Lynn Torrey, Cpp Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Payroll Director, (6/2022 – 5/2024)Responsible for a payroll team of 6, 2 direct reports, Payroll Manager and Tax Manager. Four indirect Payroll Specialists. Manage more than 300+ payroll tax accounts for multiple legal entities in multiple tax jurisdictions. Oversee the bi-weekly payroll for twelve legal entities paying 3,200 employees. Work closely with Human Resources team members regarding the interaction of benefits with payroll.• Continue to refine the build and manage the operation Dayforce HRIS. As the business needs expanded with legal entities the HRIS system also needed to expand. Assisted with HRIS benefit interfaces with payroll earnings and deductions.• Full payroll tax reconciliations from payroll register to agency payment, including payroll vendor filings and deposits. Filed and inactivated all unnecessary payroll tax accounts with payroll vendor and tax agency.• Administer banking set up for multiple financial institutions within multiple legal entities including funding with payroll vendor and finance management. • Coordinated 401(k) audits with outside auditor and third-party administrator for multiple plans.• Primary contact supporting workers’ compensation audits.Payroll Manager, Anthology Senior Living (6/2020 – 6/2022)Managed up to three direct reports, including Payroll Specialists and Payroll Administrator. Assisted with bi-weekly payroll processing up to 2,400 employees, with a concentration of hourly employees. Investigates and manages state and local tax registrations for multiple jurisdictions within the payroll processing. Manage time and attendance system including timeclocks. • Implemented a new HRIS system Ceridian Dayforce from Zenefits including timekeeping software platform. Updated all necessary Dayforce HRIS data to interface with the new ERP system. Trained 1,800+ employees in the new time and attendance system.• Resolve and reconcile multiple tax issues and filings of multiple tax agencies.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Manages Payroll Specialist and/or Payroll Coordinator plus oversees semi-monthly payroll processing up to 400 employees, with a concentration of exempt professional employees. Investigates and manages state and local registrations for multiple jurisdiction payroll processing. Reconcile tax withholding accounts on a monthly/quarterly basis against monthly/quarterly tax returns filed by 3rd party payroll vendor. Includes annual reconciliation of Wage and Tax Statements for employees. Manages 3rd Party Payroll vendor, acting as in-house expert and resolving issues quickly. Primary contact for annual 401(k) audits, working with outside audit firm and 3rd Party Plans Administrator. Conducts annual Workman’s Comp audits, frequently gaining credits based on accuracy and details within payroll records. Oversees all employee electronic timesheets and ensures accurate entry into HRIS system. Primary contact for relocation reimbursements and coordination for workforce; educates employees on policy, taxation impacts and referral to local sources for numerous US locations. Primary contact for employees, including executives, regarding payroll, bonuses, stock options, benefits, and policies. Reconciles general ledger payroll accounts. Manages stock options program, including journal entries, participant date in stock software, trains workforce on stock software, and fields questions regarding stock.

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Processed payroll as a 1-person department for a PPO insurance company with 500 employees. Worked closely with HR, communicated with employees and conducted year-end calculations for W2s. Collected, entered and reviewed hourly timesheets. Reconciled all payroll runs to the GL. Coordinated benefits changes. Served as Project Manager during conversion from ADP to Ceridian

Denver, Colorado, United States

Served as 1-person payroll department for a company operating call centers, with a large number of non-exempt employees. Processed numerous manual payroll transactions for terminations, in addition to regular weekly payroll runs using Great Plains. Recognized and corrected errors based on poor internal procedures.