Tanya A. Famayegun

***A Easy Street * Concord, NC 28027 * 704-***-**** * adzifk@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

To obtain a position that will utilize my extensive accounting and administrative experience.

Education

Bachelor of Arts degree

Ottawa University, 2011

Business Administration, Concentration in Accounting

Associates in Arts degree

Bryant and Stratton College, 1996

Accounting

Career Accomplishments

Problem Solver and Professional Work Ethic:

Capable of working independently to resolve issues, in planning for tax filings and decision-making – Senior Tax Accountant - investigating state tax balances to reduce interest and penalty charges, new state tax account setups for new business, requesting tax refunds, analyzing employee tax records for accuracy and corrections, contacting various states discuss issues, preparing wage data file formats for uploads to states. Understanding the functions of the tax software and working with software company technicians to resolve problems.

Successfully preparing monthly, semi-monthly, quarterly state tax returns for income tax withholding, state unemployment. Primary person for preparing and overseeing the forms W-2, W-2c, and W-3 for a company of over 150,000 employees.

Demonstrated the ability to work independently in planning and decision-making. Successful at performing in-depth work requirements, including data gathering, analysis and interpretation in my roles of Sr. Investment Accountant, Payroll Specialist, and Pension Benefit Analyst. In these roles I have had interactions with a broad spectrum of decision makers in my department and in other areas of the companies. I have been formally commended for being responsible, accountable, and for excellent work.

Account Reconciliation Expertise:

For over seven years, my primary responsibility is to ensure accurate tax payments to local, state, and federal jurisdictions through the corresponding Compass Group general ledger accounts. I am proficient in performing over 116 reconciliations, totaling over $100 million monthly in tax liability and $1.8 billion annually. Understanding how general ledger works with external tax withholding database and its various tax codes and tax rates related to 15K tax returns annually for 66 Compass companies in all 50 states.

Collected $40K in revenue by reconciling accounts receivable for non-profit foster care charges to the state of NC and Mecklenburg County. Discovered the cash application procedure was preventing the company from matching revenue with appropriate foster care client accounts. Using MS Excel I reconciled the A/R accounts and the company was able to rebill the state and county before the expiration date and which avoided company having to write off a the $40,000 as uncollectible. Received approval from the Direct of Finance to apply the same corrective processes to the cash application process for donor pledges.

Improved the cash application and account reconciliation process for Oil and Gas revenue cash receipts. Analyzed source system feeds to G/L and found that Cash Receipt Application department regularly made corrections receipt entries that did feed to the PeopleSoft G/L. I recommended solution to use adjusting transactions so that the source system would feed the cash clearing accounts on PeopleSoft G/L. My suggestion implemented by the department.

Compelling Communicator and Promote Change:

Received special assignment to collaborate with project management team to design Oil and Gas investment revenue accrual reports for new accounting system utilizing on my experience and knowledge of the accrual process.

Successfully prepared, organized, and facilitated three 45-minute training webinars sessions for the Human Resource Records Transfer process for an audience of over 40 HR generalist at Ingersoll Rand and Trane offices throughout the US.

Organizing two 4-hour about personal responsibility for professional development workshops for one of Ingersoll Rand’s Progressive Diverse and Inclusive (PDI) organizations. Sought out instructors for the events and collaborated with them to develop workshop material to satisfy the mission of the organization. Wrote synopsis of purpose of the workshop to obtain approval from the PDI leadership team and successfully managed the budget for each workshop.

Work Experience

Senior Tax Accountant - Payroll Tax May 2022 to present

Compass Group, USA – Charlotte, NC

Preparation of tax returns (many entities, all US states)

Remittance of $1.2B annual tax liability

General Ledger Tax account reconciliations

Resolution of tax issues including root cause and preventative solution implementation.

Reconcile data between Master Tax and SAP, identify variances, and determine corrective action and preventative solutions.

Financial analysis impact

Research and apply tax laws for audit defense, day to day compliance.

Interact with various levels within the organization.

Workflow process design and documentation, Maintain strong internal controls, Assessment of automation opportunities.

Develop methodology necessary to isolate root cause of strategic initiative issues and implement preventative measures

Responsible for the W-2 process and annual W-3’s for 42 states.

Senior Payroll Accountant August 2014 to May 2022

Compass Group, USA – Charlotte, NC

Reconciling state, federal, and local payroll tax accounts on a fiscal period basis.

Reconciling garnishment-withholding account.

Isolating discrepancies in each payroll tax account and researching root causes before the next posting period.

Analyzing payroll tax accruals for accurate and timely tax payments to minimize penalties; propose and implement controls that will position us to pay liabilities correctly and on a timely basis.

Prepare and enter journal entries as necessary.

