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Brittney Montez

Allendale,MI

Summary

Seasoned Payroll Professional with eight years of payroll experience. Proven history of achievement and innovation coupled with outstanding work ethic, commitment, and loyalty. Highly adept with critical strengths in payroll functions and benefits administration, including discrepancy research, regulatory guidelines adherence, complex processing procedures, and program management. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and efficient at work.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Payroll Specialist

M&K Truck Centers, Inc.
08.2017 - Current
  • Responsibilities include processing bi-weekly payrolls with approximately 700+ employees
  • Reviews and imports hours from Time and Attendance into ADP
  • Enters monthly commissions for parts, service, leasing and new and used truck sales
  • Processes quarterly and annual bonuses
  • Audit payroll documentation for accuracy and adjustments
  • Communicates with the Human Resources Department to ensure the integrity of the payroll data including data related to new hires, terminations, transfers and rate changes, enters updates as necessary
  • Processes wage garnishments, child support orders, tax levies, and wage verifications
  • Multi-state payroll processing in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Arkansas
  • Ensuring compliance with company policies, relevant industry regulations, tax and deduction laws
  • Process benefit changes, and manage benefit deductions through EDI carrier connections
  • Manages benefit billing and prepares monthly expense reports to the CFO
  • Benefits Administration, assisting with open enrollment changes, qualifying events, and newly acquired employee groups
  • Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for the executive team and CFO
  • Maintain and file all supporting documents promptly
  • Addresses issues and inquiries regarding payroll from employees and supervisors
  • Handles W2, ACA, and year-end processing
  • Handles 401K audits, processing 401K enrollments, distributions, and loans and uploads contribution files
  • Audits PTO and Vacation balances and renewals.

Payroll Coordinator

The Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters
10.2014 - 08.2017
  • Responsibilities include processing 35 centralized payrolls, with 900 - 1000 hourly and salary employees and independent contractors on two bi-weekly schedules
  • During the Christmas season, an additional 30 payrolls are processed weekly, with an additional 1000 hourly employees
  • Reviews and imports timeclock files from Time on Demand into Paycor Payroll
  • Audit payroll documentation for accuracy and adjustments
  • Communicates with the Human Resources Department to ensure the integrity of the payroll data including data related to new hires, terminations, transfers, and rate changes, and enters updates as necessary
  • Processes special payrolls including the annual bonus and year-end adjustment payrolls
  • Researches and resolves questions from supervisors and employees as they relate to the processing of payroll information such as paid time off balances, direct deposits, garnishments, employment verifications, retroactive pay calculations, taxes, Pay card questions
  • Multi-state processing between Michigan and Indiana
  • Created and Implemented training sessions for supervisors in Time on Demand
  • Other responsibilities include managing the Bellringer/Christmas season at the divisional level
  • Accept, review, and enter bellringer applications
  • Perform seasonal background checks
  • Create, distribute, and process bellringer timesheets.

Administrative Assistant/Caregiver

Comforcare Senior Services
04.2013 - 08.2014
  • Responsibilities as the Administrative Assistant included answering phones, greeting caregivers and clients
  • Recruiting and hiring caregivers and CNAs
  • Entering new hire paperwork, initiating background checks, processing drug screens, and review I-9 documents
  • Performed new hire orientation
  • Create and distribute caregiver schedules
  • Responsible for on-call duties
  • Assist with payroll and billing processing
  • Conduct client assessments, caregiver training, and activities for senior community clients
  • Maintain files for employees and clients, discharge and file electronically as needed
  • Responsibilities as a caregiver included caring for clients, assisting senior citizens with personal care, light household chores, errand running and companionship.

Cashier

Dollar Tree
11.2011 - 04.2013
  • Responsibilities include greeting customers, running a register, store closing and opening, answering phones, stocking shelves.

Education

Davenport University
Caledonia, MI

High School Diploma -

East Kentwood High School
Kentwood, MI

Health Science Academy -

Kent Career Tech Center
Byron Center, MI

Skills

  • Multi-state payroll processing
  • Experience with company mergers and acquisitions
  • Confidentiality practices
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Benefits Administration
  • Familiar with Wage and Hour Laws

Software

ADP HRM and Payroll

Timeline

Senior Payroll Specialist

M&K Truck Centers, Inc.
08.2017 - Current

Payroll Coordinator

The Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters
10.2014 - 08.2017

Administrative Assistant/Caregiver

Comforcare Senior Services
04.2013 - 08.2014

Cashier

Dollar Tree
11.2011 - 04.2013

Davenport University

High School Diploma -

East Kentwood High School

Health Science Academy -

Kent Career Tech Center
Brittney Montez