Payroll Specialist Senior
Resume:
Monica T. Jacks, MS.
*****.******@*****.***
Conley, GA. 30288
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
Skip Tracing/FDCPA/FCRA/ECOA/Forecasting/Reporting/Banner
GL/JE/ME/AP/AR/Taxes/Payroll/Billing/SAO/Audits/REO/FHA/VA/
Audits/ Year End Close/Mortgage/Forbearance/Default/Compliance/Reporting/GAAP
Management/Team Player/Leader/Budgets, Internal Controls/Ad Hoc/Analysis
Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to plan, prioritize and organize work.
Ability to take initiative maintaining digital records by scanning and uploading pertinent documents.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
City of Atlanta (DOC) June 2024 – Present
Payroll Specialist Senior, Atlanta, GA
Ensuring payroll timecards processed and submitted using Oracle.
Auditing final calculations of VOH (verification of hours) via excel for accuracy of time keeping reporting.
Post entries to journals and ledgers and prepare tax deposits and reports.
Assist compensation staff in date gathering for compensation survey inputs.
Entering daily leave balancing to include sick, vacation, FMLA, WC
Monitoring a variety of hours to include 24, 16, 12, 10 hours shift from day, mid and night watch.
Handles escalated issues from lower-level staff.
Suggested recommendation on streamlining the importance of time responsibility and achievement.
Accomplishments:
Processing of time record keeping with minimum errors
Maintain structure of handling and monitor variation of shifts.
City of Atlanta (DPW) November 2023 – June 2024
Payroll Specialist Senior, Atlanta, GA
Entering and advising DPW station timecards for efficiency and accuracy using Oracle.
Entering daily leave requests from supervisors i.e. sick, vacation, WC, FMLA.
Calculating and uploading number of hours using Oracle.
Ensures proper translation of documents, reports, and other correspondence to upper management.
Collaborate and assist with managing various projects/tasks as needed.
Take full ownership of payroll and problem-solving matters to ensure accuracy.
Accomplishments:
Given constructive recommendation for better streamlining process.
Promoted to Department of Corrections from Department of Public Works
APS Transportation Department May 2020-November 2023
Payroll Clerk, Atlanta, GA
Enter and analyze payroll time keeping process using Kronos.
Recommended accuracy changes for productivity increases within transportation.
Assist with various department managers in finding activity processing payroll functionality.
Ensuring timing Kronos reconciliation of closing payroll processes.
Train new supervisors and assistants on Kronos, Goggle Drive, and attendance codes functions.
Use infinite campus applications for students’ attendance and parents’ information.
Accomplishments:
Gather pertinent information for streamlining productivity efficiency.
Selected to assist with special auditing project for management.
State Accounting Office, Atlanta, GA March 2019-April 2020
Business Analyst (Contract)
Provided support addressing and analyzing accounts payable vendor’s Masterfile and validating banking request, identifying Federal, State and Local duplicate and inactive suppliers.
Identify SPLOST general funding, fund sources for suppliers, purchase orders, and budgets for electronic payments from (SAO) State Accounting Office. Analyzing payable to ensure GAAP compliance, internal control policies, monthly reviews, billing and collections.
Provided accounts payable and budget documents, ensuring compliance for State of Georgia policies.
Submitted to management changes and best practices addressing fraud deterrent initiatives, processing payments while responding to varies inquiries.
Accomplishments:
Maintains professionalism and accuracy knowledge for vendor management.
Assist with special projects recommendation using People Soft and Excel.
Department of Community Health, Atlanta, GA September 2018 -February 2019
Accountant 3 (Contract)
Applies (GAAP) for recording of financial activity in PeopleSoft (Teamwork’s) and subsystems.
Analyzes, reconciles, and evaluates general ledger to account receivables and payables ledgers.
Maintained departments budget and general ledger by reviewing, adjusting, and reclassing financial. transactions of lesser ledger balance budgets and reconciling payable accounts and purchase orders.
Provided leadership in assisting with batch runs, spreadsheet, reports for completeness.
Maintained all 1099 vendors for payroll using PeopleSoft.
Accomplishments:
Maintains a consistent, high quality, customer – focused orientation.
Proficient when conducting business and providing services to internal and external customers.
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA April 2018 - August 2018
Accounts Receivable Analyst (Contract)
Monitored accounts receivable using Banner to collect outstanding invoices and audits for closing.
Requested payable checks amount owed to vendors payment post against general ledger.
