Elizabeth T Rodriguez

224-***-**** adme7p@r.postjobfree.com

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

In-depth knowledge and experience with payroll practices and concepts

Experience with payroll reporting and employment taxes

Over 10 years of experience with expatriate payroll and taxes

SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES

Computer

Knowledge and experience in Oracle Cloud HCM, Workday, SAP HR, ADP and Kronos Workforce Central

Proficient in Windows, Internet environment and Microsoft Suite.

Professional

Over 25 years of experience in payroll. Strong analytical and technical skills.

Demonstrated professional and effective customer service including problem resolution and escalations.

Proven ability to achieve an appropriate level of product skills/knowledge applicable for my role through internal training courses/certificates including payroll and accounting, computer networking, and ISO auditing

Communication and Interpersonal

Speak fluent, read and write acceptable Spanish.

Demonstrated effective writing and speaking skills through presentations and internal personnel interactions.

Displayed excellent customer service by listening and understanding the requests/concerns of internal and external customers to anticipate and provide solutions to their needs.

Consistent with meeting goals, commitments and deadlines amongst multiple conflicting priorities.

Experience

Manager, Payroll Sensient Technologies Corporation Milwaukee, WI 2019 – Present

US Payroll: Responsible for planning, evaluating, organizing and assuring payroll controls are in place. Oversee and prioritize payroll operations, schedules and delegates work assignments and directly supervises the Payroll Specialist to ensure the accurate and timely processing and payment of US payrolls and the multi-state and federal taxes. Effectively communicate with employees at all organizational levels as well as external representatives including IRS, State Taxation Departments, ADP, and Banking institutions. Develop and implement process improvements and procedures to improve the efficiency of the payroll function. Answer employee inquires related to payroll topics. Business Process Owner for payroll Oracle cloud implementation go-live January 2021 including design, data gathering, validation and testing.

Global Payroll: Project Manager of ADP Streamline/Celergo implementation systems. Standardizing and centralizing global reporting. Serve as point of escalation for regional concerns.

IT Services and Solutions Delivery Consultant Agilisys, Inc. for Abbott Lab, Abbot Park, IL 2018 - 2019

Tested Workday Payroll implementation, created test scripts to test different scenarios. Executed test scripts and documented results. Certified Workday Payroll system worked as expected.

Manager, Payroll and Mobility Pfizer 2016 - 2018

Managed US/PR Payroll and Mobility: Responsible for managing full-cycle payroll activities including, operating and approving payroll process for over 15,000 employees. Ensuring payroll tax accuracy and maintaining compliance with tax regulations. Managed corporate payroll team, effectively coaching and training staff to ensure optimal employee engagement. Reviewed and analyzed payroll procedures and applied continuous improvement methods to streamline processes and mitigate risk. Worked with federal and state tax agencies and third parties to resolve escalations. Partnered with HRIS and IT on implementations and system updates.

Senior Payroll Project Specialist, Tax and Mobility Hospira, a Pfizer company, Lake Forest, IL 2011 - 2016

Responsible for ensuring all payroll tax related matters are addressed in a timely and accurate manner. Subject matter expert-payroll tax, ensure payroll tax payments are in compliance with applicable federal, multi-state and local laws and regulations. Provided timely and accurate payment for 17,500 employees. Provided payroll support for all US based sites. Project management of payroll and other employee service projects. Primary day-to-day responsibility for activities in supporting Hospira's Domestic and Global Employee Mobility programs. Managed the expatriate compensation/payroll process, including communication with expatriate employees. Coordination of tax services and cash funding with vendors and Corp Treasury. Managed and partnered with 3rd party payroll vendors. Collaborated with all HR & Operations functions to provide consistent payroll processes which adhere to company policies.

Senior Payroll Analyst Hospira Inc., Lake Forest, IL 2005 – 2011

Validated and analyzed weekly, biweekly and monthly payrolls for approximately 10,500 US employees with a gross payroll of $9.5 million. Provided payroll support for all US company sites. Prepared hypothetical taxation and gross up calculations for expatriate employees and partnered with tax service provider. Maintained appropriate payroll controls and documentation for SOX compliance. Balanced and prepared wire transfers for payroll tax liabilities. Processed accurate payroll adjustments and resolved issues in a timely, efficient manner. Liaison to Hospira IT and HR IT/Service Partner for all SAP HR Payroll updates and processing, ensuring that proposed changes and solutions were aligned with business processes and need. Annually led year-end payroll activities and ensured proper processing of W-2s. Provided communication and training to the HR and Non-HR community as needed. Coordinated and compiled reporting solutions to meet the needs of non-HR community. Quarterly maintained state unemployment insurance rates for accuracy. Compiled and coordinated payroll documentation used to qualify and certify Hospira to receive $17 million of multiple annual state tax credits and incentives. Worked cross functionally with Finance, Tax, Risk Management, HRBPs and HR Solution departments as required.

Payroll Administrator/Remote IT Assistant /ISO Internal Auditor Nypro Chicago, Gurnee, IL 1999 – 2005

oSupported Human Resources with employee relations, interviewing for entry level candidates and made employment offers to qualified candidates, partnered with temp service provider to fill temp to hire vacancies

oPartnered with HRBP in preparing and presenting various HR polices to employees

oManaged and processed weekly and biweekly payrolls for two subsidiaries with approximately 200 employees

oPrepared monthly journal entries, account reconciliations and balanced annual w2s

oDeveloped monthly corporate benchmark reports and presented during operations meetings

oMaintained computer network system with 4 servers 63 desktops and 86 end users. Performed desktop configurations, PC repairs and maintenances. Provided end-user support, education and training to current computerized applications. Installed new software releases, system upgrades and performed system backups and recovery.

oConducted International Standards Organization (ISO) audits to obtain ISO certification. Lead and participated in Continuous Improvement Team meetings and projects, performed root cause analysis of issues that affected manufacturing processes.

oDeveloped a training program and materials for approximately 100 bilingual employees equipping them to properly identify product defects, thus resulting in a decrease to shipping defected product.

Education

Columbia College of Lake County, Gurnee, IL Master of Business Administration 2017

Columbia College of Lake County, Gurnee, IL Bachelor of Science: Business Administration 2008

Major: Accounting, Human Resource and Management

Gateway Technical College, Kenosha WI Associates of Applied Science Degree 1992

Major: Accounting

Gateway Technical College, Racine, WI 2004

Information Technology Network+ and A+

Certifications

American Payroll Association April 2010

Certified Payroll Professional-continued

Lean Six Sigma 2015

Yellow Belt Certification

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