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Camarillo, California, United States

• Manage the full cycle biweekly payroll processing for all employees by executing on all day-to-day functions, which may include but not limited to new hires, terminations, bonuses, off-cycle payrolls, job and compensation changes, one-time payments, fringe benefits, and expense reimbursements.• Manage all US payroll taxes including new state agency set up/closing accounts, responding to notices or working with tax vendors to resolve issues, documenting and reviewing quarterly and year-end filings (941s, 940s, state accounts, etc.)• Review reporting requirements for payroll taxes, withholding and employer contributions; ensures compliance with federal and state requirements.• Responsible for quarter-end tax reconciliation and processing any adjustments or amendments to previous quarter tax filing.• Review payroll accounting reports and ensure proper accounts are assigned and maintain payroll system accounting configuration.• Support the accounting team with month-end and quarter-end reconciliations including the balancing of semi-monthly payroll general ledger interfaces, payroll cash bank accounts, running reports and preparing journal entries, various accruals and reconciliations. • Responsible for reconciling and uploading 401(k) contributions to vendor website.• Responsible for year-end reconciliation and processing special payments/adjustments.• Engaged with internal and external partners to develop, test and deploy key integrations.• Develop, maintain, document, continuously improve corporate policies and internal controls.• Responsible for year-end reconciliation, processing/distributing W-2s and processing special payments/adjustments.• Evaluates current systems, recommends, and develops operating efficiency improvements through streamlining processes and systems automation.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, Finance, and IT, to ensure successful payroll system implementations and integrations.

Westlake Village, California, United States

• Perform daily payroll department operations along with processing bi-weekly payroll• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports before sending to controller for approval• Develop ad hoc financial and operational reports for accounting department for bi-weekly deliverables and any other reports as needed • Accurately process company stock compensation in payroll• Administers our stock plan in accordance with our stock guidelines and with legal approval and guidance • Processes quarterly new hire grants, restricted stock units for entire company along with the Employee Stock Purchase Program twice a year• Responsible for quarter-end tax reconciliation and processing any adjustments or amendments to previous quarter tax filing• Manages and coordinates all year end activities, including relocation updates, lease car updates, audits, balancing and issuing W-2’s, W-2c, and coordinates with A/P for 1099 disbursements and tax payments• Responsible for quarter-end tax reconciliation and processing any adjustments or amendments to previous quarter tax filing.• Responsible for year-end reconciliation, and processing special payments/adjustments.• Processes various reports and queries that are used for month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting, audits, and on-going payroll research.• Manages the payroll tax function including overseeing the accurate set-up and administration of payroll tax information for EIN’s at the local, state, and federal levels• Coordinated the implementation of 2 new systems, one for payroll from Fidelity into Paycor and from Fidelity stock comp into E-Trade for our stock plan administration due to continuous improvement of the payroll and stock comp systems • Maintain a strong internal controls environment to ensure integrity of the Payroll Administration processes and to ensure compliance with SOX Regulation 404

El Segundo, Ca

• Manages processing, balancing and funding of all company payrolls according to established schedule to ensure timely and accurate payroll• Manages associate time keeping system to ensure compliance• Responsible for accurate data within HRIS system• Ensures company pay practices are in compliance with all federal and state laws• Responds timely and professionally to all inquiries and requests for information• Creates, reviews and maintains policy and procedure documentation to ensure documents reflect current operations• Manages and coordinates all year end activities, including relocation updates, lease car updates, audits, balancing and issuing W- 2’s• Manages the payroll tax function including overseeing the accurate set-up and administration of payroll tax information for multiple EIN’s at the local, state, and federal levels• Participates in vendor management functions to ensure compliance with contract and service metrics• Provides training and coaching to staff as and when necessary• Creates, maintains and distributes payroll reports for management• Responsible for maintaining, analyzing and implementing compensation, and incentive plans. • When needed, assists with the administration of company group benefit plans to include medical, life, dental, disability, and 401(k). • Assists in preparing and distributing all benefits materials and information given to managers and employees regarding insurance and special employer sponsored activities. • Enroll employees in HRIS system• Manage compensation process and functions• Reconcile multiple invoices in a timely manner• Assist with overall benefits plan design• Serve as a reference for employee questions regarding plan details and procedures• Generate reports as needed per company guidelines/ procedures• Implements and administers benefits and compensation policy throughout national locations

Westlake Village, Ca

• Assists manager in maintaining payroll information by designing systems; directing the collection, calculation, and entering of data.• Performs testing during bi-annual updates of the UltiPro platform to ensure accuracy of all calculations and tax routines.• Maintains system interfaces for payroll related data to third party vendors.• Provides assistance to various departments in analyzing payroll, 401K and general ledger activity, as well as other problems or questions regarding payroll and payroll expenses/liabilities.• Designs and develops accurate and timely reports in BI, Excel, or SQL that are utilized by various department heads for analysis of data.• Assists with reconciliation, disbursement and reporting of employees’ authorized and/or legally mandated wage garnishments.• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; recommends process changes in order to comply with changes in regulations; enforces adherence to requirements; advises management on needed actions.• Responsible for quarter-end tax reconciliation and processing any adjustments or amendments to previous quarter tax filing.• Responsible for year-end reconciliation, processing/distributing W-2s and 1095cs, and processing special payments/adjustments.• Processes various reports and queries that are used for month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting, audits and on-going payroll research.• Prepares reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages.• Responsible for month-end reconciling and journal entry creation.• Assists in providing legal request information and other payroll-related inquiries such as government notices and wage orders.• Maintains and updates employee payroll records for deductions, taxes, direct deposit, garnishments, 401k etc.• Responsible for processing commissions and incentives within payroll, as well as stock payrolls and off-cycle paychecks.

