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• Process multi-state payroll on ADP Workforce Now• Benefits administration including plan setup, open enrollment & carrier administration

• Responsible for alternate biweekly payroll processing for five company codes on ADP Workforce Now including payroll reporting to HR and Accounting• Supervises the Payroll & Benefits Assistant team member

• Responsible for semi-monthly payroll on ADP Workforce Now for 350+ employees• Entry and maintenance of all employee benefits; benefits plan setup and balancing of carrier invoices

Chicago, IL - Payroll & Benefits Specialist (Freelance from March 2020 - April 2020)• Responsible for semi-monthly payroll on ADP Workforce Now for 260+ employees including wage garnishment administration• Entry and maintenance of all employee benefits (new hires, life event changes, open enrollment & terminations) into ADP plus benefit plans setup• Responding to employee benefits questions and issues• Balancing of all benefit carrier invoices against payroll deductions and working with carriers on any employee or billing issues• Administration of 401k, HSA, Flexible Spending & Transit/Parking• Administration of employee FMLA, Tuition Reimbursement and 5500• Maintaining multiple complex Excel spreadsheets for HR and Accounting

• Implemented payroll system from ADP PCPW to ADP PayForce• Processed multi-state payroll, garnishment and employee updates

• Processed multi-state monthly/biweekly/weekly executive/salaried/hourly/union payrolls for multiple pay groups on ETime and ADP Enterprise for 2000+ employees• Entered all tax, direct deposit and garnishment changes• Updated payroll funding and tax worksheets following payroll processing

• Processed multi-state payroll for 220 weekly/union & 70 biweekly/salaried employees on ADP & Attendance on Demand systems• Previously processed payroll on PeopleSoft 8.9 & Kronos 5.2 systems• Administrator for Concur travel & expense (formerly GE expense system)• Implemented the ADP Payroll module plus partial implementation of AOD & Concur systems• Processed Accounts Receivable cash applications to the AS400 system

• Processed the entry and maintenance of all employee-related information on the Lawson system (new hires, terminations, position changes, pay increases)• Processed weekly & biweekly multi-state payroll for over 1100 employees including 13 unions• Created AD HOC and weekly reports• Created an HR Personal Action form using smart-click options

Entered all employee-related information into PeopleSoft system (new hires, terminations, LOAs, pay increases, position changes) Handled COBRA adminstration for the entire company - processed the forms, monthly payments and created billing coupons on Excel and AccessProcessed benefit new hire and change formsDid cleanup and ran queries on the PeopleSoft system, while supporting the company's payroll department using ADP.