ANDREW T. GARBODEN
Kent,WA
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, Payroll Strategy & Systems
TrueBlue, Inc
Tacoma, WA
02.2023 - 04.2026
- Managed multiple teams up to 10 staff
- Developed, championed, and implemented a strategic vision for Global Payroll and overall people, process, and system strategy.
- Led activities to identify functional requirements for the technical team, and led testing and implementation support for new systems, integrations, or process changes.
- Responsible for overall knowledge of the provider landscape for payroll services, including payroll and timekeeping products, payroll payment solutions, and third-party partners.
- Managed multiple corporate initiatives, programs, and projects, and ensured alignment with the overall business and payroll strategy. Established metrics to assess the success of these initiatives, programs, and projects.
Education, Training, and Enablement Manager
Check Technologies, Inc
NYC, NY
09.2021 - 06.2022
- As an embedded API company, Check is responsible for assisting Partners to develop and process payroll utilizing Check API coding.
- As the Manager of Training, I was successful in developing content and delivery for 160+ employees of Check as well as 8-10 Partners, including writing over 25 knowledge base articles, building multiple slide decks for over 15 classes, and delivering over 30 classes in the first 6 months.
- Also, assisted Check Operations in compliance and legal issues directly related to payroll. As a result, R&D (engineering) made 5-6 modifications and Operations is providing a higher level of support.
Director of Payroll Training
Payroll Org (aka APA)
San Antonio, TX
01.2016 - 09.2021
- Assisted the Editorial staff in preparation of documentation for classes in all areas of payroll: garnishments, fringe benefits, taxability of wages, reporting, etc.
- Conducted 100+ classes, boot camps, webinars, and workshops in all aspects of payroll with over 2,500 payroll-professional attendees annually.
- Helped at the National Payroll Conference (Congress) annually since 2013 by assisting with or conducting 2-6 workshops with an attendance of between 1,200-2,000 payroll professionals from all over the globe.
- Assisted with the annual update of PayTrain a tool consisting of 1,200 exercises and used to prepare individuals on payroll practices and prepare for as the project manager with Holmes Corp. PayTrain is a payroll-related training and prepare for the FPC (Functional Payroll Certification) or CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) examinations.
Project Manager
PayTech
Denver, CO
10.2014 - 12.2015
- Acted as PM providing 5 companies staff (ranging from 2 to 20 staff members) for various projects around legacy system testing during an acquisition, new payroll system implementations, management assistance (acting Director of Payroll Operations), benefits interface with existing payroll product, and new T&A (time and attendance) implementation for 12,000+ employees.
Payroll Systems Manager/Interim Director
DaVita Healthcare Partners
Tacoma, WA
11.2012 - 09.2014
- Managed weekly and bi-weekly payrolls processed for 50,000+ employees in 48 states and Puerto Rico.
- Acted as workstream leader for Workday HRIS/Payroll implementation and Retro Pay automation. As a result, we successfully covered the transition from PeopleSoft to Workday on schedule, converting over 50,000 employees, including over 41 interfaces from various outsourced vendors and Finance.
- Provided team leadership to a staff of 40 teammates (directly supervising 8 payroll professionals); providing training with a curriculum adapted to DaVita from Workday training materials.
- Provided off-site to all 40 payroll staff in the Federal Way, WA location for Workday payroll and PeopleNet Time & Attendance systems, resulting in a smooth transition to Workday with no downtime and no missed payrolls.
- Additionally, the HelpDesk was successful in handling all calls related to payroll, human resources, and benefits issues.
- Kept staff current on state tax issues, federal tax changes, and all wages and hour compliance issues, resulting in fewer corrective actions resulting from name and/or address changes.
- Managed process for Payroll SOX compliance.
- Acted as payroll liaison with HRIS, People Services, Compensation, and Benefits for various bonus programs; provided management with reports and analysis for payroll expense line items. As a result, each department's HelpDesk handled 85% of the calls for each other's department's issues, and the 6 payroll professionals handled over 92% of all calls coming into payroll.
Timeline
Director, Payroll Strategy & Systems
TrueBlue, Inc
02.2023 - 04.2026
Education, Training, and Enablement Manager
Check Technologies, Inc
09.2021 - 06.2022
Director of Payroll Training
Payroll Org (aka APA)
01.2016 - 09.2021
Project Manager
PayTech
10.2014 - 12.2015
Payroll Systems Manager/Interim Director
DaVita Healthcare Partners
11.2012 - 09.2014