Lawson; Month-end Close, Human Resources, 401K.

? Designed and proposed budget administration of annual budget in excess of 5 million dollars.

Boeing Aircraft April 1994 to August 1999 Shreveport, LA

Payroll Manager

? Payroll Manager, managing a department of 6.

? Managed process in over 50 States as well as international payrolls and unions for over 100,000 employees.

? Implemented payroll from in-house Focus to Peoplesoft 8.2

? Access for financials.

? PeopleSoft HR. Lawson Financial Reporting/ G/L Reconciliation, Budgeting

? Responsible for training and auditing for SOX compliance.

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WFI, Inc. Dec. 1992 to Mar. 1994 Houston, TX

Payroll Manager/Accounting Manager

? Payroll/Accounting Manager for oil manufacturer.

? Managing payroll and accounting department for accounts payable and receivables with a staff of 10, for 2500 employees.

? ADP for payroll processing, Oracle PeopleSoft for G/L Reconciliations, Lawson Financials Month-End Close, Reporting.

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