Shana Knight Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

• Ensure payroll conformance by consistently applying Company policies and government regulations to payroll processing and time reporting for up to 7,500 employees• Update and maintain employee federal, state, and city tax information, direct deposit information, deductions, garnishments, earning and tax balance information • Ensure compliance with garnishment orders and tuition reimbursement• Provide payroll data for subpoenas, internal departments and external agencies • Serve as a corporate subject matter expert (SME) on various initiatives related to payroll functions• Participate in special projects such as Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery exercises, SOX and other audits, and system upgrades and testing• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and year-end tax balancing, including the annual W-2 process• Assist in developing, maintaining, and administering payroll policies and procedures• Recommend continuous improvements pertaining to Payroll operations

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Performed a wide variety of recordkeeping and payroll processing activities for up to 1,200 employees including setting up employee profiles, payroll reconciliation, payroll adjustments and processing weekly time sheets from up to forty-four domestic states • Ensured the accuracy of employee information including pay rates, hours, pay changes, payment option forms, and terminations• Served as a primary point of contact for employees, management, accounts payable, and HR for payroll-related questions, inquiries, audits, and other related areas• Provided proactive assistance and recommendations to operations by reading and interpreting pre-job documents, jurisdictional boundaries, and prevailing wage requirements• Researched and resolved errors and identified solutions. Assisted with payroll-related requests, questions, calculations, and reporting• Proactively analyzed state and federal payroll regulations to ensure compliance

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Managed electronic timekeeping system • Gathered, entered, reviewed, and approved from multiple regional sports networks the weekly union/non-union approved individual timesheets, event crew sheets, Local #4 IBEW Union Local production crew sheets, and Talent production schedules• Reconciled accuracy of entry by running weekly Pending Reports, Event Summary Reports, and Employee Detail Reports in the payroll system• Coordinated timelines to ensure Bally Sports Midwest met the payroll deadline and that payroll was properly uploaded into the General Ledger • Maintained up to two hundred employee files for I-9 forms, dues deduction authorization forms, pension forms, and other freelance paperwork• Ability to understand employment contracts and participated in Union contract negotiations • Assisted Finance Department in day-to-day operations including accounts payable tasks, reporting, periodic forecasting, and the annual budgeting process • Budgeted and compiled monthly event production forecasts of around two million dollars that supported the St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball team, the St. Louis Blues hockey team, Kansas City Royals baseball team, the Indianapolis Pacers basketball team, as well as other college teams and miscellaneous events• Performed accounts payable tasks such as submitted and coded invoices, check requests, tracked/resolved outstanding payment issues, and set up and maintained vendors/suppliers • Oversaw the G&A/Finance AMEX purchasing card and expense reports

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Supported three Regional Business Directors and their direct reports• Prepared, processed, and tracked payment requests, expense reports, invoices, budgets, and reimbursement forms• Generated and recorded meeting notes, correspondences, and weekly/monthly reports including compliance, safety, production, financial, and distribution drafts

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

• Managed the back-scanning of 20,000 publishing contracts and agreements• Trained staff on the Records and Retention Policy, and the importance of the indexing scheme to ensure data integrity and accuracy • Interpreted agreement terms and conditions, identified potential risk areas, and assisted in the development of contract management controls, policies, procedures, and end-to-end processes • Led, motivated, delegated, and participated in special assignments, divestiture projects, migration projects, and improvement teams as requested

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

• Processed weekly, semi-annual, and annual worldwide payment runs in multiple currencies of around five million dollars per year• Approved timesheets, paid time off (PTO) requests, and Performance Development Plans for 10 direct team members• Supervised the European royalty function of the royalty system relating to contract set-up, author account set-up, advance/contributor payments, VAT (Value Added Tax) obligations, audit reporting, cross-training of staff, and database management • Completed special projects related to author audits, corporate finance audits, SOX compliance regulations, process controls, VIP calculations, research and resolution of royalty disputes, and acquisitions and divestitures• Contributed to the Global Royalty Project by traveling to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, interacted with the international teams to create the Request for Proposal, and developed, tested, and implemented the new system

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

• Oversaw over 30,000 local and international author royalty statements and payments accurately and distributed mailings in a timely manner• Entered and validated contract terms, subsidiary right terms, tax jurisdictions, and ledger adjustments accurately into the royalty system• Balanced and reconciled reports from royalty payment systems • Traveled to the Netherlands for skills training, organizational planning and development, and transition of the department to the St. Louis office location • Recommended new approaches, policies, and procedures to affect continual improvements within the department

Master, Human Resources Development And International Relations

Bachelor, Business Administration