Joan Everett, Mba, Cpp Email & Phone Number

Zurich, CH

• Manages a team of individuals that support the Hitachi Energy US and Canada “service-bureau” business model for payroll services.
• Builds and maintains vendor relationships with third party payroll providers.
• Ensures that US and Canada payroll services are conveyed in accordance with all Hitachi’s policy directives and in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Proposes and implements the strategic direction of the US and Canada Payroll Services Organization
• Ensures that associated accounting transactions follow US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and ABB’s corporate accounting policies.
• Delivers services within annual human resources and budgetary guidelines.

Durham, NC, US

• Directed activities associated with the centralized payroll department in the preparation of multi-state bi-weekly payroll for 3500 plus employees.
• Developed and maintained automated processes for the HRIS interface to Payroll to assure accuracy of the compilation of wages and benefits during payroll runs.
• Discerned and performed all phases of payroll and timekeeping processes for 10 countries.
• Managed workflow to ensure all payroll transactions were processed accurately and timely.
• Performed audit of payroll registers prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports of it.
• Reviewed and approved global payroll for offices in China and functioned as ‘back-up’ when necessary.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Supervised the University Payroll Department for the payment of wages to approximately 10,000 monthly and 7,000 biweekly staff, faculty, undergraduate and graduate student workers, postdocs, foreign national and.
• Oversaw approximately 146 monthly payroll remittances in excess of $180 million to federal, state, and local tax agencies.
• Researched and prepared recommendations for senior management decision-making and ensured the ongoing development, maintenance, and improvement of work processes and action steps required to administer payroll.
• Coordinated the investigation and resolution of payment discrepancies, such as over payments from late actions and arrange payment plans with current or terminated employees to initiate collection.
• Served as a functional subject matter expert for the PeopleSoft enterprise system (testing of multiple tax updates and fixes provided annually by Oracle PeopleSoft before changes moved into production).
• Developed and coordinated year-end (calendar and fiscal) processes to ensure for timely and successful completion of tasks (W-2s, 1042S, and fiscal yearend financial/accounting closeout).

Washington, DC, US

• Administered payroll operations for faculty, staff, and students using PeopleSoft. Developed and implemented performance standards for the Payroll function.
• Managed, prepared and maintained various schedules for payouts, updates, retroactive calculations and overall proper treatment and processing of multiple types of payroll transactions
• Reviewed and approved payroll account reconciliation and journal entries prepared by senior accountant. Run the commitment accounting process in PeopleSoft after payroll was completed and confirmed.
• Prepared W-2 statements and 1042-S for international students and faculty.
• Facilitated the activities of internal and external auditors during quarterly, mid-year and fiscal yearend audit.
• Communicated with federal and state agencies to resolve tax notices and tracers. Prepared quarterly state unemployment report and reconcile reimbursable accounts payments from DOES.

London, GB

• Directed the activities of a centralized payroll department in the preparation of a multi-state bi-weekly payroll for 14000 plus employees.
• Liaison between company, government agencies and auditors for all payroll related information requests in regards to tax filing compliance, payroll tax audit and worker's compensation.
• Ensures internal payroll tax reports for federal, state and local jurisdictions are developed, implemented and effectively administered.
• Managed the payment of annual bonuses and assisted senior accountant with reconciliation.
• Maintain and process all court ordered employee garnishments, including responses and releases.
• Ensures accurate analysis and reporting of payroll data for the administration of 401K contributions.

Mclean, VA, US

• Supervised the preparation and processing of a semi-monthly payroll for 4,000 exempt and non-exempt employees.
• Reviewed all information to support timely and accurate payments including: garnishments, levies, benefits, special pays, deductions, taxing, flex spending, severance, commissions, bonuses, time and leave and cost.
• Reconciled and prepared wire request for FIT, FICA, 401K, Group Universal Life Insurance, Direct Deposit, and Check Wire.
• Supported the reconciliation process by acting as signature approval as needed.
• Prepared reconciliation and analysis of PeopleSoft/W-2/Tax Statements.
• Analyzed 401K eligible wages and deduction to determine 401K compliance.

• Supervise the preparation and processing of a multi-state payroll for 700 employees paid semi-monthly and biweekly.
• Prepare payroll for 16 expatriate employees. Review and process expatriate expense reports.
• Determine exchange rates and calculate the total amount in US dollars to wire the expatriate split to their foreign account.
• Reconcile and prepare all month end general reports for payroll liability account.
• Prepare job cost reports. These reports break out all labor charges used by regional offices to bill customers for gas or electric services based on labor hours, and expenses by project, department and division.
• Prepare intercompany billing for expatriate expenses and salaries.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration