PAYROLL SPECIALIST

HR & PAYROLL ADMIN – PAYROLL SPECIALIST – PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR

Driven payroll provider with 20+ years of experience of cross-functional competencies between HR and Payroll as well as in the financial sector with AP/AR and billing. Specialties include training employees, responding to audit inquires, collaboration on continuous improvements, adherence to deadlines ensuring operational efficiency and accuracy.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Payroll & Compensation Commission & Bonus Payroll

Detail Oriented Organization & Time Management

Interpersonal Skills & Communication Business Process Streamlining

Meeting Deadlines Payroll Employee Training Implementation of JD Edwards Payroll Module Implementation of Compensafe

Able to Manage Critical Deadlines/Multiple Priorities Support Internal l Compliance Initiatives

EDUCATION

APA Fundamentals of Payroll Course

Payroll Law Continuing Education Certificate Basic HR Law Continuing Education Certificate

Microsoft Excel Advanced &Microsoft Excel Level 2 Certificate – New Horizons Intro to Payroll Auditing Certificate

Small Business HR/Payroll

Certified Fraud Examiners Chapter 9 CPE Credits Stone School of Business

Branford High School

SKILLS

Excel (Pivot Tables, LOOKUP)

Paylocity Kronos

ADP Workforce Now JD Edwards Ceridian

Multi State - Multi Union Payroll

Union Benefit Calculations Payroll 300 to 1200 Employees

General Ledger research

A/R cash applications and check processing

A/P Invoices/Verifications General Bookkeeping Microsoft Word, and Outlook

Human Resource Admin

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aspen Square Management 09/2022-Present

Senior Payroll Administrator

Bi-Weekly Multi-State Paylocity Payroll 750+Employees

Processes including Garnishments, mileage, commissions, bonuses

Review weekly timecards for compliance and policies

Reconcile PTO, 401K and FSA/HSA

Homespire Mortgage Corp 01/11/2021 – 08/21/2022

Payroll/ Administrator

Bi-Weekly Multi-State ADP payroll for 500+ Employees

Processes including Garnishments, draws, commissions, bonuses

Respond to and resolve employee payroll related

Collaborate on Quarterly and Annual tax filing process

Distribute accurate and timely payroll reporting to Accounting

W2 Processing

Timecard and PTO Review for Compliance and policies

Training all New Hires in ADP and Compensafe

Allan S. Goodman 2019-2021

Payroll/Human Resource Administrator

Weekly ADP payroll for Allan S Goodman and Rogo Distributors - 275 employees

All related payroll deductions and garnishments

Timecard and PTO Review for Compliance and policies

Process all changes and corrections to wages, garnishments and health benefit deductions

Set up and process open enrollment for medical and dental insurance

Onboarding and termination of employees

Employee healthcare update processing

Annual ACA and OSHA reporting

Quarterly Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting

W2 Processing

Process all payroll related AP invoices

Research related payments in Apprise

Compile commission reports for weekly payroll processing

Simoiniz USA 2017-2019

Human Resources and Accounting Administrator

Analyze and process weekly timesheets for payroll using Paylocity

Onboarding and termination processes

Garnishments, voluntary deduction and wage attachment processing

Monthly, quarterly and annual commissions

Process checks for A/R

Posting A/R receivables

Billing

Assist A/R with payment processing

Driver license and CDL Tracking with Foley Software

Process and verify expense reimbursements for customer service team

Verify checks against invoices for invoice number and amounts prior to mailing

YMCA of Greater Hartford 2015-2016

Payroll Specialist

Process payroll for approximately 800-1200 employees using Kronos

Payroll reports for department supervisors

Resolve payroll issues, problems and inquiries

Garnishments, voluntary deduction and wage attachment processing

Quarterly and year-end tax processing

W2 reconciliation and distribution

Year-end fringe benefit calculations for exempt employees

W2 reconciliation and distribution

Assist with onboarding and terminations

Thirau LLC 2006-2014

Senior Payroll Administrator

Audit and process multi state, union payroll for approximately 200-500 lineman using JD Edwards

Process multi Union benefits weekly and monthly

Garnishments, voluntary deduction and wage attachment processing

Onboarding and termination processing

Quarterly and year-end tax processing

Supervise and provide direction to payroll assistant

Assist with training new users to payroll system

Subject matter expert during implementation of JD Edwards

W2 reconciliation and distribution

Verify monthly vendor statements for A/P Department

REFERENCES

Jackie Bruton-Aspen Square- Sr. HR Director 860-***-****

Jameson Monson – Homespire Mortgage- Controller -301-***-****

Bill Napier – Homespire Mortgage- EVP, CFO – 301-***-****

Laurie Parrow-Allan S. Goodman, Inc. – A/P- 860-***-**** David Heller – Allan S. Goodman, Inc., David Heller – Allan S. Goodman, Inc., - President 860-***-****

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