Bih Johnson
Evans,GA
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Administrator
Drexel University
01.2023 - 02.2025
- Responsible for all bi-weekly payroll transactions, involving Full Time, Per Diems, Part Time, Casual, and Temporary employees to accurately reflect compensation.
- Processing W4s and Direct Deposits for new hires, existing, and student employees resulting in 99.96 % percent accuracy on the direct Deposit manual entry, significantly reducing the amount of bank payment returns.
- Processing about 40 Payroll Resolution Forms to manually enter any missed hours after hours have been pulled, while communicating any pending differences with Supervisors/Department in a timely manner.
- Updating taxes based on the New Hire and the Address Change Reports according to Pennsylvania Localities, respective Reciprocal States, and nationwide.
- Working with the Finance Department on bank transactions after payroll processing, checking with TD Bank for any discrepancies and preparing post audit reports for review by management.
- Consistently communicating with the HR team, researching Municipal Statistics for exact tax setups.
- Resolving inquiries and escalations submitted via tickets (AskDrexel/Oracle Service Cloud), and email.
- Calculating retroactive payments and entering in the system for payment to employees.
- Partnering with the HR team to review all payroll impacting documents to ensure that changes are made to reflect on the next pay.
- Reconciling tax errors to either be refunded or included in the preceding pay to avoid W2Cs.
- Overseeing all garnishments (child support, court Orders and Tax Levies) via Expert Pay and Banner.
- Processing Off Cycle Pay runs such as Manual checks, Supplemental Pays, and Wire Transfers.
- Punctual in meeting all payroll deadlines for collective processing to be effortless.
- Reviewing payment transactions to process stop payments, validating both manual and direct deposit pays.
Corporate Payroll Professional US/Global
Automated Data Processing (ADP)
Augusta, GA
12.2017 - 02.2022
- Processed bi-weekly payroll for about 1,500 associates in the United States and subsequently semimonthly for about 3,000 associates in Canada.
- Ran both US/Canada payroll from start to finish; significantly improving payroll problem areas, reducing error by 80 percent (from about 15 errors to fewer than 2 each pay period).
- Processed leaves for about 60 associates each pay cycle.
- Analyzed overpayment to compute the Difference in Pay (DIP) for associates; worked closely with Managers and HR Reps. to ensure accuracy, adequacy and completeness.
- Managed urgent wires, manual checks upon request or urgent termination (CA associates only); garnishment checks issued to respective agencies and updated database for auditor’s review.
- Delivered daily audits, post payroll financial audits to resolve any pending issues, and reconciled General Ledgers.
- Analyzed output for accuracy of payment to reconcile pay cycle variances to compare budgetary usages.
- Worked in partnership with administrators and cases queued to respond to employees’ inquiries, promptly to meet associates’ needs within Service Level Agreement (SLA).
- Reduced adjustments processed from about 17 associates to zero to avoid W2Cs and T4s, by developing corrective actions.
- Reviewed and approved/rejected timecards using EZ labor (Canada) and E-time (US).
- Set up new hires based on the federal, State/Province payroll tax withholding, payout terminated associates and reconciled their profiles accordingly.
- Monitored Company’s account (Bank of Montreal) to verify any pay rejection.
- Started a French Linguistic Club and taught French to associates who work with French speaking clients.
Beneficiary Owner Specialist
Automated Data Processing (ADP)
08.2017 - 12.2017
- Responsible for Collecting and validating business information directly from existing and potential clients to ensure compliance within our Know Your Client (KYC) requirements due diligence process in conjunction with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program.
- Managing and tracking regular escalations from internal ADP partners (Legal, HR, Procurement, Sales...) regarding Sanctions/Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) verifications of ADP employees, clients, and vendors daily and ensure completion of cases and analyses within given Service Level Agreement.
Human Resource and Payroll Specialist
Automated Data Processing (ADP)
07.2013 - 08.2015
- Provided specialized payroll and human resources support to an average of 600 associates’ cases assigned each month.
- Performing HR and administrative duties for both managers and associates.
- Assisting associates with all pending enrollments, life events and employee changes submitted by employees using the Outsourced Benefits Administration (OBA) system and phone requests.
- Responding to associates’ inquiries regarding wage, hour, Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) guidelines, payroll taxes, time and labor management, and ADP policy inquiries ensuring a high level of quality and accuracy.
- Advising associates on the different types of benefits plans available, copays, and deductibles on biweekly premiums.
- Interpreting court ordered documents, following up on leave requests, and keeping current changing procedures and legislation.
President
Komnamites – Afoakom USA Inc.
Bowie, MD
06.2019 - 06.2022
- Served as president of volunteer organization for 180 young professionals, ages 18 to 44; leading executive team of 7 members; overseeing finances and professional development opportunities; leading annual conference for networking and community building.
Business Office Intern
Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA
08.2009 - 01.2010
- Provided clerical and administrative support to staff at the business office, under the supervision of the Accounting Assistant.
Timeline
Payroll Administrator
Drexel University
01.2023 - 02.2025
President
Komnamites – Afoakom USA Inc.
06.2019 - 06.2022
Corporate Payroll Professional US/Global
Automated Data Processing (ADP)
12.2017 - 02.2022
Beneficiary Owner Specialist
Automated Data Processing (ADP)
08.2017 - 12.2017
Human Resource and Payroll Specialist
Automated Data Processing (ADP)
07.2013 - 08.2015
Business Office Intern
Augusta Technical College
08.2009 - 01.2010
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