Tori de Bont
Olympia,WA
Summary
With over 12 years at WSECU, I have enjoyed creating many strong working relationships. I excel most in analyzing and organizing data, as well as identifying areas for process efficiency. I enjoy finding ways to reduce errors and potential for fraud by creating processes and procedures that keep things running smoothly. I really enjoy working on projects with my team. Learning new things and deepening my understanding of existing aspects of my role brings me a lot of satisfaction and joy.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Payroll Specialist
WSECU
09.2024 - Current
- Point person for both annual external audits and intermittent internal audits. Gathers and organizes documentation for these audits, and works with team to ensure deadlines are met.
- Highly proficient with Excel and other Microsoft products, as well as other software such as ADP, Symitar, etc.
- Actively looks for "blind spots" in processes and creates improvements to make our work more accurate and efficient. Does this on an ongoing basis.
- Experience with seeking legal council and researching Washington State, multi-state, and federal laws to help guide our policies and procedures related to Hybrid Workplace, COVID, Hours and Breaks, Out-of-State Remote Work, and more.
- Performs regular audits to ensure no fraud is occurring and policies and laws are being followed. Some examples include company timecard audits, corporate vehicle use audits, 5 consecutive day audits, and more.
- Uses organizational skills to balance competing priorities and meet established deadlines.
- Happily assists in other areas of People and Culture Services to help team and gain knowledge.
- Works directly with employees and their leaders on a regular basis. Actively tries to build positive connections and relationships with other branches and departments.
- Highly skilled at looking at large quantities of data, organizing it, and analyzing it. Uses this to prepare reports, reconciliations, budgets, and recognize trends that would be useful to our team and leadership.
Payroll Specialist
WSECU
03.2019 - 08.2024
- Independently processed payroll on a semimonthly schedule for a team of 800 employees.
- Trained two additional employees on payroll processing to be backup payroll processors.
- Prepared annual budget for payroll, leave liability, and incentive expenses for the People and Culture Services department.
- Independently prepared/prepares all payroll close, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
Senior Accounting Officer
WSECU
01.2015 - 02.2019
- IT Accounting experience. Worked with IT leaders to prepare reconciliations and accruals for Outside Services GLs, software expenses, and more.
- Performed Corporate VISA audits on a monthly basis. Met with Audit and Member Solutions to develop a process for outstanding Corporate VISA accounts.
- Point person for SAP Concur maintenance, releases, reporting, implementation, and more.
- Prepared accruals, reconciled GLs, and prepared tax statements independently, accurately and efficiently.
- Created a Year End tool in Excel that efficiently extracted data from Concur and imported it into a format that was used to write up accruals in Symitar. This helped save leaders across the organization a substantial amount of time and headache during year end.
- Prepared and submitted weekly and monthly reports to government agencies.
- Process automation experience with Business Process Automation (BPA)
Accounting Officer & Generalist
WSECU
01.2013 - 12.2014
- Wire desk & wire fraud
- Cashier's checks
- Accounts Payable
- JV Posting
Contact Center Online Banking & Support Specialist
WSECU
03.2012 - 12.2012
- Online banking conversion - assisted members with the transition to Jwaala, Inc. online banking system
- Contact Center Support Specialist
Education
Associate in Business Administration - Business Administration
South Puget Sound Community College
Olympia, WA06-2018
Skills
- Working with, modifying, and analyzing large sets of data using Excel
- Creating processes and being very thoughtful and methodical about any gaps that could create potential for errors, fraud, or oversight
- Writing reports and proposals based on data findings
- Communicating with employees and leaders clearly and effectively
- Handling confidential data with extreme care
- Extremely strong organizational skills
- Seeks to fully understand a situation or process Will ask questions and dive deeply to ensure a complete understanding
Accomplishments
- Awarded Employee of the Year in 2017 for outstanding service to co-workers
- Receives outstanding performance reviews
- 14 years of experience in the financial services industry
Timeline
Senior Payroll Specialist
WSECU
09.2024 - Current
Payroll Specialist
WSECU
03.2019 - 08.2024
Senior Accounting Officer
WSECU
01.2015 - 02.2019
Accounting Officer & Generalist
WSECU
01.2013 - 12.2014
Contact Center Online Banking & Support Specialist
WSECU
03.2012 - 12.2012
Associate in Business Administration - Business Administration
South Puget Sound Community College
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