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Columbus, Ohio, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Maintain farm & rental accounts and fixed asset records, researching new tax laws, and preparing annual Federal, State, and School District tax returns.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Payroll Tax Team’s lead, trainer and tax & systems subject matter expert. Skills included general ledger costing; account reconciliations; taxation rules; HRIS & tax system configurations & maintenance; business system implementations; reporting; tax payments ($20M biweekly), return filing and amendments; Quarter & Year End processing; building processes, and training team members. Accomplishments:Payroll Tax Lead for PeopleSoft to Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud integration. Collaborated to build configuration set ups for six business systems. Expanded HR functionality. Built with IT the new Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud/SAP payroll general ledger interface and created it’s account reconciliation & balancing process for 31 subsidiaries. Provided accurate payroll information Finance. Collaborated with IT & external teams on building 20+ Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud custom reports. Increased the ability to resolve tax issues and improved accuracy of payroll information. Worked with the HR Global Mobility team to build the relocation repayment calculation & tracking process. Allowed HR to retrieve 50% of the repayments due back from terming associates. Detected and resolved over 100 payroll defects in Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud with IT to improve system performance and accuracy of tax information. Created the Shadow Team with Payroll Management. Improving the four payroll teams’ knowledge on how their individual tasks were interconnected.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Payroll Tax Team’s tax & systems subject matter expert. Skills included general ledger costing; bank account reconciliations; taxation rules; HRIS & tax system configurations & maintenance; reporting; tax return filing and amendments; Quarter & Year End processing; building tax processes, and training team members. Accomplishments:Collaborated with IT on multiple new company setups, restructures, and legal name changes in PeopleSoft & SAP. Met the internal teams & government agencies’ requirements for taxes, banking, general ledger costing, and reporting. Supported ADP to Master Tax implementation by providing tax code mapping & tax return information. Allowing the Payroll Tax team to have complete control over processing tax payments, tax returns & amendments in house. Payroll Tax Lead for CIC Plus implementation allowing interfacing of electronic W-4s & employment forms into PeopleSoft. Eliminated manual processing of paper forms and improving state & local tax withholding compliance 100%. Payroll Tax Lead for Pennsylvania Act 32 project. Rebuilt 8,000+ associate local tax setups and Master Tax configurations to comply with new withholding regulations. Helped create the Payroll Recognition team. The team built a rewards program using certificates, prizes, and department announcements to boost morale.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Payroll Tax Team’s subject matter expert for local taxes in all states. Responsibilities included: tax & deduction account reconciliations; balancing bank reconciliation; general ledger reporting; filing tax payments & returns for all US states & localities; processing tax setups & adjustments; and resolving tax issues & notices. Accomplishments:Assisted with the PeopleSoft implementation project by providing location taxation code mapping allowing accurate associate local tax withholdings. Built the PAR Report audit to identify missing or incorrect associate state & local tax setups. Promoting faster correction processing to ensure accurate tax withholdings on paychecks, 10,000+ per year. Built the Payroll Tax Guide. It held the store location tax setups, tables & web links used to set up and adjust associates’ withholding taxes faster & accurately.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Supported weekly payroll processing for approx 60,000 associates. Processed associate hour adjustments, job & deduction record corrections, manual off cycle & replacement checks, and setting up new hires, including W-4s and state & local taxes.Revised & audited weekly associate issue and direct deposit setup reports.Special projects: trained new Payroll Auditors and created a “printer friendly” template for replacement checks.