Wendy R. Hall
Grand Prairie, TX ***** 214-***-**** **************************@*****.***
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Payroll & Benefits Leader
Skilled Payroll and Benefits Leader with extensive experience optimizing payroll operations and fostering organizational excellence. Proven ability to achieve significant cost savings of 5% - 18% through meticulous internal audits and process improvements. Track record as the primary point of contact for payroll, benefits, and human resource issues in medium to large organizations. Adept at managing high-volume payroll processing, coordinating and auditing payroll functions, and effectively supervising and training team members. Demonstrates exceptional diligence in meeting deadlines, superior organizational skills, and outstanding communication and collaboration abilities. Expert problem solver with strong conflict resolution skills, fostering a collaborative team environment. Proficient in handling confidential and sensitive information with integrity.
Core Competencies
Bi-Monthly Payroll Processing Weekly Payroll Processing Semi-Monthly Payroll Processing Monthly Payroll Processing Funding Payroll General Ledger Monthly Reconciliations Planning and Quality Control Monthly Sales Commissions Fleet Program Maintenance COBRA Administration Employee Verifications Benefits Administration Sales and Use Tax Preparation Corporate Policies Employee Personnel Files UltiPro UltiPro Processed-Backoffice Utipro-Web Success Factor UTM Backoffice AS400 All Pay Windows 10 Oracle Excel Power point Group wise Quick Mail Pro Adfo (Reflection) KTS AS400 MS Word Acct-Pack Solomon Monarch FoxPro Epicor Concur Expense System MAS 200 Outlook Issue Track and ADP applications Pay Expert HRB EZ Labor Pay at Work Asure Force People at Work Kronos UKG All Pay Pay Force. Benefit Focus
Professional Experience
NEC, Irving, TX
Payroll Coordinator & Benefits Support 11/2015 – 04/2024
Led payroll operations for ~1200 employees (multi-state) worldwide for NEX’s six subsidiary companies. Successfully developed and implemented payroll strategies to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
Accelerated payroll processing speed from 9 days to a record-breaking 3 days while increasing accuracy from 60% to 100%.
Recovered $40,000 in payroll and vacation payout costs through auditing techniques.
Improved vacation reporting process which reduced vacation payouts and limited liability.
Collaborate with team managers and trained new hires on timesheet entry.
Implemented payroll policies and procedures, reducing risk and liability dollars for company.
Supported the Benefits, Compensation, and HR teams with system and process needs.
New hire reporting to Texas Attorney General all entities.
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Robert Half (Contracts) 08/2012 - 10/2015
Payroll/HR Administrator, Pollock
Payroll Processor, MoneyGram
Payroll/HR Administrator, Air Distribution Technologies
Payroll Processor, NSN (Nokia)
Payroll Coordinator, Dynamex
These positions offered exposure in various global payroll aspects, including cleaning up and creating balance procedures, creating GL interface from payroll to General Ledger accounts, creating payroll processing shortened processing times, verifying accuracy of payroll processing. Creating global payroll guidelines for payroll processing accurately. Each contract position was completed and then moved to the next available contract.
Processed payroll and benefits with high level of accuracy and timeliness.
Complied with multi-state, multi-province and regulatory laws as set fourth by federal and state laws.
Prepared and distributed payroll reports and statements.
Managed GL Interface from payroll to prepare files for posting transactions to the general ledger and additional payroll reports.
Served as Payroll Processor for weekly and bi-weekly payroll approximately 3500 employees across nineteen companies utilizing ADP Pay force.
Point of contact for payroll inquiries and end of year taxes.
HR/Benefit Support.
Served as Payroll Coordinator for Canadian and US employees.
Managed GL Interface from payroll to prepare files for posting transactions to the general ledger and additional payroll reports.
Managed GL Interface from payroll to prepare files for posting transactions to the general ledger.
Administrated and created Canadian T4 and T2200 forms.
Key Role in Canadian Payroll Conversion and Velocity Payroll Merger.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Self Employed, Grand Prairie, TX
Project Manager
Private Family, Dallas, TX
Staff Accountant
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration, University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business Administration, University of Hertfordshire
Affiliations
Notary Public - State of Texas - Current
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Member 2005 - 2013
Fort Worth Human Resources Management Association (FWHRMA) Member 2005 - 2013
Certified Payroll Professional - (CPP) 2005 - 2010
Professional Human Resource - (PHR) 2007 - 2010
Travel Agent Licenses - CLIA, ARC/IATA 2009 - 2013