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Payroll processing and other support for the finance team.

United States

Experienced in policy building and implementation. Payroll processing for staff of 219. Compliance handling for ALE. Managed HRIS program transition from Paychex to Paycor. Shaped a culture based upon core values. Recruited bilingual employees to build a diversified environment of Spanish, Portuguese, French and Haitian Creole speakers. Helped to create training and onboarding materials to accomplish clear communication of standards. Worked with service agencies to bring in workers with disabilities. OSHA 300 and workers comp communications. Participated in I-9 audits.

United States

Conducted onboarding and terminations for staff. Payroll entry for staff. Accounts Payable, accounts receivable. Mail handling. Purchasing regularly up to 10k, issued purchase orders. QuickBooks, Excel.Grew staff from 35 to 82 in ten months.Oversaw the implementation of health insurance and 401k for the company. Built relationships with local food banks. Developed partnership with agricultural nonprofit Pathstone Corporation to help support staff with training and food assistance during COVID.

United States

Worked to collect orders from stores. Tracked sales versus product availability with excel. Invoiced customers and followed up on receivables with QuickBooks. Resolved over $120,000 in uncollected debt. Resolved $16,860 in accounting errors. Negotiated shipping providers for a potential savings of $200,000 a year.

Supervised a team of communications operators in an emergency dispatch center. While accomplishing all the tasks of a communications operator, as coordinator, handled complaints and concerns from internal and external customers, did evaluations of members on the team and provided feedback as needed on procedure and protocol compliance. Ensured the staffing of the center is adequate and radio, phone and computer equipment is operational. Performed quality assurance checks on our emergency medical calls and LEADS/NCIC entries. Assisted in training new dispatchers. Calculated payroll for our department of 20. Assisted with interviews of potential employees.

City Of Springfield, Ohio

Handled emergency and non-emergency calls for a city of 60,000. Dispatched fire/ems and police for Springfield. Gave emergency medical instructions. Entered records into state (LEADS) and nationwide (NCIC) database regarding warrants, missing people, stolen vehicles/items, etc. and ran queries for the same. Maintained confidentiality, adhered to HIPPA and Sunshine Law guidelines. Trained new dispatchers. Multitasked efficiently. Properly prioritized calls and response of units. Knew location and status of all units and monitored their safety.

London, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Theatre/Theater

Theatre And Communications

History

Was a post secondary option student. I took all my classes during my junior and senior years in high school here.

Diploma

Human Resources Management And Services