KATHERINE V. STRICKLER

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alight/Northgate January 2015 – Current

Sr Payroll Tax Analyst

Duties included:

Analyze tax balancing of periodic, monthly, quarterly, and annual tax returns.

Manage new client tax set ups to insure successful go-live

Researching tax authority notices.

Analyze active state and local listing to ensure correct rates and wage limits are up to date.

Liaison between Alight/Northgate’s customer service and clients for payroll tax and compliance issues.

Southeastern Grocers (BI-LO/ Winn-Dixie Corporate Headquarters) March 2009 – October 2014

Senior Accountant, Internal Reporting (8/2012-10/2014)

Duties included:

Prepare and process accruals needed as a result of analysis.

Review financial statements transactions for accuracy.

Answer questions with variances of expenses and balance sheet items reported on financial statements.

Streamlined processes by reviewing and updating standard operating procedures (SOP) to optimize functionally of daily, weekly, and monthly processes.

Senior Accountant, Payroll/Sales and Use Taxes (3/2009-8/2012)

Duties included:

Managed processes for payroll taxes at Federal, State and Locality level and annual returns including W2’s and W2C’s.

Managed processes for Sales and use taxes and other miscellaneous corporate tax returns.

Assisted project management with the implementation of a new payroll tax system from Master Tax to Ceridian.

Analyzed the current processes and developed a more structured reporting tool to cut down the time it took to balance the tax reconciliations.

CEVA Logistics, N.A., Jacksonville, FL January 2005 – March 2009

Payroll Manager

Duties included:

Manager over Canadian and Puerto Rican payroll processes.

Main responsibilities were to administer Canadian and Puerto Rican payroll policies ensuring the compliances of each Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) were met.

Other duties included manage processing of payroll and payroll taxes to include weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tax returns.

Streamlined processes by analyzing the processes to determine the steps needed to cut the processing time down from 8 to 4 hours. Accomplished this by reviewing the responsibilities of all associates involved with processing payroll and realigned responsibilities to maximize the strengths of each associate, which allowed associates to become more efficient within their roles at CEVA.

Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, FL January 2000 – September 2004

Staff Accountant

Duties included:

Analysis of financial statement for 5 entities.

Utilize a variety of analytical techniques and reports to determine over/under utilization of funds and formulate strategies to achieve optimal results in clearing dollars off miscellaneous accounts.

Assisted with the initiation processes of Sarbanes/Oxley Act compliances for 5 entities.

Heavily involved with the implementation of a statistical program called Productivity Plus, which was utilized for the hospital’s staff scheduling, trend and budgeting analysis.

Acted as a liaison and created partnerships with both internal and external constituents to meet expectations, identify and resolve problems.

Other experience:

Cecil Powell Insurance Co., Corporate Accountant 1995-1999

Carter Merolle & Co., Bookkeeper 1992-1995

Tresca Industries Inc., Bookkeeper 1986-1992

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science Business Accounting, University of Phoenix, July 2004

Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, University of Phoenix, October 2006

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