Stephanie is a strategic leader with over 25 years of experience in the areas of Payroll, Time and Labor, Human Resources, Accounting, Operations, and business process. She has extensive technical knowledge across multiple HR/Payroll/HCM software platforms. She brings experience from multiple industries including retail, food and beverage, education, consulting, and manufacturing.Stephanie has led hundreds of HCM implementations for companies ranging from 30 employees to 50,000 employees across all states. Her technical system knowledge, project management, and business process experience drives successful client implementations. Stephanie has also served as Director of Client Success in a previous position and has managed successful ongoing client relationships.

Strategic planning, operational assessments, project management services, process transformation, interim management services and project support, implementation solutions that meet the financial and HCM goals of each company.

Effectively manage both the Client Services Team and the Implementations Team. Direct and oversee all new client Implementation projects for UKG client base. Effectively manage two Implementation teams consisting of Project Managers, Technical Implementation Team Members and HR Implementation Team Members. Apply strategies to ensure successful client outcomes . Direct and oversee the Operations Team of 8 Client Account Managers who service more than 900 Payroll, Time and Labor and HRIS clients. Constantly evaluate procedures and implement process improvement as needed. Develop existing Operations and Implementation team members to ensure a path for professional growth and learning. Participate in all Strategic planning decisions that impact the growth and future direction of the company.

Assess current processes and procedures to determine areas of weakness and/or non-compliance. Assess the functionality of the current payroll system. Increase compliance and streamline the payroll process using current tools and systems that are in place. Make recommendations on how to improve the current process using the current system. Implement new processes to support Federal and State guidelines. Develop a process for calculating overtime based on the regular rate of pay outside of the payroll system. Oversee the entire payroll process to include year-end and W2 processing. Improve, develop, and maintain compensation structure. Maintain excellent working vendor relationships. Participate in all payroll related audits and work closely with the finance department to ensure accurate and timely financials. Manipulate data from these reports for further analysis and budget to actual comparison.

Effectively manage and develop a team of 6 professionals to include 3 payroll coordinators, 1 records specialist, 1 payroll tax analyst and one garnishment coordinator. Oversee payroll processing for 3,000 employees in multiple states across seven legal entities using ePersonality. Completed a full scale conversion from ADP Enterprise to ePersonality bringing payroll in-house. Develop policies and procedures to fit business needs. Implement new processes to support Federal and State guidelines. Oversee employee records management and the entire payroll process to include year end and W2 processing. Maintain excellent working vendor relationships. Participate in all payroll related audits and work closely with the finance department to ensure accurate and timely financials. Create reports using Discover Viewer. Manipulate data from these reports for further analysis and budget to actual comparison.

Effectively manage and develop a team of 6 payroll coordinators and 1 garnishment specialist. Oversee in-house payroll processing for over 400 stores with over 16,000 employees in 48 states. Personally execute corporate payroll for over 900 employees.

Effectively manage and develop a team comprised of one payroll professional and 3 accounts payable specialists. Oversee the execution of semi-monthly payroll for 850 employees in Colorado and Utah using JD Edwards and ADP Enterprise. Responsible for the development and execution of policies and procedures for both payroll and accounts payable in a manufacturing environment. Recommend changes in procedures to HR, Accounting and Manufacturing departments to ensure compliance with Federal and State Wage and Hour Regulations. Effectively streamlined the purchase requisition process to improve efficiency and improve relationships between departments within the organization.

Effectively manage and develop two payroll professionals and oversee the execution of bi-weekly payroll for over 3,000 employees in Colorado and Texas. Responsible for all aspects of payroll to include payroll tax filing for 5 separate entities, payroll journal entries, systems implementation and management labor reporting. Recommend changes in procedures to HR, Accounting and Operations departments to ensure compliance with Federal and State Wage and Hour Regulations. Work directly with IT manager to implement any necessary changes in the field. Created and analyzed data reports using ReportSmith, MS Access and Excel.

Effectively manage and develop two payroll professionals and oversee the execution of bi-weekly payroll for over 3,000 employees in Colorado and Texas. Responsible for all aspects of payroll to include payroll tax filing for 5 separate entities, payroll journal entries, systems implementation and management labor reporting. Recommend changes in procedures to HR, Accounting and Operations departments to ensure compliance with Federal and State Wage and Hour Regulations. Work directly with IT manager to implement any necessary changes in the field. Created and analyzed data reports using ReportSmith, MS Access and Excel.

Effectively managed and developed a payroll team of five payroll professionals in a service environment. Managed the execution of weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and semi-monthly payrolls for over 150 clients. Developed a team focused on providing outstanding customer service while operating within State and Federal guidelines. Responsible for development of payroll policies and procedures. Created and analyzed data reports using ReportSmith reporting tool.

Effectively managed entire payroll function for rapidly growing IT consulting firm. Completed entire multi-state payroll process for 450 employees. Completed all journal entries following payroll submission. Developed policies and procedures to include, multi-state tax policy, jury duty, exempt/non-exempt, etc. Worked hand in hand with the controller to constantly keep policies in line with current payroll laws. Created reports in ReportSmith for management analysis. Attended various seminars through ADP and the American Payroll Association.

This position included all aspects of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, inventory and general ledger. Prepared all financial data to submit to the company's CPA monthly.

This position assisted the controller in a manufacturing environment. Processed payroll for 200 employees using ADP. Processed payables and receivables using Peachtree. This position also required data analysis and report writing.

Processed paperwork for newly admitted inmates, answered phones and performed various clerical duties.