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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

Denver, Co, Us

 Oversees weekly and bi‐weekly payroll process for hourly employees. Executes and advises on 401(k) reporting and reconciliation of all vendor accounts, assuring accuracy and timely posting. Ensures compliance with all state and federal payroll laws. Manages all tax related reporting and payments for local, state and federal tax requirements in a timely manner. Develops, implements and maintains systems, procedures and policies for payroll functions to ensure adherence to company guidelines. Develops and monitors payroll’s internal controls to ensure compliance with SOX key controls. Manages monthly closing deliverables, schedule and posting of month end information. Maintains strict confidentiality of all payroll information Prepare multiple reconciliations accurately in a timely manner. Prepares supporting schedules for internal and external auditors.Conducts Third Party Payments and miscellaneous reporting according to Company required systems. Processes all relocation and third party sick pay input into the database for processing. Provides payroll reports as requested to plant personnel, tax, accounting, auditors, etc. Reviews, analyzes and reports on projects and testing assigned to Payroll. Stays current with payroll industry changes & current technology. Special Projects as directed by Manager, Payroll. Provides testing support for system enhancements in Payroll and other HRIS initiatives. Ongoing need to recommend business process improvements to ensure they are scalable and streamlined to support the organization. Supervises Payroll team to accurately and efficiently execute weekly and bi‐weekly payroll processing. Oversees team training and staffing and professional development. Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; appraising job results; training, coaching, counseling and disciplining employees; developing and enforcing policies, procedures, and productivity standards.

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 For a global active asset management firm, with over $329 billion in managed assets, on amonthly basis reconciled, accrued and calculated distributions for multiple long-term incentiveinvestment pools, annually dispersing over $125 million, across fifteen entities in nine currencies. For new charter school, established payroll and accounting system ensuring compliance withState of Colorado data exchange reporting requirements. For DCAA financial services firm, helped establish new internal peer review process for clientfinancial statements and payroll reporting. For downtown Denver luxury hotel opening, developed night audit policies and trained staff. For multiple location community college, analyzed accounts receivable internal control policy andprocedures, identifying internal control deficiencies. Developed action plan to address. For multi-state property management company, implemented new payroll system, establishedhuman resources policy and procedures. Successfully represented employer through multipleunemployment hearings.

Fairbanks, Alaska, Us

For approximately three thousand employees, generated bi-weekly payroll with union, seasonal,and temporary employees. Supervised two payroll technicians that processed and reconciled all time entry from over thirtylocations. Created customized biweekly vendor reports for sixteen vendors for payments totaling morethan $2 million dollars per pay period. Reconciled payroll activity to the general ledger and reported to the Internal Revenue Service,Alaska Division of Retirement and Alaska Department of Labor. Developed budget reports to project future labor cost. Managed process improvement project to help reduce the amount of time needed for payrollgeneration and reporting. Established employee self-service portal and provided training at annual all employee meetings.

Reported employment taxes with local, state, federal and international regulators for employerwith over $434 million in annual wages and benefits. Generated more than eleven thousand Form W-2s reconciled with 941 payments totaling inexcess of $13.7 million. Collaborated with internal contributors to create annual financial statements for entity with $1.2billion in net assets and Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards of $290 million. Employed TOAD data analyst software to create customized ad hoc reports for a wide range ofinternal and external users. Coordinated annual external audit across three major administrative units and thirty-five locationsencompassing the state of Alaska. Directed and reviewed the work product of a general ledger account, fixed asset accountant,federal award accountant and one accounting technician. Compiled system wide data and narratives to prepare Internal Revenue Service tax form 990-TUnrelated Business Income Tax.

 Addressed internal control deficiencies and reduced audit findings from nine to three in one year. Hired and trained staff of accounting technicians improving the sustainability of the accountingfunction in an extremely remote location. Directed employee benefit conversion from self-insurance to group insurance for an estimatedannual savings of 33%.

June 1990 - August 2002• Prepared small business and individual income tax returns; focusing on farms, real estate investors, over the road trucking companies, day traders, construction contractors, retailers, restaurants and a variety of personal service providers.• Filed required monthly, quarterly, annual, federal, multi-state and local reports including IRS Forms 941, 945, W-2s, 1099-MISC and state Davis-Bacon for small to medium sized business owners.• Investigated sales and use tax in multiple taxing jurisdictions; including non-profit status, event or gate tax, home rule, and requirements for reporting.• Generated financial statements for sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations, limited liability and consolidated entities.

Masters Of Business Administration, Capital Markets

Req For Cpa, Accounting

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology