Payroll & Employee Retention Manager

Anu Sahabandu

**** ******** **** *****: 919-***-**** McKinney, TX 75070 ***.***********@*****.***

To obtain a senior position of a payroll team, where I may utilize my strong knowledge in payroll systems, managerial skills, experiences in human resources functions to offer quality services to the company.

Education:

Florida Metropoliton University - Tampa, FL

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) July 2007 GPA 4.0

Professional Experience:

JBB Advanced Technologies LLC, Carrollton TX-75007 (August 2023 - March 2025)

Payroll & Employee Retention Manager

Overseeing accurate setting up of relevant payroll accounts, payroll system (ADP-Core), time keeping system (Clocify) for effective processing of semi-monthly payroll from beginning to end for multiple M&A group of companies.

Supervising and mentoring a team of processors, regarding new hire, termination requirements, setting up employee benefit packages with third party providers, garnishments/ tax levy collections and remittance while successfully coordinating multiple rapid open enrollment sessions.

Collaborating with HR, legal and accounting teams in reconciling general ledger and other financial records to ensure compliance with labor laws and accuracy.

Liaise between internal and external auditors regarding payroll, payroll taxes, & HRIS related audits.

Provided expertise in recognizing, advocating and Implementing growth programs, competitive pay & performance-based incentive suggestions for productive retention and to reduce employee turnover.

Weekly preparation of payroll reports for stakeholders for financial analysis and budgeting purposes.

Being the point of contact, managed and advised the third-party payroll software company regarding improvising the system and/or ongoing maintenance & trouble shooting when necessary.

Prepared year-end reporting, final tax filing / depositing of required forms & documentation for multiple companies, consolidated the documentation and other payroll and benefit related processes for the company closure, due to the voluntary dissolution of the business.

Eyemart Express LLC, Farmers Branch TX – 75234 (March 2020 – August 2023)

Payroll Manager

Responsible for overseeing the processing activities for the payroll department for a bi-weekly company payroll for over 2000 multistate employees, via third-party payroll provider (UKG Pro Payroll Solutions); which includes work allocation, problem solving, supervision and coaching

Collaborated with the efforts between payroll, human resources, accounting, benefits, and store locations to ensure proper flow and maintenance of employee data to reconcile discrepancies and transactions.

Ensured proper collection of HRIS information for new hire onboarding process, promotions and pay changes, retention, referral, and other bonus disbursements

Ensured proper governmental reporting and compliances with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices including setting up of wage garnishments

Involved in effectively implementing ‘Reflexis’ a time solutions system across the company and trainings carried out for various support roles including recommendations and system updates

Monitored and resolved issues related to employee payroll questions, UKG core user issues, Reflexis Time and Attendance system issues to resolve all inquiries of field users and communications between the system providers for solutions

Assisted administering employee benefit plans including annual renewals, processing billing & payroll deductions for 401k, FSA, Health & Life Insurances benefits

Prepared reports to reconcile and balance tax reporting, processed accurate and timely year-end reporting (W-2, W-2c, etc.)

Kinetics Systems Inc., Durham NC- 27713 (Oct 2018 – Nov 2019)

Payroll Administrator

Performed payroll management activities for approximately 1000 union and non-union, U.S. domestic employees in weekly payrolls for multiple pay groups

Processing and maintaining of accurate payroll records in a timely payment of hours, bonuses, commissions in accordance with multi-state and federal requirements using (Preview) Payroll System

Auditing and monitoring of any overpayment collections, union dues and adjustment payments

Set up employer withholding accounts for state taxes and unemployment insurance for multiple states

Daily transmittal of ACH tax files for banking purposes and cash management for accounting purposes

Set up, processed, and complied with employee wage garnishments, federal and state tax levies, child

support deductions, invoices for accurate payments to the agencies and verification of employment

Monitored and resolved issues related to employee payroll questions, timecard entries from the field users and/or issuance of retro payments, as off cycle checks to reconcile discrepancies

Verdesian Life Sciences LLC Cary NC -27513 (April 2013 – April 2015)

HR & Payroll Administrator

Payroll Duties:

Ensured timely and accurate bi-weekly payroll via effective coordination with third-party payroll provider (Paychex); including proper processing of payroll data such as leave time, hours worked, pay adjustments, deductions, severance payments, bonuses, commissions etc.,

Assisted with merging and acquiring of legacy companies by integrating many payroll systems for payroll processing such as QuickBooks, Paychex Core platform, ADP Workforce Now etc.

Prepared journal entries for payroll, benefit expenses/accruals (including sales commissions) to be posted to the general ledger, allocating per job cost

Responded to employee inquiries regarding payroll & other related benefits in a timely manner

Prepared monthly, quarterly & annual reporting of withholding taxes (940, 941) state & unemployment taxes to different government agencies for accounts not set up with TaxPay

Provided accurate & timely responses with proof of documentations on matters related to accounting, state & Workers Compensation related audits, verification of employment & unemployment claims to external clients, government agencies, etc.

HR & Other Duties:

Designed and implemented world-class on-boarding program for new hires, including creating company hand-book & other policies compliant to multi states & federal laws

Scheduled pre-employment drug screening, performed credit & background checks for new hires

Established and maintained confidential employee files & personnel record-keeping documentation, so it is formatted for protecting confidentiality, yet remains readily accessible

Helped develop company personnel policies, practices, and records that meet compliance with all federal and state requirements

Assisted administering employee benefit plans including annual renewals, processing billing & payroll deductions for 401k, FSA, Health & Life Insurances, coordinated IT for onboarding setups

Reconciled, accrued & payments for royalty, commissions & rebates on monthly, annual basis

Administered corporate credit card program by issuing cards, monthly statements & inquires

S&A Oil Company & Houston Foods Inc., Houston Tx - 77074

HR & Payroll Analysts (March 2008 - 2011)

Processed new hire documentation: I-9 requirements (INS), W-4’s, workers compliances & employment contract agreements for Burger King, Sonic and Arby’s fast food restaurants consisting of over 1500 employees

Processed bi-weekly payroll, vacation pay, time and labor, terminations, transfers, bonuses, status changes, child support, medical, dental and other employee deductions, ensuring data integrity in employee files and in the system

Reconciled and prepared bi-weekly 941 payroll tax amounts with the company general ledger reports, quarterly payments of TWC state unemployment payments through TWC (State ACH System), quarterly filing of 940, 941 & TWC returns for all companies (12 Companies)

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Everest University) Tampa Fl - 33613

Campus Collection/Accounts Officer (October2007 -March 2008)

Prepared and reconciled general ledger accounts, reconciling aging levels, verifying account clearances, applying payments, monitoring collection activities, and updating accounts in compliance with established company A/R polices

Provided HR related services with bi-weekly payroll preparation, new hire files – policies, procedures, employee inquiries, background checks, data entry in payroll system for wage computation

Technical Skills:

High level of proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Experienced with Paychex Preview MMS and CORE, UKG (UltiPro) Payroll Solutions, ADP Workforce now, ADP Total Source Platforms for Payroll Processing.

Accounting software: Intuit QuickBooks, NetsSuit.

Trained on and involved with implementing Reflexis time solutions system, Clocify time tracking, UKG time and attendance module.

Other Skills:

Excellent interpersonal, verbal/written, organizational skills.

Strong attention to details.

Ability to grasp new concepts, implement work processes and systems quickly and efficiently.

Organizational and leadership skills.

Ability to collaborate with other teams, work well in a team setting or independently.

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