Complete Salary staff semi-monthly payroll with accurate information for Japanese expats from our company President.
Complete YEN payroll to report accurate and timely information to our Japanese parent company.
Manage payroll processes of the payroll team with effective communication of expectations and goals.
Create projects to be completed weekly to maintain up to date employee information.
Review HSA and Retirement funding processes post payroll.
Work closely with Accounting to ensure timely and accurately completed payroll funding and reporting.
Ensure payroll adjustments are created timely and accurately.
Create and maintain UKG WFD auditing of time keeping to ensure accurately paid employees and timely payroll processes.
Create check requests for all benefits providers invoicing with monthly audits of each invoice.
Participate in yearly review of benefits for all three locations (New York, Ohio & Tennessee) with our benefit broker to discuss Insurance premium updates and to ensure services for upcoming year are affordable and beneficial.
Schedule and work closely with the Auditing firm during yearly audits to ensure plan and federal compliance.
Maintain 401k loans, hardship withdrawals, roll-overs and terminations are received and all plan requirements met for timely approval.
Led correspondence and follow up of Retirement plan changes and updates to ensure timely service and effective communication of fees and deadlines.
Participated in meetings between senior management team members and external vendors regarding proposed changes or enhancements to existing payroll & benefit platforms.
Developed and administered New platform project from previous HRIS, UKG HCM to a new payroll and a new benefits platform in 4 months while Administering UKG WFD system updates and additions.
Requested and collected SOP for each new platform in English, Spanish, Japanese and Burmese languages to ensure effective communication to employees of new processes.
Conducted teammate meetings with all three locations to explain the details of employee payroll & benefits platform changes and updates.
Create, conduct and maintain Open Enrollment process in HRIS system.
Corporate Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Archem America, Inc. FKA Bridgestone Foaming
Upper Sandusky, OH
05.2021 - 12.2023
Perform audits on the Retirement plan from the previous administration to ensure accurate information.
Assists employees with enrolling in benefit plans and explaining plan options.
Perform audits of existing policies and procedures to identify areas for improvement.
Review employee enrollments to verify accuracy, inputting information into company HRIS system. Develope and implement processes and procedures to ensure this accuracy remains.
Process payroll for over 500 employees bi-weekly in Ohio, New York and Tennessee; analyzing reports to ensure accuracy of payroll.
Perform manual calculations for retroactive pay adjustments or special payments as required.
Provide timely customer service support to employees regarding questions about their paychecks or other payroll issues.
Manage multiple tasks simultaneously while meeting deadlines consistently and accurately.
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; and participating in professional organizations.
Solve complex problems related to payroll processing quickly and efficiently.
Collaborate with employees and supervisors to immediately resolve discrepancies in timesheets.
Void checks and issued stop payment orders to correct payroll discrepancies.
Reconciled payroll discrepancies by reviewing time sheets, production reports and other similar reports.
Process gross-up awards, bonuses, retroactive payments, etc.
Coordinate with our retirement vendor, Principal, to provide services from our 401 plan such as loans, hardships and roll-overs. Submit contributions for each payroll.
Collaborate with the Accounting team to ensure teammates who gave incorrect bank account information were able to be paid timely once new information was given.
Submitting HSA files to UMB and ensuring accurate reporting.
Assisted in troubleshooting issues with our HRIS system and performed manual changes to better employee experience and accuracy of information.
Senior Payroll Manager
Wagler Badenhop, Inc.
Upper Sandusky, OH
09.2017 - 05.2021
Managed payroll processing and reconciliation for multiple clients in Michigan, Georgia and Ohio ensuring accuracy of data for exempt and non-exempt employees.
Managed the preparation of year-end payroll tax forms and W2s.
Managed the payroll team in preparation of Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly payroll taxes for over 60+clients.
Trained new staff members on best practices for managing payroll functions.
Participated in internal audits to verify accuracy of payroll data.
Registered new businesses with their local, state and federal tax departments and their BWC accounts.
Managed yearly BWC true ups for every client.
Calculated and applied wage garnishments timely.
Prepared physical checks for employees and check stubs for those receiving direct deposits of funds.
Managed and filed all sales tax returns.
Office Admin and Payroll Specialist
Wagler Badenhop, Inc
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
09.2016 - 09.2017
Maintain Invoices for A/R and accurate bookkeeping for the company in QuickBooks desktop.
Maintain and process accurate payroll taxes for over 60+ Clients' monthly, quarterly and annually (Manually in Excel, ADP Run, QBO, QB desktop and Intuit Online) before sending to Management for review and signatures.
Complete and schedule meetings for each client to pick up, sign and mail all payroll tax reporting Quarterly and Annually.
Maintain Payroll of clients in Intuit Online and ADP payroll and complete process for each client timely each week.
Maintain and complete Thompson Reuters Asset schedules in Fixed Asset CS
Receive and input bookkeeping and personal tax information of clients in Thompson Reuters
Education
Associates Degree of Business Management - Business Management And Marketing
Marion Technical College
Marion, OH
05.2013
Skills
Microsoft Excel
ADP Payroll
HRIS Integration maintenance
UKG - HCM & WFD
QuickBooks
Reports analysis and auditing
Critical thinking/Troubleshooting issues
Effective Communication of expectations and goals
Program updates
Team Collaboration
Program Administration
Adaptability and Flexibility
Timeline
Corporate Payroll & Benefits Administrator
Archem America, Inc.
01.2024 - Current
Corporate Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Archem America, Inc. FKA Bridgestone Foaming
05.2021 - 12.2023
Senior Payroll Manager
Wagler Badenhop, Inc.
09.2017 - 05.2021
Office Admin and Payroll Specialist
Wagler Badenhop, Inc
09.2016 - 09.2017
Associates Degree of Business Management - Business Management And Marketing
Staff Accountant/ Marketing Manager/ HR Manager at Mizick Miller & Company, Inc.Staff Accountant/ Marketing Manager/ HR Manager at Mizick Miller & Company, Inc.