Payroll Administrator

JOHN J. ADAMSON, CPP

**** **** ***** *******

Frederick, MD 21701

Phone: 240-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

LinkedIn website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-adamson-cpp/34/10a/4a1

OBJECTIVE: Assistant Controller/ Accountant/Bookkeeping/ Payroll Manager/ Payroll Administrator/Payroll Accountant/Payroll Analyst

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• Very detailed with payroll and payroll records.

• Proficient in all payroll software.

• Adept at producing and managing multi tasked environment.

• Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable

• Billing and Collections.

• Proven track record of meeting production deadlines.

• Works with Human Resources in regarding to benefits and compensation.

• Always bring 100 percent customer satisfaction.

• Excellent communication skills including email.

• 29 years of payroll experience.

• International and Global experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TAC Worldwide

12355 Sunrise Valley Drive

Reston, VA 20191-3467

PAYROLL MANAGER (Temporary-Contract Position) 01/2010-12/2011

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with management and stakeholders.

• Develop full scale project and plans and associated communications documents.

• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

• Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.

• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.

• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.

• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations.

• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas.

• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crisis and devise contingency plans.

• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.

• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

• Build, develop and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.

• Conduct project post implementation reviews and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

• Contribute to best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Naval Air Technical Service Facility

700 Robbins Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19135

PAYROLL MANAGER 09/2000-09/2009

• Responsible for independently managing 1-3 small - mid size clients to deliver timely and accurate payroll.

• Supervise daily payroll operations and ensure daily and weekly tasks are completed as scheduled.

• Provide final Sign-off on payroll checklist and processing task, policies and procedures to ensure SAS70 compliance.

• Evaluate, develop and enforce the use of audit tools which support the payroll process.

• Develop internal pre calculated audits to find and fix both client generated and ADP generated errors prior to transmission.

• Identify payroll vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement.

• Responsible for continuous process improvement identified through root-cause analyses engaging other support teams as needed.

• Participate during the implementation process to build scaleable, repeatable processes.

• Participate in process review discussions to ensure client specific processes are integrated into the standard workflows.

• Drive projects to create efficiencies, improve cost, improve quality of service delivery, and increase customer satisfaction.

• Ensure timely and accurate submission of weekly reporting.

• Present per payroll cycle Dashboard metrics to client for review and collaboration for continuous process improvement.

• Manages the performance of the Payroll Teams to ensure internal proficiency centering on training, workforce qualification and certification, retention strategies, job structure, and succession planning.

Responsible for mentoring, coaching and developing payroll specialist to meet current position proficiencies as well as progression proficiencies.

• Attend client conference calls and on site visits as required by management.

• Responsible for day-to-day/operational account management of the client.

• Respond to client escalations and triage with internal partners engaging Service Delivery Manager where applicable.

• Support project service and/or implementation as needed to ensure smooth transition to production.

Naval Air Technical Service Facility

700 Robbins Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19135

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR 02/1982-09/2000

• Process all timesheets for both civilian (bi-weekly) and military (monthly) for 1,500 employees.

• Create report showing hours worked garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.

• Completes monthly/quarterly/annual payroll audits

• Prepares all payroll reconciliations and journal entries

• Great understanding of GAAP.

• Assists with Benefits and Compensation analysis.

• Assist senior management with monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reporting

• Track all project cost on a weekly, monthly basis

• Preparation of all general ledger and account reconciliation's

• SOX compliance analysis

• Cash flow analysis

• Assist with budget and forecasting

• Preparation of all relevant journal entries and accruals

• Manage the fixed asset process

EDUCATION

Father Judge High School

Philadelphia, PA 19136

High School Diploma, Academics

Gallaudet University

Washington, DC 20002

Master of Science, Business Administration, GPA 3.81

Gallaudet University

Washington, DC 20002

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, GPA 3.95

Rochester Institute of Technology

National Technical Institute of the Deaf

Rochester, NY 14623

Associate, Computer Technology, GPA 3.93

COMPUTER SKILLS

Windows XP, Microsoft Office, ADP, Report Smith, Ultipro, Great Plains, SAP, Ceridian, Costpoint, Deltek GCS Premier/ Deltek Time & Expense , Quickbook, Solomon, ACCPAC, Crystal Reports, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Publisher, Total Benefits Administration (TBA Hewitt), Total Retirement Center (TRC-Mass Mutual), and Plan Destination (Newport Group).

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Payroll Professional licensed by American Payroll Association. (CPP)

• Fundamental Payroll Certification licensed by American Payroll Association (FPC).

• SAP Certified (SAP Consultation Certification, User Certification)

• ADP Certified. (Certified ADP PC/Payroll, Certified Pay eXpert, and Certified ADP Workforce Now)

• Report Smith Certified.

• CostPoint/Deltek Certified. (Deltek Costpoint Budgeting and Planning, AppGRC for Costpoint, Costpoint HR Solution Suite, and Costpoint Analytics).

• Lawson Certified.

• PeopleSoft Certified. PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 Financial Management, General Ledger Consultant Certified Expert (OCE) certification.

• 29 years of experience with Payroll and Benefits.

• NATSF Employee of the Year in 1992, 1997, 1998, 2

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