• Within 6 months identified and corrected multiple mistakes from the prior and current year• Daily manage the Canadian and US Payroll of 7K employees in multiple pay cycles• Defined process for what constitutes off cycle and/or manual payments• Taught team the proper way to make adjustment from prior quarters• Balanced all quarters and successfully submitted W2 files for 2023 by Ceridian deadline of 1/3/2024• Managed ESPP and NQ stock transactions monthly with true ups at year end• Successfully deployed Workday including managing all 3rd party connections for payroll (e.g. OSV, BSI etc.) • Successfully completed my 120 hours for CPP recertification

Maintain day-to-day payroll operations for 5,800 multi-state employee payrolls. Manage and delegate critical payroll functions on daily basis. • Manage 5 employee payroll team in meetings/training regarding critical payroll issues (i.e. regulatory compliance, audit procedures• End-to-end payroll processing in Lawson creating payrolls, entering data, confirming output on 140, processing various payroll reports (e.g. HR, GL, audit reports in Query Manager)• Managed, implemented and trouble shoot with testing and implementation of ADP Vantage crossover from Lawson. Maintain evolving post go-live adherence to corporate policy for 26 locations with varying time off accrual and attendance polices• Instrumental in research to resolve payroll issues, create Ad-Hoc reports using both Lawson and ADP Vantage query reporting and multiple other system reporting tools• Calculated stock pre-releases and configure system accordingly for payment of all applicable taxes in conjunction with partnership from Solium• Manage responsibilities of multiple unions conducting pension calculations, dues processing and all AP remittance using various systems and methods (i.e. BancTec, manual invoice payments)• Maintain a strong working relationship with cross functional teams (union leaders, HR, VP of Labor and field contacts)• Implemented new MS Access tools to streamline processes for union payments, HSA and FSA payments to vendors on timely basis• Work closely with Accounting Team to properly allocate GL Accruals/Expenses to post correct corporate accounts for P/L reports and proper audit reporting• Setup, test and implement all new earnings, deductions codes for new payroll items• Ensure compliance with all federal, state and local tax withholding in 20 states including OH and PA• Maintain GAAP for internal/external audit compliance - thorough understanding and compliance with reasonability test and controls to minimize risks associated with day-to-day payroll functions

Consistently improved and streamlined complex processes from manual union gray bar billing to automated MS Access database for union dues administration, salaried leave pay, garnishment answer compliance, Canadian tax documents and more. Relocated to Plano, TX for one year to stabilize and drive change management in payroll processes. • Subject Matter Expert in payroll process and union administration - during 2 separate implementations, led key processes for seamless transition of union dues, general deductions and mapping of prior system to new system• Instrumental in research to resolve customer issues, create Ad-Hoc reports using both SAP and PeopleSoft query reporting in two tier, wage reporter and multiple other system reporting tools• Routinely utilized Mercury Test Director quarterly to test updates to system for compliance in test environment before moving to production• Managed dual roles in IT/Systems Team to run full process of payroll from ACH files to confirm and reconciliation• Led project management of secure date files storage and retention from CTS to new historical imaging of secured documentation• Manage responsibilities of 6-member union team conducting pension calculations, dues processing and all AP remittance using various methods • Maintain a strong working relationship with multiple union leaders, HRM and field contacts within the U.S. and Canada• Designed, developed and integrated new MS Access database to automatically calculate pension contributions, improving accuracy and reducing processing time from 8 hours to 30 minutes

Lead projects in developing and instituting best practices for garnishment answers to GA courts, transitioning available states to EIWO and developing and rolling out garnishment fees administration across all US locations according to applicable state laws.• Utilized query reporting and data analysis of system information to develop impact studies across the US for all employees who would be impacted by garnishment fees. Partnered with leadership and HR's across the country to develop minimum and maximums fees up to state law and successfully communicated to all employees• Developed automated process to run query of results for garnishments initialize auto answers to GA Courts for mandatory answers, thus bringing us into compliance and reducing potential risk• Worked directly with Bill Van Gieson (EIWO facilitator) and our IT Team to develop system process for Electronic Income Withholding Orders. Reduced handling of garnishments by 50% and cut garnishment processing cost by $15k annually• Routinely utilized reporting and analysis of system data to project cost, risk and change impact assessments to leadership

Processed payroll for various pay groups including exempt, exception hourly, commission and hourly payrolls for 6,000 employees. Performed payline adjustments consistent with exception requests from HR. Balanced payroll to find and correct any discrepancies from staging tables to confirm. Processed accounts payable entries to offset deductions that did not feed correctly via interface and notified accounting of applicable JE to correct.• Routinely leveraged accounting education to locate discrepancies in balances for payroll accounts and notified accounting of appropriate journal entries to correct• Working payroll knowledge in all 50 states additional territories regarding legal compliance, taxation and reporting• Communicated professionally and consistently with all levels of the organization on payroll practices, including FLSA calculations for retroactive pay, exception submission, corrections to pay in off-cycle, stop payments and direct deposit reversals• Developed best practices for streamlining off-cycle processing, cut-off times for submission and balancing within narrow window of time• Processed 1/3 of union gray-bar billing and developed strong working relationships with HR, Labor Team and unions• Partnered with acquisition locations to develop go-live testing and seamless transition for deductions and earnings codes as well as union transitions with AP vendor setup, AP check request and balancing and remittance• Developed and successfully rolled out Canadian tax documentation (T2200, TP64, TL2 and TP66) for 5,000 employees using Visual Merge proving to be a major win for the organization during a volatile transition