Payroll Specialist Senior

Mamta Katti, MBA, FPC

Aldie, VA

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Summary

Efficient and detail-oriented Senior Payroll Specialist with 13 years of experience in processing multi-state payroll for over 1,000 employees across various companies. Expertise in payroll compliance, garnishments, and tax issues, with a proven track record of collaborating with finance and HR teams to ensure accuracy and efficiency. Skilled in utilizing UKG and SAP HRIS systems, contributing to successful payroll audits and system implementations.

Experience:

REHAU Incorporated, Leesburg, VA Senior payroll specialist 09/2015- 04/2025

Effectively and timely processed four bi-weekly payrolls for 1,000+ employees for US payroll companies, REHAU Incorporated, REHAU Automotive LLC, REHAU Construction LLC, and REHAU Industries LLC with multi-state tax jurisdiction, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.

Part of the team implementing and testing payroll and benefits modules of Ultipro (2018), the time management system UTM and UKG Workforce Management (WFM in 2021).

Process garnishments, tax levies and child support orders.

Timely identify and troubleshoot payroll issues by utilizing various UKG reporting tools like BI and standard reports.

Create cases and work with the UKG customer support to resolve complex payroll and tax issues.

Create, maintain and update employee records in UKG and SAP HRIS systems.

Set up and maintain 20+ state tax and unemployment tax for the payroll companies.

Responsible for annual payroll and workers’ compensation audits.

Administrator for the company’s E-verify portal of USCIS by maintaining the account and resolving cases.

Part of the implementation team of Instant Pay (2023) to help the employees to access funds to the worked hours earlier if needed.

Assisted with the yearly 401K audit and with testing yearly benefits setup in UKG.

Team member of Document Management implementation (2023).

Collaboration with Finance and Accounting teams, Legal team and the HR teams from various locations of the company, including the international headquarters in Germany.

Provided semi-monthly payroll back up.

Reston Limousine, Sterling, VA Payroll Assistant 04/2015 – 06/2015

Reported directly to the Controller and worked alongside the Assistance Controller assisting with the Payroll and administrative duties.

Daily timecards were collected and processed to be included in the bi-weekly payroll. Used Quickbooks, Livery and other software programs to upload new hires and made changes to the existing employees upon HR requests. Ran various Payroll and Accounting reports using Quickbooks.

Smithsonian Enterprises, Herndon, VA Payroll Assistant 06/2009 – 01/2013

Assisted the Payroll manager with payroll functions and administrative tasks.

Assisted with the bi-weekly payroll processing cycle, payroll data archiving, running eTime audit reports and ADP batches, monitor eTime for timecards approval, timecard corrections and password resets, QA new hire checklist, Sort and distribute paychecks with related reports.

Communicated with employees of various departments to ensure accurate

and timely delivery of payroll.

Assisted in executing timely and accurate processing of bi-weekly and multi-state payroll for 500 hourly and regular employees utilizing ADP PC/Payroll and eTime.

Processed expense reports of employees upon request and worked on other special projects.

Processed expense reports of employees upon request and worked on other special projects.

Also handled the monthly invoicing duties for the Smithsonian magazine, Air & Space magazine, Smithsonian channel, online and tablet. It included some AR responsibilities as well.

SNAP Inc., Chantilly, VA Technical Recruiter 12/2005 – 03/2006

Responsible for sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, evaluating and performing reference checks on the applicants. Placed qualified candidates with client companies. Worked closely with other recruiters in performing extensive recruiting for Senior Software/Database Developers, Quality Assurance Testers, Program and Project Managers.

Wachovia bank, Reston, VA Teller 10/2004 – 08/2005

Worked as a full time Teller at Wachovia. My responsibilities include, but were not limited to; High-volume, face-to-face customer contact, processing customer financial transactions, address customers questions and concerns and refer to appropriate internal resources for resolution. Establish and control customer files, identify fraudulent activity to prevent potential losses to the bank, and stay updated on new products and services.

H&R Block, Irving, TX Tax Associate 12/2003 – 04/2004

Worked as a Tax Associate at H&R Block. Job responsibilities include preparation of individual federal Income tax returns and provide them information about other products and services offered by H&R Block to achieve their financial objectives.

Education:

George Mason University 04/2009 – 06/2009

Certification: Payroll (FPC)

Osmania University (India)

Master of Business Administration (MBA): Human Resources 06/1999 – 06/2001

Bachelor of Commerce 06/1993 – 06/1997

Skills:

UKG (formerly Ultipro) payroll system and workforce management, SAP HRIS, ADP, Payroll reporting, Multi-state payroll, Compliance reporting, Payroll audits, Tax setup, Microsoft Office Applications [Word / Excel / PowerPoint], Account reconciliation, Timekeeping, Problem solving.

Additional skills:

Possess strong attention to detail, HR compliance, maintaining confidentiality, analytical skills, Report generation, math aptitude and ability to meet deadlines.

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