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Fishers, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Multi state withholding payments/reports, local taxes, unemployment reports, reconciliations, and quarter/year end wage reports.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

- Assist assigned client base with weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly payroll processing in multiple states.- Provide training, payroll guidance, reporting, and day to day support as needed.- Ensure compliance with onboarding of new hires, EVerify, and I-9 completion.- Assist payroll team with coverage, new client setups, process documentation, PTO plan setups, ACH processing, and compliance training.- Collaborate with internal teams to improve efficiency, accuracy, and customer service.

Tempe, Arizona

• Responsible for semi monthly and biweekly payroll cycles for 7500+ employees in all US states.• Gained responsibility for Canada payroll biweekly processing for 1200+ employees in 2020.• Update structured payroll procedures, audits, and checklists for evolving business needs.• Focused on building a cross-trained and highly functioning team. Routinely train staff in payroll compliance, hours’ calculations, system use, trouble shooting, and customer service. • Create and maintain custom ADP reports and YTD Excel spreadsheets to quickly analyze trends and variances in hours, wages, and taxes.• Provide timely reporting to external agencies such as Ohio and Washington Worker’s Compensation, Nevada Modified Business Tax, and Department of Labor.• Oversee state and local payroll tax compliance by partnering with ADP or by handling in house.• Reconcile quarterly and year end wages and employee data for w2 preparation.• Update and maintain General Ledger Interface module within ADP and ADP custom reports.• Deliver reporting to Accounting for payroll wage and tax expenses, payroll accruals, and vacation liabilities for month end close duties.• Provide adhoc reporting to tax, legal, and human resources internal departments for agency audits, tax credits, subpoenas and other corporate needs.• Collaborate with SAP developers to improve time and attendance modules and processes. • Manage payroll needs for all acquisitions. Setup new payroll cycles, deduction codes, and tax registrations as needed. Transition and train acquired employees on payroll processes.

Tempe, Arizona

- Responsible for payroll and travel and expense for 3500+ employees.- Manage a 4 person payroll team handling multiple company codes in multiple states utilizing ADP and SAP.- Manage a 4 person team to oversee the travel and expense program using Concur.

Mesa, Arizona

- Responsible for bi-weekly and weekly payroll processing for 700+ employees in 34 states for multiple company codes and FEIN’s.- Ensure integrity of weekly payroll transmission. Process garnishments and employee changes. Execute routine payroll detail reports to management.- Maintain structured payroll procedures, audits, and checklists to ensure accuracy and efficiency.- Reconcile quarterly and year end wages and employee data for w2 preparation.- Created and maintain YTD Excel spreadsheets to quickly analyze trends and variances in headcount, wages, and taxes. Routinely utilize this data for monthly and ad hoc reporting. - Manage timekeeping and payroll databases. Setup access levels, audit for compliance, resolve integration issues, and train users.- Work with ADP on upgrades and maximizing use of integrated systems (eTime, EZLabor, PayExpert, Workforce Now). Resolved mapping problems, utilized unused data fields, and created custom fields for various reporting needs.- Prepare Great Plains journal entries for payroll, taxes, accruals, medical benefits, and project coding. Created automated journal entry process with ADP.- Assist accounting and external auditors in 401K and Worker's Compensation audits.- Accountable for monthly benefit payments to vendors, bill reconciliation, and month end schedules for accounting department. Generated aggregate cost values for w2 reporting.- Experienced with acquisitions. Setup new payroll cycles, deduction codes, and state/local registrations as needed. Trained acquired employees on payroll processes.- Transitioned Concur database from Accounts Payable in 2015. Self-trained, audited and updated database. Overhauled expense types, audit rules, email reminders, and created training guides and references for administrators and users.- Continuously working on improving system knowledge training for employees and managers. Created custom training guides and recorded webinars for eTime and Concur.

Phoenix, Arizona

- Responsible for weekly payroll processing for 1000+ employees in corporate office and 54 branches located in 8 Southwestern states in a two person payroll department.- Utilize Kronos to audit hours, review queries, and record paycodes for salaried employees. Assist and train managers on payroll duties, daily entry, troubleshooting, creating schedules, and running reports. Assign access and create hyperfind queries.- Data entry of all new hires, rehires, transfers, terminations, performance reviews, and pay adjustments. Process any changes in direct deposit, taxes, and addresses as communicated by employees. Scan documents into personnel files. Review all new hires on E-verify, resolve any nonconfirmations, and work with managers on I9 compliance.- Routinely review data for accuracy and create new queries to ensure integrity of HR and Payroll ADP database. Audits include Worker’s comp codes, pay grades, expansion fields, and eligibility dates.- Created payroll procedure book and checklists to help streamline payroll process and increase efficiency and consistency.

- Responsible for inventory control in 15 stores averaging $2 million in total product throughout Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico and California. - Managed a 20 person team that performs store inventory counts and audits store operations. Handled all payroll processing, human resources, travel arrangements and training of team.- Produced spreadsheets to analyze inventory results and to forecast future inventory percentages. - Trained new management on the basics of shrink control in regards to inventory loss and general operational controls in the front end, tech department and warehouse.

- Handled facility issues for store employing approximately 40 to 60 employees. - Accountable for payroll and benefit administration for the store. Administered payroll for store including bonus pay, retro pay, vacation pay, termination payoffs, and manual checks. - Responsible for Human Resources for store. Managed outreach programs and maintained EEO applicant files. Generated internal and external job postings. Conducted interviews and administered drug and background clearances. Responsible for creating and updating personnel files. Tracked and entered employee performance reviews and pay increases. Responded to worker’s compensation claims, unemployment hearings, and leave of absence requests.- Supervised functions of the front end, warehouse, and inventory control. Ensured high levels of customer service and accuracy were met. Implemented tight controls to ensure costs and losses were minimized.

- Controlled visual presentation, in-stocks, pricing, ad preparation and resets of entire store. Accountable for principal supervisory duties for merchandise and warehouse team.

- Managed incoming and outgoing freight shipments. Ensured inventory quality and supervised RTV procedures. Maintained minimal receiving variances. Responsible for basic management functions for 3 to 5 person crew.

- Supervised cashier and customer service team to uphold excellent customer service and tight operational controls. Trained employees in loss prevention guidelines and attachment sales.

- Conducted daily counts and audits to ensure inventory accuracy and operational compliance. In charge of preparation and reconciliation of biannual physical inventory counts. Assisted store management in resolving any loss trends and investigations on high loss items.

- 4 years experience as a Level 3 supervisor in Softlines and Hardlines departments.- Performed general management duties including schedule writing, reviews and training of crew of 10. Responsible for merchandising, setting advertisements and department upkeep

Associate'S Degree, General Studies

Some College Coursework, Business Administration And Management, General

2 Years Of College Coursework, Business Administration And Management, General