Mitchell Ballenger Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Overland Park, Ks, Us

Overland Park, Ks, Us

I am primarily a functional lead for a complex financial application module or multiple moderately complex modules, including system enhancements, testing and configuration. I act as a liaison between end users and technical staff and provides end user training and support. I troubleshoot and resolve complex issues with financial data interfaces between systems including balancing of financial data that flows between the systems. Identifies root causes and recommends prevention strategies. Serve as strong technical advisor to internal clients, specifically for Global Payroll, Time Keeping, and Labor Costing.

Overland Park, Ks, Us

I actively monitored and assessed performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development. I assisted with the daily management of payroll staff to ensure the integrity of pay information, the existence of proper audits and ensuring Black and Veatch is compliant with applicable rules and regulations. Advised and supported payroll-related improvement opportunity projects. I managed the global payroll provider contract and coordinate with other offices and departments within the company to ensure all contract services are appropriate.

Overland Park, Ks, Us

Payroll Supervisor

Overland Park, Ks, Us

Responsible for processing payrolls for large domestic and/or international entities with bi-weekly and monthly pay cycles in a timely and accurate manner in compliance with company policies and basic payroll principles. Assist with quarterly and annual reports and/or audits of payroll tax. Provides resolution of basic employee issues or inquiries. Serve as technical adviser to professionals and management related to payroll issues and programs.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

My primary responsibilities included managing and overseeing the accounting and payroll department, comprised of five employees performing financial reporting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, collections, payroll, and budgeting duties. Create a repository for department standard operating procedures, policies, training materials, and quality control documents for activities such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting. I worked with the CEO to restructure department titles, responsibilities and tasks. I evaluated prospective client credit eligibility by analyzing financial documents and online research. Completed the weekly business report, encompassing weekly revenue and expense accruals.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

The internship has strengthened my insurance familiarity by exposure to underwriting guidelines, policies, and compliance audit for the specialty and commercial division. I have been able to apply statistical techniques, including linear regression models, to analyze data from supplemental documentation assessing pricing model for general liability, environmental, and third party policies. I have examined facultative property reinsurance certificates to customize and concentrate actuarial and accounting data for modeling. I have standardized various forms including; audit, portfolio data, quality, and consolidated issue forms.

North Kansas City, Mo, Us

My primary functions were to allocate transactions to proper general ledger accounts according to accrual basis of accounting, monitor, and review with budget departments. I used ADP and QuickBooks to calculate, process and issue more than 150 paychecks with earnings statements semi-monthly. I assembled and monitored compliance reporting to analyze company’s gross payroll relevant to proposed budget. I constructed weekly cash flow analysis to evaluate against current cash balances, future receivables, and evaluated appropriate payment methods. I assisted the Controller in closing financial periods (monthly, quarterly, and annually) by reviewing transaction codes, analyzing account balances compared to budgeted amounts, and reconciled balance sheet accounts to sub-ledgers.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

My primary responsibilities were to obtain, verify, and edit weekly time cards for more than 300 employees. I supervised the timekeeping software (Vivid Care, QuickBooks) to produce payroll registers, efficiently transferred to accounting system, and transmitted to financial institution to produce paychecks and earning statements. I generated and reconciled weekly billing registers for generating, assembling, and distributing in excess of 100 weekly invoices. During my employment, I improved the department filing system by constructing a database to save digital versions of time cards, payroll registers, and invoices; increasing interdepartmental communication.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

I engineered a series of training documents that outlined job requirements, duties, and functionalities of DepositPro and facilitated training. I established a comprehensive understanding of governmental regulations such as Regulation E (EFTA), Regulation CC (EFA), Patriot Act, and FCRA. I collaborated closely with the branch manager establishing new client relationships to exceed branch goals by 25%. Daily, I balanced automated teller machines, cash drawers, and the main vault exceeding more than $100,000.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Finance, General

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Business