STAN RUCK

Berkeley Heights, NJ *****

e. ad32w7@r.postjobfree.com p. 917-***-****

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/stan-ruck-1095317

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scotiabank, New York NY

September 2020 – present

Senior Manager, Payroll

Manager 2 employees using ADP Workforce Now to pay 1,300+ U.S. employees.

Perform pre and post payroll processes of reconciliations, invoicing, and monitoring to ensure all expenses and liabilities are executed and delivered accurately and timely.

Partner with HR Operations, Total Rewards COE, Finance and other relevant groups to identify and implement solutions to improve/enhance payroll delivery.

Collaborate with Benefits Manager in the execution and application of the employee benefits within ADP Workforce Now.

Manage supplemental off-cycle payrolls, including Incentive Bonus, RSU, Quarter-End Adjustments, etc.

Oversee all internal and external Payroll audits.

Manages external and internal (SOX) regulatory governance and requirements.

Balance Sheet Substantiation

Work with E&Y to manage long term assignment employees.

Avis Budget Group, Parsippany NJ

June 2011 – April 2020

Director –North American Payroll

Manage the AvisBudget retained team and ADP Managed Payroll team in an outsourced payroll environment paying 22,000+ employees in 14 FEINs within the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

Oversee all internal and external Payroll audits.

Work with PwC to manage expatriate employees on assignments in the UK, China, Spain, Australia, Singapore and France.

Control special payroll runs including incentive bonus, deferred compensation, and restricted stock/stock options.

Created Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for all payroll processes.

Manage the LTIP and Stock Option process with Compensation and Merrill Lynch to ensure proper taxability and tax remittances.

Validate all tax filings and deposits in conjunction with ADP’s Tax Filing Service for all agencies.

Sarbanes-Oxley certify responsibilities.

Goldman Sachs, Jersey City, NJ

June 2010 – June 2011

Vice President, Compensation Accounting

Oversee tax area to ensure accuracy and controls are met for filing and depositing taxes in 17 FEINs.

Responsible for maintaining and enhancing Sarbanes-Oxley controls.

Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for various areas of the Compensation Accounting area.

Responsible for ensuring all cash transactions relating to Compensation Accounting are properly approved and documented before being released to Treasury.

Project Manager for the Year-End process.

Created Earnings/Deduction matrix in conjunction with E&Y to determine proper taxability for all elements.

Assumed ownership of 40+ tax accounts for Balance Sheet Substantiation (BSS).

Developed basic ADP GlobalView (SAP) skills.

BlackRock, New York, NY

March 2008 thru June 2010

Vice President, Payroll Manager

Manage the BlackRock retained team and ADP Managed Payroll team in an outsourced payroll environment paying 12,000+ employees in 10 FEINs.

Oversee all internal and external Payroll audits.

Manage quarterly and year-end tax process including tax adjustments, W-2 signoffs, W-2c issuance, etc.

Responsible for maintaining Sarbanes-Oxley controls and oversee SOX testing.

Work closely with the International Assignment Team to maintain accurate Expatriate payments.

Developed MS Access databases to validate and balance payrolls.

Train and develop staff to attain highest level of customer service.

Record stock transactions and deposit taxes in compliance with IRS regulations.

Project Manager on various product enhancements pertaining to ADP application enhancements.

Coordinate third party vendor interfaces for 401k, Health Benefits, Stock Purchase, and HR Oracle.

Manage 4 small outsourced payrolls in Latin America and Canada.

UBS, Stamford, CT

September 2007 - March 2008

Director of North American Payroll

Manage a staff of 5 employees using ADP PCPW paying 8500+ employees in 14 FEINs.

Control special payroll runs including incentive bonus, deferred compensation, and LTIP/stock options.

Oversee tax audits and internal audits with Payroll Accounting.

Certify Sarbanes-Oxley responsibilities.

Work with Payroll Accounting to ensure all information is updated to the general ledger.

Review all manual payroll related entries, including manual checks and wire transfers.

Manage quarterly and year-end tax process including tax adjustments, W-2 signoffs, W-2c issuance, etc.

Liaise with ADP and the firm for problem resolution and implementation of new payroll related services.

Process all garnishments, tax levies, and child support orders.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc, New York, NY

September 2006 – September 2007

Payroll Manager

Manage 7 employees using Ceridian Source 500 to pay 5,000+ employees.

Responsible for paying Corporate and Building union employees in the US.

Ensure the timely flow of data to General Ledger via Ceridian interfaces.

Interact with HR to check accuracy of PeopleSoft HR feeds into Ceridian Source.

Work with third party vendors to audit outgoing feeds.

Developed report writing techniques utilizing SQL and Microsoft Access.

Created a balancing routine to verify accuracy of data input prior to transmission of payroll.

Assist and supply data to tax accountant to aide in reconciling payroll taxes, quarterly filings, annual filings, and W-2’s.

Make sure Increases, Union Dues, and Benefits are kept to date in accordance with the multiple union labor contracts.

Audit HR versus Payroll data to validate information (i.e. Addresses, Salaries, Tax Information, Allocations, etc.)

Credit Suisse, USA, New York, NY

September 1998 – September 2006

AVP, Payroll Manager

Manage vendor performance and provide on-going feedback for performance improvement.

Develop, maintain and audit proof of control procedures for third party vendors that ensure the accuracy of the Domestic Payroll and Global Payrolls.

Assist in the development of payroll procedures with third party providers and implement service changes where necessary.

Payroll support for 50,000+ employees globally.

Oversee the management of payroll data interfaces including PeopleSoft HRMS and GL, etc. Work with Credit Suisse System Administrators to develop additional technology solutions with ADP and third party providers as appropriate.

Directly responsible for all payroll related reporting to senior management utilizing Oracle SQL Plus, Sagent Design Studio, and ReportSmith.

Developed a General Ledger reporting system and upload utility to PeopleSoft financials.

Member of the implementation team responsible for migrating to HRizon/Enterprise from multiple ADP legacy systems.

ADP Liaison for all relations between Credit Suisse/ADP including nightly 3rd party feeds, system upgrades, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Citrix controls, and Hardware/Software maintenance.

ADP Enterprise and PeopleSoft HRMS champion.

EDUCATION

City University of New York, College of Staten Island B.S. Accounting - July 1994

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