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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas, United States

• Lead the HRIS team in managing the day-to-day activities to support the HR, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, and other inter-related functions. Serve as an interface between internal/external customers and the functional team members to ensure effective definition of and delivery of HR applications. Provide overall prioritization of work assignments and management of functional team resources and their activities.• Manages the HRIS system and interacts with the vendor for maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades. Plans, develops, tests, recommends, implements and documents procedures and continually investigates ways to optimally utilize the application.• Works with other department managers to make sure that each department has support from Human Resources by providing HR data needed to streamline their jobs.• Lead department's operational and strategic planning, including fostering innovation, planning projects and organizing resources.• Oversees and directs all aspects of the payroll function and payroll staff ensuring timely, accurate and effective processing of payroll disbursements for all employees in compliance with federal, state and local tax regulations and requirements, as well as, internal policies and procedures.

Houston, Tx

• Manage US payroll staff to ensure payrolls are processed timely and accurately. • Lead the HRIS team in managing the day-to-day activities to support the HR, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, and other inter-related functions. Serve as an interface between internal/external customers and the functional team members to ensure effective definition of and delivery of HRIS applications. Provide overall prioritization of work assignments and management of functional team resources and their activities.• Communicate with worldwide regional payroll operation locations on corporate policies and procedures. • Manage and provide support to IT programs for the conversion of payroll and human resources data due to company acquisitions and divestitures. • Manages the HRIS system and interacts with the vendor for maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades. Plans, develops, tests, recommends, implements and documents procedures and utilities and continually investigates ways to optimally utilize the application. • Determine training required for end-users and reviews and approves documentation of program development and subsequent revisions. • Develops and generates a variety of regularly scheduled and ad hoc reports and prepares and distributes monthly headcount report. • Works with other department managers to make sure that each department has support from Human Resources by providing Human Resources data needed to streamline their jobs.• Work with internal and external audit staffs. • Provides leadership and direction to the human resources information system (HRIS) and payroll staff, including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation and disciplinary actions.• Lead department's operational and strategic planning, including fostering innovation, planning projects and organizing resource.

Houston, Texas Area

•Collaborate with HR leadership, collegues and other departments that are crafting the vision and processes for the future of HR to ensure that the information systems strategy is aligned with that vision•Design a standard method to define innovative opportunities to develop and maintain information technology solutions that support HR processes in accordance with the principles of Operational Excellence•Maintain awareness and understanding of HR information system technologies in the marketplace – in particular preferred provider SAP•Work with HR staff to identify business improvement opportunities and assist in building business cases, including defining business requirements to support these recommendations •Determine how many HR resources and which skill set will be needed for project tasks and issue resolution•Oversee system design, construction, and testing of the configured systems, including change management of system rollout within the company •Represent HR on system upgrade projects and, where applicable, projects implementing new functionality. •Design user-friendly self-service capability for managers to obtain information on the workforce in order to optimize their deployment and productivitiy•Understanding new HR processes and associated systems so that they may be implemented and maintained including SAP and Web-based applications•Supporting HR systems and provide troubleshooting assistance for master data maintenance super-users•Define and administer processes and procedures that govern access to company HR documents•Support requests for HR reports including process improvement as well as working with internal and external audits in compliance and risk management activities •Serve as the point of contact for partnering with IT on project management initiatives across the human resources and payroll function as well as serve as a liaison between IT and HR subject matter experts

Houston, Texas Area

•Supervised the processing of 10 different payrolls areas for approximately 10,000 employees in over 13 states on multiple frequencies utilizing various CATS solutions•Lead project team through implementation to convert 7 different multi-state payrolls to SAP•Extensive testing and validation for HR/Payroll implementation from assessment phase to go-live•Oversee development of design for process documentation, reports and procedures•HR/Payroll lead for SAP upgrade from 4.6 to 6.0•Consolidated 3 different instances of SAP into 1 global instance, included HR/Payroll, Finance and PM•Defined payroll requirements, worked to develop and improve business and regulatory requirements, conduct testing and upgrades•Ensure payroll compliance in regards to the reconciliation of the general ledger accounts interface and balancing. Supervisor and assist in Federal and State tax filing reporting •Broad knowledgeable in 401K benefits, wage audits, section 125 benefit plans, census reporting and audits for all interface files (inbound/outbound) to various 3rd party providers, including Fidelity, Mercer, Buck, and ADP •Experience with merger and acquisition activities, background in maintaining and ensuring audit controls as well as, developing new strategies for enhancing existing audit controls and procedures•Responsible for the supervision, development, training and mentoring of seven direct reports•Responsible for payroll key controls for annual SOX regulatory compliance