Analyze, compare, and interpret data into reports for recommendations of streamlining new vendors.
Suggested recommendations pertaining to writing off receivables and billings.
Accomplishments:
Recovered 65% of outstanding invoices that were not sent for payment.
Submitted solid information on strategies for outstanding payments.
Clayton State University, Morrow, GA December 2017 - April 2018
Staff Accountant (Contract)
Prepared monthly financials (people soft, trial balances, general ledger, invoicing vendors for payments).
Queries of reporting and analyzing for departments and vendors (ex: payroll, payables, and collections).
Reconciled all past due invoices within 60-90days in preparation for write-offs using PeopleSoft.
Addressed and provided feedback regarding issues and concerns related to arrangements.
Analyzed previous payroll accounts for accuracy and auditing purposes.
Accomplishments:
Proficient in reporting using PeopleSoft.
Able to assist team members with accurate production reports in Excel.
GVRA, Atlanta, GA March 2017 - December 2017
Grant Accountant (Contract)
Supervised Grant funds of Revenue accounts to the general ledger weekly and monthly.
Processing of pivot tables for each grant and report to management of findings using GFAS.
Combine transactions of encumbrances, expenditures, and budget spreadsheets for auditing.
Revised grant balances for auditing and posting management fulfillments using PeopleSoft.
Suggested differences to ensure complete internal control of posting ledger and findings.
Accomplishments:
Maintained outstanding leadership and detail oriented, punctual, and well organized for vendors.
Uncovered great resources of recommendations for auditing and reporting purposes.
Bank of America, Atlanta, GA January 2016 - February 2017
Loan Registration Specialist (Contract)
Proved key factors into Loan IQ from LOS credit reporting and pertinent TILA information.
Research client’s information by comparing and analyzing CRE wires/deposits, reconciling.
Reduced, examined, audit draw error qualities in CRE packages for reconciliation controls.
Prepared monthly reviews by documentations of CRE findings analyzed various accounts.
Accomplishments:
Proficient gathering pertinent information in a timely fashion and meeting tight deadlines.
Excel knowledge and able to meet tight deadlines.
Generation Mortgage, Atlanta, GA June 2013 - December 2015
Servicing Accounting Analyst
Prepared invoices and monthly reconciliations for investors using 5th 3rd Banking system.
Updated JE, invoices, budgeting and forecasting each department with Report Manger.
Identified financials wires/deposits, reconciling payroll data, and extract reports Excel (pivot tables).
Supervised and analysis monthly payable and receivables, i.e., chargebacks, invoices, checks, and batching research using Hermit.
Accomplishments:
Outstanding service leadership in developing to ensure quality and accuracy for each vendor.
Projected multi-task assignments while making "special projects' my own.
Apex Systems Inc., Atlanta, GA January 2012 - June 2013
Auditor/Analyst (Consultant for Wells Fargo)
Reviewed governmental loans serviced by Wells Fargo to determine mortgage discrepancies.
Audited foreclosures, forbearances, garnishments draw, bankruptcy payment modifications using LPS.
Researched 3rd party audit support using Pacer, and e-Image software for mortgage findings.
Placed ad-hoc audits reports for FHA, VA, and Conventional loans foreclosure using Pacer.
Raised recommendations of ad-hoc reports, closing docs, and loan deficiencies.
Accomplishments:
Awarded for providing outstanding leadership in assisting and co-training new hires.
Consistent with recommendations that added accuracy for reviews.
Sage Property Management Inc., Atlanta, GA October 2008 - December 2011
Property/ Staff Accountant
Performed posting of properties collections, taxes, billing, batching, forecasting, and closing.
Prepared and maintained fixed assets, reporting, balance sheet, payables, using QuickBooks.
Reviewed team members’ accounts, analysis staff budgets, payroll staff, prepared timely reports in Excel.
Gaining exposure to complex tasks in discrepancies for billing and payment.
Administered salary increase and performance evaluations.
Interface and answered questions pertaining to payroll functions and calculations.
Accomplishments:
Consistency with attention to detail and able to handle multiple task assignments.
Promoted from Accounting Clerk to Staff Accountant demonstrated positivity and professionalism.
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Accounting December 2011
Bachelor of Science in Accounting July 2008
Kaplan University
ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE:
Budgets, Forecasting, Microsoft Applications, QuickBooks, PeopleSoft, Banner, AMB, Kronos, UGK, Oracle
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