Payroll Specialist Financial Analyst. SR HRIS

David Rios

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Work History

Payroll/HRIS Specialist

GDK Foods 03/2024-7/24 (contract)

Processed weekly payroll for exempt and non exempt employees including unions. Optimized the HCM software(dayforce) to fit business needs. Worked on trained the HR team to better utilize the HCM software and get away from paper documents

Financial analyst talent deployment

Abbvie Pharmaceutical 11/2023-3/2024 (contract)

International payroll with Abbvie pharmaceutical. Worked with inpat and expat payroll. Helped calculate and fix taxes so employees get taxed properly in home country. Extensive work with 3rd party vendors to ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll.

Payroll Specialist/Sr. HRIS Analyst

TRUSTWAVE HOLDINGS INC 12/2019-05/2023

Extensive Ceridian dayforce experience with both HR and payroll. Was part of the 3 person team that was responsible for Dayforce implementation. Respected Payroll specialist/HRIS Analyst with over 10 years of experience contributing to helping companies maintain happy and healthy workers through analytic techniques. Attention to the balance between employer business goals in consideration of the employee desires and concerns. Applying technical and statistical science to optimize the workforce without losing sight of human empathy. Multiple system superuser.

Completed global payroll and onboarding for over 1,500 employees across

26 countries.

Developed new reporting techniques and reports to accurately show cost in each region.

Worked in NetSuite as a super user working with the finance team.

Generate ad hoc reports that cover global headcount attrition and other related information.

Payroll Specialist

ROBERT HALF 02/2015-12/2019

Processing daily on-cycle and off-cycle payroll for exempt and non-exempt.

Multi-state weekly and hourly payroll for 1,500 temporary employees that rely on

quick and accurate payroll.

Trained multiple new hires on skills they needed to be successful.

Worked with management teams to develop tax reporting.

Worked with highly compensated, high detail clients for

independent contractor assignments.

Insurance Producer

LLOYD AGENCIES 04/2013-01/2015

Insurance producer focused on Life Insurance utilizing the needs approach.

Payroll Administrator/ Benefits Administrator

TRUSTWAVE HOLDINGS INC 06/2014 – 11/2015

Completed semi-monthly and Bi-weekly hourly and salary payrolls for an

International company with my focus being on 1,200 domestic employees.

Assisted with garnishments and child support.

Assisted with payroll audits and payroll tax.

Benefits administrator making changes to all different types of packages including but not limited to general health and supplemental benefits but also 401k deferrals.

Associate/Manager/Director of Marketing

PARADISE PUERTO RICO WATER SPORTS 03/2007-09/2013

Managed a beach location with 3 other employees by running day to

day functions to ensure tourists were satisfied with their experiences.

Skills

Operational Process Modeling

Data Governance

Employee Feedback Management

Big Data

Human Resource Management

Technical Writing

Technical Analysis

Computer proficiency

Data management

Organization and Time management

Education

Marketing

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, the College of Business

Business Administration

MCHENRY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

High School

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL

Additional Information

ACHIEVEMENTS - Was part of an implementation team that made sweeping

changes to the HR/Payroll systems for the entirety of Trustwave Holdings

INC. Part of a team that successfully established a new subsidiary of

Trustwave Holdings called Trustwave Government Solutions LLC. Increased

the volume of customers we were able to service by optimizing the list of

duties they had to cover; these increased profits while creating a more

efficient work crew. Excellent response time to emails and phone calls. Able

to work with clients or employees to ensure problems are solved in a timely

manner. One of my main goals was to always form relationships and

comfortable environments with our clients. This ensured return business while also

providing the highest quality of customer service. Was able to confront

problems quickly and concisely without having future issues arise.

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