Amanda P. Harvey
Amarillo
Summary
Business professional with 10 years’ experience in Compensation and Benefits administration, Human Resources administration, and Administrative and Executive Assistant administration. Highly effective at incorporating creative leadership skills to meet key business objectives. Enjoys problem-solving and directing projects and teams to deliver efficiency and profitable results. Demonstrates use of excellent presentation and communication skills with a hunger to learn and succeed in any task given and provide strong motivation for my employment.
Professional payroll specialist with strong background in payroll processing, compliance, and financial reporting. Skilled in utilizing payroll software and managing employee data with precision. Focus on collaboration and adaptability, ensuring seamless operations and effective problem-solving within teams. Known for reliability and delivering consistent results in dynamic environments.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Payroll Specialist
Canyon ISD
03.2025 - Current
- Assist employees with inquiries regarding their paychecks, deductions, and other related issues, providing clear and concise communication.
- Provide customer service to employees regarding payroll inquiries and issues.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Verified and submitted timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Resolved payroll discrepancies quickly and successfully.
- Uploaded time records into computer system and made adjustments to create accurate database for payroll processing functions.
- Reduced payroll errors by conducting thorough audits and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Created new hire and termination documents for payroll.
- Maintained strict confidentiality of all payroll information and records.
- Managed payroll data entry and processing for hundreds of employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
- Maintained confidentiality of sensitive employee information while addressing payroll concerns or disputes.
- Facilitated smooth onboarding of new hires by efficiently entering relevant data into the payroll system.
- Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations through meticulous record-keeping and accurate reporting.
Group Trainer and Leader
Body Exchange Fitness, LLC
08.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Body Exchange helps clients achieve their full potential by offering great group fitness classes.
- Guides clients in safe exercise practices, identifying physical limitations and create fitting modifications when needed. Serves as an encouraging supporter by giving clients the necessary tools to change their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Perform in depth fitness assessments for new clients, including measurements, body fat percentage, calculating BMI and more. Lead group fitness classes as well as demonstrate correct form and push clients to their maximum potential. Advise clients on nutrition and dieting. Create unique workouts so that clients always have something new and fresh, and don’t get bored with the same workout constantly, while always collaborating with the gym owner introducing new and exciting fitness classes.
Independent Sales Representative, Senior Director
ZYIA Activewear
09.2018 - Current
- Company Overview: ZYIA Active is an active lifestyle brand. It is also a culture that believes in embracing activity with excitement, vigor, and delight. We feel that pushing your mind and body is easier and more fun with friends and family. Our mission is to inspire and uplift by making activity a fun and essential part of life.
- Uses strong customer service skills to develop a loyal customer base, consults with them to assess requirements, offer product recommendations and offer amazing, intentional customer service to address any issue if a customer is not happy with their order. Promoted four times from Zyia Rep, to Junior Rep, to Senior Rep, to Director, to Senior Director and always striving to be at the top of my game. Qualifies for trip incentives by reaching the maximum sales required to earn the trip. Offers top notch personal service to increase sales and customer satisfaction. Design, develop, and implement online sales strategies to market business and generate new sales. Has a strong passion for making people feel good about their bodies while wearing top of the line activewear.
Human Resources & Payroll Director
Texas Beef Producers
01.2013 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Texas Beef includes two feed yards, including interests in farming, cattle ranching, and banking.
- Complete payroll for multiple companies totaling over 100 employees, integrating tax and insurance deductions and maintaining accurate accounting records. Consistently meet IRS timelines and prioritizing workflow processes. Prepare and issue all tax forms for over 30 companies. Make semimonthly tax deposits and quarterly report deposits. Handle all benefits coordination and communication for participating employees. Leads initiatives in human resources coordination and administration including policy and procedure, payroll, compensation analysis and supports hiring and recruiting needs. Accounting duties include cash reconciliations and financial preparation and direct collaboration with CFO and executive team for over 10 companies on a day to day basis.
Office Manager – Payroll & HR – Executive Assistant
The OXBUILT Company
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Company Overview: OXBUILT is a superior engineering & design company, specializing in metal fabrication and assembly.
- Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take orders and address complaints. Answer telephones, direct calls and take/distribute messages. Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities. Complete payroll. Receive, sort and distribute incoming mail. Complete and mail all bills, contracts, policies, invoices, or checks.
Education
B.G.S. - Business Management
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX05.2018
Skills
- Bachelor’s degree from West Texas A&M University
- Possesses a natural talent for numerical accuracy and calculating balances
- Accurate and detail oriented
- Team player and quick learner to new tasks
Certification
- Dale Carnegie, 2013
- 13th Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar, 2014
- Understanding Ag Exemption: DOL Overtime Law Seminar, 2016
- TEXAS BUSINESS CONFERENCE: Comprehensive Study of Economic, State Regulations, and Employment & Legal Issues in Today’s Workplace, 2018
- TRX Certification Training, Group Trainer Certification
Skills
- Self-motivated with strong initiative and a go-getter attitude, highly driven by incentives
- Strong organizational and leadership skills
Timeline
Payroll Specialist
Canyon ISD
03.2025 - Current
Group Trainer and Leader
Body Exchange Fitness, LLC
08.2019 - Current
Independent Sales Representative, Senior Director
ZYIA Activewear
09.2018 - Current
Human Resources & Payroll Director
Texas Beef Producers
01.2013 - 01.2025
Office Manager – Payroll & HR – Executive Assistant
The OXBUILT Company
01.2012 - 01.2013
B.G.S. - Business Management
West Texas A&M University
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