Aileen Barrett
Ocoee,FL
Summary
With strong analytical skills and proven leadership, I am seeking a position in an organization that will utilize my ability to develop solutions and produce organized, detail-oriented and innovative results. Through leading, empowering and motivating, my leadership capabilities in conjunction with my knowledge and experience make me an ideal candidate for an organization that is looking for someone who is ambitious and goal oriented.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Accountant
HCLTech | Supporting Marriott Vacation Worldwide
Orlando, Florida
08.2025 - Current
- Monitored work completed by outsourced teams to ensure tasks were accurate and timely for MVW; provided support and constructive feedback to the outsourced team and the client.
Sr. Accountant
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Orlando, FL
12.2019 - 08.2025
- Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
- Calculate the tiers, bonus and incentive accruals for the northeast region and post the entry to various business units, operation units, departments and accounts.
- Review journal entries, perform high & low-risk reconciliations, and generate reports to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Partner with Finance leaders to explain and reconcile commission expense changes at month-end close, providing variance context and supporting documentation.
- Perform a range of accounting and operational tasks, including preparing ad-hoc financial analysis, research, and reporting data.
- Review financial data to ensure compliance with MVW policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Respond to routine business requests independently and make sound decisions within established guidelines and low‑risk thresholds.
- Take ownership of assigned work and contribute to team, department, and business results. Provide direction or guidance to non‑management staff as needed.
Payroll Staff Accountant Temporary Assignment
Robert Half | Marriot Vacation Worldwide
Orlando, Florida
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Streamlined accounting workflows through targeted process improvements, enhancing overall efficiency.
- Executed mid-level general ledger account reconciliations, ensuring data accuracy and rectifying discrepancies.
- Supported monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial closes through journal entries and reconciliations.
- Maintained and updated records for profit and loss, liabilities, and assets.
- Prepared special financial reports upon request by analyzing and summarizing account information.
Payroll Supervisor
Holiday Inn Club Vacations
08.2017 - 08.2018
- Led the day-to-day payroll process for Holiday Inn Club Vacations.
- Interacted with Leadership across various disciplines within the company as it relates to Kronos and non-routine changes in compensation.
- Oversaw coordinators in the weekly preparation of payroll.
- Provided direction and support to payroll coordinators on routine payroll processes (Garnishment, time and attendance entries, overpayment recalculation).
- Payroll subject matter expert for Ultimate Software and Kronos.
- Performed weekly payroll audit to ensure no employees are paid below minimum wage, prepared payroll reports for Financial Services, and Leadership teams.
- Ensured controls are in place to identify, analyze, and manage payroll risks.
- Assist Sr. Payroll Manager with the review of payroll procedures in order to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practices.
- Assisted Sr. Payroll Manager to ensure tax compliance with local, state, and federal statutory requirements.
- Final approver on payroll off-cycle checks.
- Processed severances to terminated employees for final payout.
- Trained new timekeepers on Kronos and conducted timekeeper audits across the resort.
- Met with payroll staff to discuss team performance, including their understanding of the respective payroll tools ensuring a solid payroll product.
Payroll Supervisor
Wyndham Vacation Ownership
Orlando, Florida
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Managed corporate payroll team of five, ensuring payroll efficiencies and compliance with regulations.
- Oversaw timely payroll processing for over 16,000 employees, adhering to tax and wage laws.
- Collaborated with senior leadership on payroll process improvements and operational strategies.
- Partnered with HR, legal, and shared services to maintain regulatory compliance.
- Provided responses to state tax notices and conducted quarterly Department of Labor reporting.
- Coordinated with accounting and compensation managers during month-end close processes.
- Prepared ad-hoc payroll reports and addressed escalated inquiries from various departments.
- Approved weekly and bi-weekly payroll balance sheets prior to submission to ADP.
Commissions Payroll Supervisor
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2013
- Responsible for managing the weekly multi-state commission compensation operations and incentivized compensation function.
- Worked in conjunction with IT, Operations and HR to understand the compensation plans and coordinate development, testing and implementation of new payroll programs.
- Ensured all manual calculations were accurately submitted according to the payroll calendar and that incentive summaries were provided.
- Empowered subordinates, and performed department annual reviews.
- Assisted senior accountants on monthly accruals during month-end close.
- Performed payroll audits, reconciliations and journal entries.
- Processed pay plans for monthly, quarterly and annual bonus.
- Identified and created process improvements.
- Involved in new software integration projects, and streamlined payroll processes.
Payroll Administrator
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Responsible for managing vacation ownership sales and marketing programs to ensure process is in compliance with company’s rules and regulations and standard operating procedures.
- Responsible for creating various reports, performing reconciliations and ensuring accuracy in sales representatives’ compensation.
- Identified and created process improvements.
- Recommend performance improvement training for sales and marketing staff at resorts.
- Communicated policy updates, and audited sales and marketing processes for multiple resorts.
- Maintained and updated multiple department intranet sites.
- Performed User Acceptance Testing of systems.
- Completed ADP balance sheet entry/reconciliations to ensure the accuracy of payroll data.
- Performed weekly/biweekly audits to identify timekeeping errors or entries that are out of compliance with company policy.
- Reviewed & analyzed financial results for assigned areas in support of the month end close.
Education
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration, Information Systems
Long Island University
New York01-2003
Master of Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
Keller Graduate School of Management
Orlando, FLSkills
- Financial reporting and analysis
- General ledger management
- Reconciliation processes
- Month-end and year-end closing
- Compliance auditing
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
Timeline
Sr. Accountant
HCLTech | Supporting Marriott Vacation Worldwide
08.2025 - Current
Sr. Accountant
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
12.2019 - 08.2025
Payroll Staff Accountant Temporary Assignment
Robert Half | Marriot Vacation Worldwide
08.2019 - 12.2019
Payroll Supervisor
Holiday Inn Club Vacations
08.2017 - 08.2018
Payroll Supervisor
Wyndham Vacation Ownership
01.2013 - 01.2016
Commissions Payroll Supervisor
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2013
Payroll Administrator
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2009
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration, Information Systems
Long Island University
Master of Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
Keller Graduate School of Management