Ramona Geegan, Cpp Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

• Manage a U.S. and International payroll team of 11 members; 1 U.S. Payroll Supervisor, 5 U.S. Payroll Analyst, and 5 International Payroll Managers (Australia, Dubai, Norway, Singapore, United Kingdom) for 4,400+ employees• Manage the coordination and monitoring of the Saudi Arabia (ARO) payroll• Ensure payroll services are processed in accordance with established global policies and procedures along with all legislative compliance requirements• Manage third-party payroll processing to assure service delivery excellence.• Work closely with Human Resources (including Compensation, Benefits, and HRIM) to implement and monitor ongoing appropriateness of payment policies, wage type creations, and system changes• Responsible for coordinating with Accounting and Treasury functions to facilitate accurate recording, payment and reconciliation of payroll liabilities and associated general ledger accounts, including month and year-end accounting close and accrual process• Manage the accurate and timely processing and remittance of federal and state taxes• Responsible for year-end and W2 processing, reconciliation, and filing with SSA• Work closely Global Employment Tax to ensure international employees are setup and paid correctly, as well as reconciling their Earning Statements for year-end• Responsible for developing departmental goals and assisting with the annual department budget

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed a payroll department of 4 staff members in the day to day processing of a weekly, bi-weekly, and a monthly payroll for the Saudi local employees in our Middle East region for 2500+ employees• Created and implemented new audit and process procedures• Review, test, and approve new Element setups, Oracle Patches, and Tax Updates• Coordinated work flow with key subject matter experts within Human Resource Department• Reconciled weekly, quarterly, and annual tax filings, and resolved any federal and state tax discrepancies • Responsible for year-end and W2 processing, and reconciliation• Support SOX activities• Prepared monthly payroll accrual and assist Accounting Department with monthly reconciliations of the payroll accounts including preparing weekly payroll costing and cash entries

Houston, Texas Area

Acting Payroll Manager since October 25, 2009Appointed Payroll Officer for the company since October 26, 2009 • Managed and developed 6+ staff members in the processing of U.S. Multi-State and International semi-monthly and bi-weekly payrolls for 15,000+ hourly and salaried employees, and a monthly payroll for 800+ international employees• Successfully implemented mandatory direct deposit for salary and salary non-exempt employees throughout organization to eliminate check printing cost; a $10,000 annual cost savings• Managed the remittance and filing of federal and state taxes, adjustments, and setup of new accounts-fed/state/SUI/local• Responsible for year-end and W2 processing, reconciliation, and filing with SSA.• Responsible for the reporting and filing of 940/941’s• Research and resolve all tax notices/other tax matters; preparations for all audits and reviews• Worked closely with the International HR Department to ensure international employees are setup and paid correctly, as well as reconciling their W-2’s for year-end• Processed and reconciled the Executive Compensation such as perk payments, stock awards, and parachute payments• Managed the accurate and timely recording of Non-Qualified and Incentive stock option exercises• Participate in all payroll audits including workers compensation, regulatory agencies, internal and external audits. Provide recommendations to strengthen SOX controls in payroll

• Responsible for the accurate and timely production of the U.S. weekly and biweekly multi-state payroll for 40,000+ employees in over 200+ business units, and, Canadian weekly and biweekly payroll for 3,000+ employees in over 50+ business units• Managed and developed a 13+ payroll and garnishment staff by identifying individual team strengths and developmental needs• Assisted in the development and implementation of company strategies related to payroll and garnishment processing, compliance reporting, and standardization.• Provide input to Mergers and Acquisition teams as to the implications of acquiring employees or transferring of workforce• Oversaw the testing of system updates, conversion of data and implementation of new data enhancement changes or third-party vendor interfaces• Project Manager for conversion team implementing new payroll system (Peoplesoft) and building new payroll and garnishment department by hiring staff, creating process and procedures, setting goals, and working with auditors to establish SOX controls

Oversaw the accurate and timely production of a bi-weekly payroll on a daily basis.Provides customer service to associates engaged in the payroll function, processing time records, compiling payroll statistics, maintaining payroll control records, and calculating payrolls.Collect and input payroll data including direct deposit, tax and garnishments information into the payroll system.Process stop payments, voids, and direct deposit reversals.Redesign payroll forms for standardization, created special reports and projects for upper management.Wrote procedure manuals for payroll staff.