DOUG STRAUSS
Colorado Springs, CO 80951
Cell: 608/658-9244 ****.*********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Is a Payroll Accountant with the education and background as a Payroll Administrator, Payroll Accountant, Staff Accountant, and Accounting Lead. Skilled in Payroll Withholding Taxes, G/L, leadership, supervisor, training, payroll, spreadsheets, and analysis. Has strong experience in Payroll, A/P, A/R, Tax Reconciliation, and large customer account management. EDUCATION
University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE
Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration; Major: Finance and Economics University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
Front Range Community College Westminster, CO
Completed 28 hours of accounting to fulfill academic requirement for CMA WORK SKILLS
Payroll-Union Payroll Taxes - Multi-State Journal Entries Reconciliation Accounts Payable Payroll-Commissions Human Resources General Ledger COMPUTER SKILLS
Excel-Advanced Word UKG UKG-Dimensions
WorkDay MS Office Midas Heath Concur
Enterprise eTime ADP Enterprise MS Outlook ADP WFN iSolved Solomon QuickBooks Great Plains Optimum
EXPERIENCE
Marshfield Clinics Hospital Systems 01/2020-Present Accounting Assistant Sr Payroll-Travel Department – 100% Remote Email employees to update W-4
Collect Payroll Repays from Terminating or Terminated Employees Process Payroll
Process Concur Travel and Reimbursements
Process Payroll
Reconcile Payroll
Award Bereavement Leave
Creative Financial Staffing and Beaver Dam Community Hospital 10/2019-12/2020 Temporary Payroll Administrator-Beaver Dam Community Hospital Payroll Administrator-Beaver Dam Community Hospital Processed Pay, taxes, and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for 800+ Employees New hire set up, terminations, retros, pay increases, benefit changes Process Terminations
Manage timecards
Robert Half/ Accountemps 7/2019-9/2019
Temporary Payroll Administrator-Springs Window Fashions Processed Pay, taxes and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for 3400+ employees Reconciled earnings for bi-weekly and weekly payrolls Create Journal Entries for payroll and payroll accruals Create Journal Entries for Year-end and Month-end
Reconcile G/L accounts
Baker Tilly Search & Staffing, LLC 5/2019-06/2019
Temporary Payroll Administrator-The Edgewater Hotel Processed Pay, taxes and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for over 290 employees Reconciled earnings for bi-weekly payroll
New hire set up
Process Terminations
Reconcile Parking Receipts and enter Journal Entries Manage in and out punches and notify supervisors of missing punches Add cash and credit card tips to payroll
Manage benefit enrollment and load into payroll program Manage 401k deductions
Produce Labor Report
Produce and distribute Manager and Operations Schedule Drake & Company 12/2018-3/2019
Temporary Payroll Administrator-SSMHealth at Home
Processed Pay, taxes and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for over 360 employees Reconciled earnings for every weekly and bi-weekly payroll New hire set up
Remit and Submit Federal taxes
TeamSoft, Inc. 12/2017-12/2018
Payroll Administrator
Processed Pay, taxes and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for over 300 employees Payroll included Salary, Hourly, Consultants and Sub-contractors. Reconciled earnings for every weekly and bi-weekly payroll New hire set up, terminations, retros, pay increases, benefit changes Reconciled Benefits for every weekly and bi-weekly payroll Wrote procedures
Robert Half/ Accountemps 6/2017-11/2017
Temporary Payroll Administrator-ABS, Inc. in De Forest, WI Processed Pay, taxes, benefits and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for 260 employees Payroll included Salary, Hourly, and Commissions
Reconciled earnings for every bi-weekly payroll
New hire set up, terminations, retros, pay increases, benefit changes Reconciled Benefits for every bi-weekly payroll
Create Journal Entries for payroll and payroll accruals Create Journal Entries for Year-end and Month-end
Wrote procedures
Scheduled recurring reports in Enterprise eTime
WEA Trust 9/2015-4/2017
Payroll Administrator
Processed Pay, taxes, benefits and deductions for an accurate and on time payroll for 260 employees Payroll included Salary, Hourly, Commissions and Union Contract Reconciled earnings for every bi-weekly payroll
New hire set up, terminations, retros, pay increases, benefit changes Reconciled Benefits for every bi-weekly payroll
Remit Employee deducted benefits
Create Journal Entries for payroll and payroll accruals Create Journal Entries for Year-end and Month-end
Wrote procedures
Worked with HR and Legal to implement new union contract Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation 2008-2015 Payroll Accountant
Reconcile accounts and bank statements monthly
Create Journal Entries for Year-end and Month-end
Implemented New Payroll System
Bi-weekly payroll for 2300+ Employees
Review payroll
Remit and Submit Federal, Multi-state (45) and Local payroll taxes Research, Analyze, Interpret and Apply Compensation Contracts for Loan Originators Managed growth of payroll from 534 employees to over 2300