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Ashley Ohl

Upper Sandusky,OH

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Corporate Payroll & Benefits Administrator

Archem America, Inc.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
01.2024 - Current
  • 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

Marion Technical College
Ashley Ohl