Woodland Hills, California

• Ensure accurate and timely payment and reporting of all payrolls that are processed by 2 payroll coordinators and 1 data entry Coordinator for over 2000 employees on a weekly basis.• Help process the payroll for our Direct Education school modality • Upload all checks that are processed into Bank of America using Positive Pay.• Process tax liabilities on a weekly bases running report out of Great Plains, and uploading them into ADP• Process Illinois taxes on a monthly bases by running reports in GP and uploading them into ADP for report to the state.• Process quarterly taxes for all modalities and upload them into ADP for reporting.• Review all suspense accounts for mapping in GP and working with finance to correct the mapping.• Process year end reporting of taxes and of W2 printing • Manage regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, PTO accrual, tax deductions, benefit deductions, etc.)• Cross-train employees appropriately to ensure daily back up and coverage of international payroll and benefit invoices are paid and reconciled• Maintain a strong internal controls environment to ensure integrity of the Payroll Administration processes and to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Regulation 404• Ensure Internal Audit and other external audit requests related to Payroll are met• Oversee the reconciliation, maintenance and compliance of payroll records, payroll tax filings, logs and files in accordance with company policy and state and federal laws• Supervises the billing department of 3 to make sure that all invoices are sent out in a timely, accurate manner• Follow up on any pending invoices that have yet to be processed by the facility• Working on any project that is given to me from the Senior Vice President of Shared Services

Woodland Hills, California

Santa Monica, Ca

• Perform daily payroll department operations along with processing monthly payroll for 11 countries and Canada.• Perform the day-to-day activities within the payroll department, payroll processing, payroll analysis and payroll reporting in accordance with various domestic and international laws and compliance matters.• Ensure accurate and timely payment and reporting of compensation payable to international, Canadian, and domestic employees in 12 different countries. • Remain current on new legislation and regulatory ruling impacting payroll both domestic and internationally. • Coordinates with various service providers in various jurisdictions for payroll processing• Enforce adherence to requirements and advise management on required actions.• Processes Canada’s payroll and international payrolls, funding requests, RSU’s distributions and manual check requests• Oversee the reconciliation, maintenance and compliance of payroll records, payroll tax filings, logs and files in accordance with company policy and state and federal laws.• Maintain a strong internal controls environment to ensure integrity of the Payroll Administration processes and to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Regulation 404• Ensure Internal Audit and other external audit requests related to Payroll are met.• Collaborates among the payroll team, stakeholders, and cross functional teams to provide high quality customer service.• Audit the Cigna and Kaiser billing to ensure that all medical and dental deductions are set up or removed due to termination and the bill totals match those changes in ADP and with our benefits department.• Assist in the implementation of ADP Streamline for International Payroll

Harbor Freight Tools, Calabasas, Ca

Primarily responsible for processing payroll for all hourly and salary employees in regards to: • Assist employees and management with questions, concerns or requests regarding payroll • Manage workflow to ensure all timecards and payroll transactions are processed timelyand accurately • Perform payroll duties requiring knowledge of standard practices used in the preparation, distribution, and maintenance of payroll and payroll records • Review payroll documents for compliance with policies and procedures • Review all earnings, deductions and tax calculations in the payroll system • Ensure tax compliance in all local jurisdictions • Ensure compliance with Federal, State wage and hour laws • Stay current on regulatory, legal and other payroll developments • Process off-cycle check payments according to company policy and federal and state regulations • Research and effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with employees and other departments • Prepare stop payments, void checks, direct deposit reversals and overpayment collection in accordance with company, federal and state regulations • Process approximately 30 garnishments daily in ADP while using JIRA tracking system to maintain those that needed to be processed and to log all garnishment responses that went out that day. • Assist with special projects when requested • Assist employees with set up in ESS and reset passwords • Additional duties as assigned by the manager

Calabasas Hills, Ca

• Manual checks,• Manual adjustments for taxable wage issues,• Voids, stop payments, reissues, Automated Clearing House recalls, partial ACH refunds, • Receive, upload, and reconcile files from the 18 nationwide stores,• Exception analysis of hours, wages, and social security numbers • Complete one-time deduction processing: meals, special collections, and refunds,• Process residence/work state tax issues.• Directly responsible for all supporting payroll administrative functions including:• Working directly with 75 General Managers regarding their budgets and staff members• Corresponding with 10 Area Directors of Operations and 3 Regional Vice Presidents • Produce reports as required or requested using Lawson data base,• Data entry relative to payroll, and Human Resource.• Weekly filing of all payroll documents,• Run weekly reports for my managers and directors,• Directly responsible for coordinating with Corporate Human Resources and Benefits to:• Process terminations within the guidelines of each state law• Initiate and coordinate all necessary changes and enhancements to forms and processes.• Directly responsible for coordinating with Corporate Finance to:• Ensure Unclaimed Property records are accurate,• Ensure all financial reports are complete and accurate.