Houston, Texas Area

•Responsible for ensuring payroll is processed timely and accurately for 1,000 union hourly and salaried personnel•Process wage garnishments •Research and communicate payroll tax law changes to appropriate parties •Reconcile general ledger payroll accounts •Responsible for year-end processing of W-2's. Partner closely with Human Resources to ensure that employee data files are accurately maintained. •Serve as a subject matter expert on all payroll matters •Serves as liaison with other departments, units, or locations in the support of projects or administration as it relates to Payroll/HR data and/or resolution of challenges or problems. •Identify and implement process improvements•Responsible for the supervision, development, training and mentoring of two direct reports •Work with staff to design and document payroll processes and procedures•Develop and maintain sound internal controls as well as record retention procedures to ensure compliance with legal requirements and company policy •Determines the efficiency and effectiveness of HRIS/Payroll system •Recommends changes in methods, procedures, equipment, or software to support HR objectives •Develops, tests, and implements changes to ensure system accuracy and efficiency•Process inquiries from client and union auditors, along with government agencies for all payroll related issues •Successfully managed a DOL audit in 2004 •Successful completion of multiple implementations in payroll software and benefit vendors •Implementation and administration of employee self service system

Houston, Texas Area

•Conducts research and fact-finding to formulate, develop or modify information systems specifically for Payroll •Prepares detailed specifications from which programs will be written•Designs, codes, tests, debugs, documents and maintains those programs•Regularly monitors the performance of the Payroll systems to proactively avoid any hardware and software issues•Applies knowledge of the HR business function and the HRIS/Payroll system to generate output•Reviews data input and output reporting for accuracy•Monitors and improves data collection and reporting procedures for efficiency•Maintains production records, timesheets and payroll system•Set up Ceridian database system to support all benefit plans•Administers changes, audits and reconciles benefit elections to benefit deductions•Responsible for computing withholding and deductions associated with net earnings •Develops, implements, administers and maintains policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the databases associated with the HRIS/Payroll system•Identifies, develops and delivers training for end users

Houston, Texas Area

•Manages payroll and system data for payroll system using Source Time & Attendance system and Ceridian •Audits, reconciles and maintains various payroll and accounting statistical data (e.g., Fidelity accounts, payroll register, Buck files, etc.) •Verifies accuracy and ensures compliance with plans •Prepares reports for various outside departmental needs and prepares all ad-hoc reporting from Access database •Since joining the team, discovered ways to improve efficiency in daily timesheet data entry•Reduced keystrokes by over 50%, also implemented electronic timesheet for non-exempt employees •Discusses payroll matters with employees and managers •Responsible for the human resources functionality, including benefits, of the upgraded payroll/human resources system due to be implemented 11/2003•Ensuring all customization is correct and functioning properly and that the new system will fulfill the company’s business needs. This entails coordinating programming changes to computer databases and codes, tests, and implements changes to the database applying knowledge of database systems.

Woodlands, Texas

•Responsible for the timely and accurate processing of company payroll for over 400 employees and establishing processes and procedures due to conversion to new payroll software provider, Ceridian Source Assist •Responsible for designing, implementing and training personnel on a web timecard, iEmployee, to automate timekeeping process •Established reports and forms to gain efficiencies in processing •Responsible for payroll reconciliation with accounting general ledger •Prepared manual payroll checks for advances, terminations, and bonus payments •Set up wage garnishments for automatic processing within software system •Responsible for bank reconciliation of payroll account

•Design and administer human resources programs, policies and procedures •Counsel employees and managers on issues or problems and assist them in reaching workable solutions •Responsible for all HR activities including staffing, compensation, and performance management •Administrator of health and welfare benefit plans, e.g., medical, dental, FSA, 401(k) and Life/AD&D insurances •Created HR employee database •Created and maintain all employee related paperwork, such as insurance enrollment/change forms, pension plan, stock option agreements and personnel transactions •Collect and analyze HR data to provide HR guidelines for management to assist in salary administration, development and execution of general employment practices including interviewing and hiring employees •Provide and administer new hire orientation to employees with a thorough overview of company benefits available and handle on-going questions regarding benefits • Manage payroll with outsource vendor to ensure compliance with company, state and federal policies. •As the assistant to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and supporting executive team members, responsibilities include maintaining: o Schedules, calendars of appointments, and information o Prepare correspondence, memoranda, Board of Director reports, Business Plans, etc. o Assist Controller in all aspects of accounting (A/P, forecast models, etc.)

Houston, Texas Area

•Assist in design, development, implementation and integration of data, processes and systems for HR data, using the most efficient and cost-effective methods, with a focus on using computer technology •Lead the HR team through full implementation and daily administration of the SAP/R3 HR module•Recommend new equipment and software to support human resources objectives •Pull information, prepares statistical summaries, periodic or special reports using the appropriate technology •Responsible for processing employee information and maintaining employee records (electronic and hard copy) in an accurate and complete manner•Webmaster for HR’s intranet site including technical programming and database development. Design and implement site content and aesthetics as well as managing the site’s day-to-day operations

Houston, Texas Area

•Lead Human Resources Project Team member for employee information/payroll system conversion/implementation project •Provided technical and administrative assistance in human resource matters to support Human Resources supervisor and Human Resources manager in carrying out departmental responsibilities, objectives, and goals •Functioned as initial source of information relating to salary administration, policy/procedures, benefits, and personnel data for respective client groups •Responsible for handling temporary and contract administrative employee hiring process •Responsible for setting up a Policies On-line system •Independently anticipated office administration, departmental deadlines and reporting requirements