Monthly and annual Government reporting to Department of Labor, multiple reports, wage information

Forecasting EFT tax payments for company Treasury Department.

Forecasting expenses, monthly closing process, provide accounting support to field organization, accounting for assets used in the field.

Pension Benefit Analyst January 2011 to June 2014

Ingersoll Rand – Davidson, NC

Leading the pension payroll administration and process of over 8,000 Trane retirees.

Continuously developing and improving the Pension Control process for paying out the monthly pension payroll and reconciling pension annuity and pension supplement liability balances.

Tracking all new Pension payments each month in MS Excel for balancing during payroll processing.

Overseeing the monthly payroll process ensuring that all tax, benefit deduction, and other errors are resolved.

Writing funding requests to Treasury to release pension payroll funds from the Trust Account for the monthly payroll less taxes and insurance premiums. Perform pension payroll and data control in compliance of HIPPA and ERASA laws.

Auditing Pension Transactions for accuracy for team members or peers. Demonstrating the ability to produce high standard of quality, attention to detail, organization, self-review skills, and accountability for excellent results.

Setting up and maintaining new retiree pension annuity records, federal and state tax withholding records, retiree bank account information for pension direct deposits for trust and supplement payments in HRMS PeopleSoft 9.0.

Processing refunds for retiree medical, dental, and life insurance premium overpayments.

Resolving returned direct deposits of retiree pensions to ensure retiree is paid on time with a paper check.

Processing 401K Lump Sum and Roll-overs to IRA accounts for Trane retirees via Fidelity. Paying out retro pension payments.

Responsible for the Pension Death process for Trane pensions. Researching continuation of pension benefit, contacting the surviving beneficiary, and paying out the pension benefits to the Surviving Beneficiary of deceased retirees.

Writing Pension Verification letters and completing income verification forms requested by retirees. Analyzing garnishments orders, QDRO, POA and Guardianships documents for retirees.

Collaborating with Pension Control team to document, formulate, and improve Pension Payroll and Control processes.

Meeting each month with JP Morgan Benefit Payment Services identify problems and improvement in the service that JP Morgan provides to Ingersoll Rand.

Responsible for collecting pension sample files for PWC Audit and attending weekly Audit meetings during the audit.

HR Transfer Coordinator (Temporary Position) October 2010 to January 2011

Ajilon Finance

Ingersoll Rand – Davidson, NC

Maintain Human Resource records on PeopleSoft for employees that transferring from Ingersoll Rand to Trane, and vice versa.

Use PS Query to prepare a CSV file for uploading large volume of data into PeopleSoft. Develop and manage the process for tracking and resolving errors that result from the PeopleSoft upload of the employee job data record transfer from Ingersoll Rand to Trane and vice versa.

Collaborate with Project Leader and department leaders to test procedures, proposed ideas and solutions that will make the final process efficient and satisfy the needs of stakeholders.

Liaison for stakeholders in the transfer process, Human Resource Generalist, Benefits Department and Payroll to ensure that all records for a transferring employee from Trane to Ingersoll Rand are complete with no downstream benefit or payroll errors and that all tasks related to the employee transfer have been completed.

Payroll Processor (Temporary Position) April 2010 to October 2010

Ajilon Finance

Ingersoll Rand – Davidson, NC

Processed weekly and bi-weekly payrolls for multiple Ingersoll-Rand locations using PeopleSoft. This responsibility included loading time files for each location monitoring the payroll calculation process, running reports and PeopleSoft queries to check for error with payroll deductions and excessive hours.

Triggered process for payroll summary reports to check for correct calculation, printing payroll checks and advice.

Producing manual off-cycle payroll checks for severances, vacation payouts, bonuses, pay adjustments, and tuition reimbursements.

Daily reviewed bank ACH report for returned direct deposits and reissuing paychecks with manual checks.

Updated MS Access database for tracking all off-cycle payroll checks.

Regularly communicated, verbally and via email, with HR staff in various Ingersoll-Rand locations to answer payroll questions and to resolve problems and address time-sensitive payroll requests.

Worked closely with Payroll Team members to ensure efficient payroll processing.

Wrote a 250-page desk procedure that documents how to perform every step in the payroll process, using MS Word.

Accounting Assistant (Temporary Position) December 2008 to February 2010

Accountemps

Youth Homes, Inc. - Charlotte, NC

Assisting Director of Finance for a non-profit Foster Care organization

Processing full cycle Accounts Payable and check printing using QuickBooks.

Calculating and posting to GL month end allocation of overhead expenses for all cost centers

Preparing complex Excel spreadsheets for analyzing and allocating fringe benefits including dental, health, and life insurance expenses and posting the journal entries to cost centers.

Tracking vacation, sick, and comp time for all employees in Excel.

