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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Addison Group is a professional service and consulting firm offering industry-leading expertise with a national reach and a localized touch.Addison offers a simple value proposition: find solutions that work equally for both our clients and our candidates. It sets us apart… and it’s just good business.

Murray, Utah, Us

Led the payroll services team for North America and APAC for a global leader of Revenue Cycle Management in the health care space with an employee base of 16,000 and annual revenue of $1.2B. Created a center of excellence within HR division by streamlining operating procedures. Developed new positions and new department organizational structure for a team who had experience to meet the demands of business. Technology and Process Improvement Implementations:- New Hire reporting that ended when the business moved to Ultimate Software.- ServiceNow, a ticketing system allowing effective tracking tool to communicate with employees. - Outsourced employment verifications to Equifax.- Ultimate and SOX controls for subsidiary company. - Initiated planning and execution of payroll for on-board of new employees associated with acquisitions and rebadging of employees from clients.Accomplishments:- Reduced manual checks from 300 per pay period to 30 resulting in cost savings of $13k annually.- Ended payroll process daily back to standard bi-weekly payroll processing schedule.- Replaced out of date SOX Controls with controls matching processing of payroll with Ultimate Software.- Recovered $550k in overpayments to state unemployment accounts.

Chicago, Il, Us

Initiated vision of shared services payroll department operating in 40 states for 120 locations with employee base of 1,800 for property management company. Drove SOX compliance, policy and government compliance, and accurate payroll cost allocation to general ledger. Implemented cost savings measures and directed team of 6 payroll professionals. Managed the compliance of company’s employee stock-based compensation plan, ensuring appropriated tax withholding and timely remittance of such tax.Technology and Process Improvement Implementations: - New SOX Controls to match the current process insuring compliance - A new pay card program eliminating manual checks- Ceridian Dayforce HCM time and attendance system meeting pay compliance in 40 states, per company policies and union agreements- Ceridian Tax Management System (TMS) insuring timely tax payments - Ceridian Powerpay, a Canadian Payroll systemAccomplishments:- By streamlining procedures I was able to reduce staff and department expense by $200K annually

Chicago, Il, Us

A privately-owned corporation providing currency exchange services across the country. I played a key role managing the payroll environment for 400 retail locations, 4,000 employees, across 12 states under the vision of the VP of Human Resources. Ensured efficient operation of employee data process including maintaining data integrity, interfacing with other third-party systems, and handling high volume of confidential information. Recruited, retained, and designed growth for one assistant PR manager, three PR analysts, database administer, and two payroll support team members. Functioned as system administrator of ADP Enterprise V5 and eTime time and attendance systems. Reviewed and initiated process improvements, efficiencies, and automation leading to best-practices.- Within the first month of employment saved the organization $125K in work compensation premiums- Led development, implementation, and monitoring of departmental budget

Muscatine, Iowa, Us

Directed operation of payroll and HRIS shared services department delivering timely and accurate processing for fortune 500 organization with multi-location, multi-state in North America and Canada in accordance with processes and standards of compliance for 7,500 employees across 15 legal entities. Functioned as system administrator of ADP Enterprise and Kronos Workforce Timekeeping (WTK). Recruited, retained, and designed growth of four payroll specialists, two HRIS specialists, and project manager. Ensured pay cycles strategies based on best practice aligning with organizational objectives. Initiated process improvements, efficiencies, automation, and standardization across operations. Oversaw development, implementation, and monitoring of departmental budget. Implemented processes complying with policies and internal control procedures, SOX controls, and audit standards.

Madison, Wi, Us

Managed payroll, and time and attendance functions associated with processing pay for 700 employees for three unions, office professionals, and executives. Functioned as system administrator of Kronos HRIS Payroll and Kronos Workforce Timekeeping (WTK). Supervised and developed two payroll specialists. Configured and implemented Kronos HRIS 6.0 and upgraded Kronos HRIS software to 6.1. Directed configuration, testing, and implementation of Kronos WTK software. Addressed and resolved change management issues while implementing Kronos over three-year process. Maintained compliance with union labor agreements to legislative law.