VICTOR FIGUEROA

Brooklyn, NY *****

646-***-**** ad1o2d@r.postjobfree.com

Payroll Professional and United States Navy and United States Army Reserve Veteran with 15+ years of proven experience in payroll, timekeeping, tax preparation, and employee benefits. Ability to perform a variety of accounting duties involved in preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying, and reconciling complex financial transactions, statements, records, and reports. A vast understanding of the preparation of bonus payrolls, manual checks, and multiple worksite reporting.

Process tax levies, child support orders, creditor garnishment, bankruptcy orders, and student loans collections. Able to review and ensure organizational compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

●Human Resource Benefits

●Customer Service

●Processes Procedures

●Leadership Supervision

●Tax Preparation

●Complex Problem Solving

●Organization

●Microsoft Office Suite

Bilingual

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Highly Skilled – A proven track record for leading multi-dimensional teams in high-pressure, high-tempo environments producing on schedule, and within required deliverables.

Motivated Learner – Demonstrated ability to assimilate new ideas, concepts, methods, and technologies. Dedicated and innovative team member with a superior work ethic.

Strengths – Leadership, management, oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills. Thrive in both independent and collaborative work environments. Skilled at developing and cultivating key relationships and establishing effective collaborations. Acclimatized to risk and responsibility while consistently excelling.

Quality Assurance – Adept at ensuring operations meet a high standard and are in compliance with directives and requirements. Experienced in developing payroll procedures that achieve common goals while driving efficiency to exceed objectives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Saint Joseph’s College

Assistant Director of Payroll Services 2011-2019

Ensured accurate and timely accounting data which provided management with the financial information required to make informed decisions. Processed bi-weekly, semi-monthly and monthly payroll for both hourly and salary staff.

Collected and verified employee timekeeping data and payroll total controls; reconciled issued payrolls to bank statements to ensure accuracy

Prepared monthly and quarterly Multiple Worksite Reports and current employment statistics; ensured compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Researched issues and communicated these with business partners regarding necessary edits to process adjustments; ensured business partners had adequate information to make informed decisions

Managed day-to-day processing of payroll for 1200+ employees; reviewed timesheets and computed pay in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Reviewed pay practices to achieve better control; improved efficiency.

Kaplan, Inc.

Senior Payroll Accountant 2000-2009

Monitored employee benefit deductions, garnishment payments, earnings credits, and compensation funding. Conducted daily processing and controls, checking dispositions, preparing monthly bank reconciliations, and resolving variances.

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Senior Payroll Accountant (cont.)

Processed multi-state biweekly payroll information for 6,000+ employees using ADP Payroll System and People-Soft Human Resources Information System

Prepared manual checks, bonus payrolls, commissions, and incentives with 100% accuracy

Developed and distributed reports from ADP, ReportSmith, and PeopleSoft for various departments; ensured consistency in reporting throughout multiple departments

Led conversions of the payroll system and labor reporting methods to assure compliance and uniformity of methods within the company

PAYROLL CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS

Publicis Worldwide 2020-2020

The Capital Markets Company 2022-2022

E&J Electric 2010-2010

Temple Israel City of New York 2010-2010

SPECIALIZED MILITARY TRAINING

U.S. Navy Leadership Training

U.S. Navy Disbursing and Finance Technical School

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Google Drive: Docs, Sheets, Slides

Microsoft Office 365: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Google Workspace: Gmail, Calendar, Contacts, Meet & Chat

Payroll Applications: ADP/PCPW, ADP/Payforce, Preview for Paychex, PeopleSoft HRIS 9.0, Ceridian, ADP/RPDE, Ellucian Colleague Datatel

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