Reconciling payroll fringe benefit withholding accounts, COBRA benefits, and flexible spending account

Analyst of Accounts Receivable for foster care service invoices for third party payers like county, state, and Medicare and for donor pledges

Cash receipt application for Accounts Receivable including fund raiser donations and preparing cash receipts for bank deposit.

Processing Employee Expense Reimbursement reports and monitoring company credit card use, ensuring credit card users have appropriate authorizations and journalizing all accounting transactions.

Preparing reports and doing research in preparation for state and public auditors.

Payroll Coordinator (Temporary Position) May 2008 to August 2008

Accountemps

Miller Brewing Company - Milwaukee, WI

Used SAP Accounts Payable to process CEO and all executive credit card bills for payment and journalizing business travel and entertainment expenses.

Calculated and posted month-end accruals to general ledger related executive travel and entertainment expense.

Daily audited large volume of expense reports for corporate credit cards used for business travel expenses by field sales and marketing representatives.

Generated reports, composing correspondence as required, and maintained control over various assigned systems or subsystems including SAP Accounts Payable, and in-house expense tracking and auditing software.

Payroll Specialist April 2006 to April 2008

Luphiel Financial Services - Milwaukee, WI

Entered payroll hours from bi-weekly timesheets. Processed and printed payroll checks and stubs.

Reviewed for accuracy the bi-weekly calculation of employee taxes withheld and Employer taxes and contributions.

Prepared federal and state payroll tax forms on behalf of payroll clients.

Used information from IRS W-4 and State of Wisconsin form WT-4 for set-up of new employees and updated changes in accounting.

Served as a liaison between taxing authority and client for payroll taxes. Meet with each client to explain quarterly payroll tax liabilities.

Prepared Wisconsin Employer Reports for new clients to setup up accounts with the Department of Workforce Development Division of Unemployment Insurance.

Created payroll forms for employee reimbursements and helped clients establish accountable plans for employee reimbursement and per diem rates.

Responsible for 5 small business clients with 3 to 9 employees.

Performed bookkeeping service, accounts payable, and bank reconciliations for small business clients.

Senior Investment Accountant November 1999 to April 2006

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company - Milwaukee, WI

Lead full cycle Accounts Payable for all oil and gas investment operating expenses based on ownership percentages in investments, investment property tax and insurance invoices. Calculating monthly accruals. Prepare IRS 1099’s for vendors and contractors.

Reconciled all Mortgage Loan investment accounts, interest income, and insurance and escrow accounts.

Prepared Monthly Cash Flow report for Mortgage Loan investment transactions.

Researched monthly exchange rates for foreign investments using Bloomberg system and journalize gains and losses.

Performed full charge bookkeeping including prepaid accounts and depreciation of pipeline, bank reconciliation, and preparing quarterly financial statement for oil and gas pipeline subsidiary for Manager of Investments and company Officers.

Analyzed large volume of quarterly financial statements for securities partnership investments, calculating and journalizing the changes in income, capital gain/losses, and unrealized gains/losses to update the changes to the company equity balance.

Prepared and booking journal entries for stock distributions from investment partnerships.

Lead accounting clerks in daily cash clearing account reconciliations, oversee cash application of Oil and Gas Revenue and Mortgage Loan receipts, gave instructions how to apply cash items from multiple cash and cash clearing accounts. Evaluating accounting clerk for annual performance review.

Communicated with Treasury Department to initiating and request wire transfers for contributions to investments.

Tracked and ensured that all bank reconciliation items are resolve within company time limits.

System conversion team member for accounting system replacements. Responsible for writing procedure scripts for department use, testing, and designing crystal reports.

Accountant (Temporary Position) June 1999 to September 1999

Robert Half - Accountemps

M&I Data - Milwaukee, WI

Successfully completed short term project assignment to preform daily cash reconciliation of M&I bank online bill pay account.

Para-Professional Teacher October 1998 to June 1999

Milwaukee Public Schools - Milwaukee, WI

Assist fourth grade teacher in classroom. Taught after school program including supplemental math, reading, and science activities.

Accounts Payable Clerk August 1997 to October 1998

Robert W. Baird & Co - Milwaukee, WI

Accounts Payable for all information technology and communication services and equipment purchases and leases.

Allocated cost by expense and branch locations, include New York Stock exchange location.

Prepared monthly budget/actual report of these expenses for each branch including home office.

Technical Expertise

I am proficient in using the following computer applications and software:

PeopleSoft – General Ledger, Payroll Processing, HRMS

ADP Mastertax – payroll tax software

SAP accounting software – General Ledger

PeopleSoft – Queries and NVision reports

Business Objects Crystal Reports

QuickBooks Professional and Non-Profit

OGWin software for oil and gas accounting

MS Access

MS PowerPoint

Advanced MS Excel

SAS programming for queries and reports

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