Payroll Accountant Data Entry

CHERYL LYNN JOHNSON

*** ******* ***. · Capitol Heights, Maryland 20743 · 301-***-****· *****************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Experienced Payroll Accountant with over 24 years of experience in the management of payroll activities

Successful and consistent execution of semi-monthly, biweekly and weekly payroll for medium to large businesses

Proven track record for meeting multiple deadlines in a fast-paced corporate environment

Highly motivated team player with a strong desire for excellence

Extensive payroll experience and proficiency in a variety of Accounting and Payroll software

EXPERIENCE

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 06/23 – 06/24

Performed full cycle payroll processing in Workday for a biweekly payroll for about 1500 employees

Review biweekly Workday time tracking reports for completeness

Contact employees and supervisors for clarification of items as needed and resolve issues

Worked with Payroll Technician to confirm all data entry is accurate

Processed employment verification

Assisted in creating a payroll processing manual

Beacon Hill is Financial World Resources Institute 09/22 – 06/23

Independently process biweekly and corrections in ADP for about 600 employees

Manage all state reporting requirements and payments to appropriate agencies in 40 states

Manage all quarterly payroll tax reconciliation

Respond to employee inquiries and provide support as it is related to employee’s requirements

Manage other payroll compliance responsibilities or requirements

Set up and maintain each state paid leave program by working with outside vendors

Assist with ad hoc payroll projects as needed as well as ad hoc reporting

Beacon Hill is Financial I AM National Pension Fund 07/22 – 09/22

Administers biweekly and monthly payroll for about 200 employees

Processes / audits employee changes in payroll and benefits

Review timesheets, wages computation and other information to reconcile payroll

Issue and record adjustments to pay related issues

Work with the accounting department with payroll functions

Cordia Resources Sayres Washington, DC 01/22 – 04/22

Payroll Accountant

Processed payroll for 350 employees

Processed payroll using ADP WFN, Costpoint, Kronos, UKG, Unanet and Deltek

Entered new hires in Costpoint from ADP, terms, salary increases and bonus.

Posting journal entries, submitted 401K files and Health benefit files to external companies

Create a salary spreadsheet to prove payroll before transmitting

Created spread sheets to prove taxes, health deductions and taxes.

KForce Ankura Washington, DC 01/20 – 12/20

Payroll Compliance Administrator

Prepared a semi-monthly payroll of 4 entities

Strategic decisions, Financial analyses, and other related special projects

Prepared payroll for 1500 plus employees nationwide

Entered payroll information in ADP Workforce Now V13

Work proactively to improve the operating and financial performance of the organization

Experience in processing payroll information from Workday into ADP

Act as a key liaison for employee questions

Research federal, state and local laws to support changing legislation regarding earnings and tax compliance

Hire Strategy Echo Star / Hughes Network Systems LLC 06/19 – 08/19

Gaithersburg, MD

Payroll Accountant

Prepared an inhouse payroll for over 1200 employee’s

Semi-monthly payroll

Prepared state taxes and unemployment taxes

Processed payroll and new hires in SAP

New hires are processed from Workday into SAP

Paid employee’s spot awards

Set up and processed garnishment payments

Communicated with Bureau of Labor Statistics

Processed Echo Star time sheet from Kronos

Processed PTO payouts

KForce United Therapeutics Corporation Silver Spring, MD 09/18 – 04/19

Payroll Accountant

Prepared a semi-monthly payroll of 7 entities

Converted the payroll from semi-monthly to a bi-weekly payroll in January 2019

Prepared payroll for 800 plus employees

Prepared and processing a Canadian payroll for 2 entities

Entered payroll information in ADP Workforce Now V13

Prepared and Posted Payroll Journal Entries in SAP

Experience in processing payroll information from Workday into ADP

Paid out employee’s Stocks and Staps

Beacon Hill Staffing Group NT Concepts Vienna, VA 07/17 – 04/18

Payroll Accountant

Prepared a semi-monthly payroll for 690 employees

Experience in processing payroll information from Deltek GCS Premier into ADP WFN

Converted from Deltek to Unanet in January 2018

Prepared Journal Entries

Assisted managers with any time sheet issues

Work closely with Human Resource for processing new hires, terms and benefit changes

KForce United Therapeutics Corporation Silver Spring, MD 07/16 – 06/17

Payroll Accountant

Prepared a semi-monthly payroll of 3 entities

Prepared payroll for 800 plus employees

Entered payroll information in ADP Workforce Now V13

Prepared and Posted Payroll Journal Entries

Experience in processing payroll information from Workday into ADP

Paid out employee’s Stocks and Staps

Forrester Construction Company Rockville, Maryland 06/08 – 03/16

Payroll Accountant

Prepared payroll on a biweekly and weekly payroll for 600 plus employees

Entered payroll information in ADP Pay Expert and ADP Workforce Now system and Timberline

Prepared Certified Payroll reports

Prepared and Posted Payroll Journal Entries

Reconciled payroll in Timberline

Identified and researched issues, perform changes to resolve or mitigate issues

Worked closely with HR on reporting, setting up benefits, inputting bonus, raises and medical changes

Data Solutions & Technology Incorporated Lanham, Maryland 06/07 – 04/08

Senior Payroll Accountant

Prepared payroll for 500 plus employees

Submitted payroll tax returns through Protime and Paychex

Prepared special pay such as severance, bonuses, relocation, salary increases, incentive checks, bank wires, requests for stop payments, and special handling of accounts

Entered timesheets of regular and overtime hours worked, making corrections, preparing payroll taxes and 1099s, reconciling monthly payroll to generate journal

Handled standard deductions and garnishments issued by Federal, State and financial institutions

The Mills Corporation Arlington, Virginia 07/98 - 06/07

Payroll Accountant

Prepared payroll for 1,000 to 3,000 employees nationwide including:

Prepared and maintained multi-state records of new hires, terms, and status/pay changes

Prepared and transmitted semi-monthly payroll to ADP

Verified the accuracy of reports and checks and ensured timely and accurate payment of taxes

Submitted payroll tax returns by ADP

Reviewed electronic timesheets (Kronos)

Reviewed federal and multi-state payroll tax filings and reports generated by ADP

Entered timesheets of regular and overtime hours worked, making corrections, prepared payroll taxes and 1099s, reconciled monthly payroll to generate journal

Handled standard deductions and garnishments issued by Federal, State and financial institutions

Assisted management in resolving payroll issues and refunds

Worked closely HR with benefits, bonus, inputting medical changes and raises.

Prepared special pay such as severance, bonuses, relocation, salary increases, incentive checks, bank wires, requests for stop payments, and special handling of accounts

Generated labor distribution reports for management

Separated and delivered paychecks to employees at corporate or site locations

Ensured compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

In-House & Outside Seminars (1981-1995) -- covering wide range of topics to include supervising effectively, performance appraisal writing, conducting performance appraisal discussions, disciplining employees, planning, communication skills, ADP payroll and report writing, etc. to enhance self and job responsibilities.

SKILLS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

PC/DOS, Windows, WordPerfect, Lotus, Quattro Pro, IBM Mainframe-Vsam, TSO, IBM 3890, Storctech Printer, ORSS, Online Reconciliation, Wang, 3694 Reject Repair, Unisys, BancTec, Burroughs encoding machine, ADP Pay Expert, ADP Workforce Now, ADP Enterprise HRMS Version 3, Workday, Kronos Timesheets, Liberty, Pay America, Paychex, Navision, PeopleSoft, Preview Payroll, Procas, ProTime, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Report Smith, Sarbanes-Oxley, Horizon, Timberline, HH2 Remote Payroll, IPay, P Vault, SAP

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