CARRIE MORRISON
Nampa,USA
Summary
Qualified Payroll Manager with extensive experience in managing payroll operations for diverse industries. Proven track record of ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely payroll processing. Demonstrated ability to lead teams and utilize comprehensive knowledge of payroll systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Manager
Interstate Group/Trailers Plus
Idaho
10.2024 - Current
- Perform end to end payroll processing for 850+ employees, biweekly for the US (multi-state), exempt and non-exempt
- Processed Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Bonuses.
- Manage Benefits; completed reconciliations monthly and approve payments.
- Manage Retirement Plan (ADP Retirement). Review and approve hardship withdrawals.
- Completed all year processes and testing.
- Create and improve processes for streamlined payroll and auditing.
- Successfully shifted the company pay period to ease the impact of overtime on the company as well as create a consistent, non-complicated pay period.
Payroll Team Lead/International Payroll Analyst
Lamb Weston
Idaho
11.2019 - 10.2024
- Began International Payroll processing June 2020
- Perform end to end payroll processing for 8,000+ employees, weekly and biweekly for the US (34 states) and Canada, exempt and non-exempt.
- Perform end to end payroll processing for 13 global locations. Including locations within Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
- Audit data integrity between HRIS and Payroll.
- Troubleshooting payroll and system issues.
- Serve as point of contact for HR/Payroll system issues.
- Maintain control of payroll records and personnel related matters with strict confidentiality.
- Prepare weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports as needed for partner departments.
- Critically review and analyze current payroll procedures to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations.
- Generate ad-hoc payroll reports for leadership team and Human Resources as needed.
- Train payroll department new hires as well as the Service Center Associates on end-to-end processing and all relevant processes the payroll team performs.
- Key point of contact for payroll during implementation of ADP Celergo, Payforce, & Realtime.
- Created SOPs for use in the payroll department as well as the Service Center.
- (Contractor July 2019-Nov 2019)
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Impact Group, LLC
Idaho
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Performed end to end payroll processing for 500+ employees biweekly for the several US states.
- Input new hire information, employee changes, deductions, garnishments, etc.
- Developed processes to ensure payroll deadlines are met and errors are found prior to processing.
- Implemented four companies, including almost 1000 employees, through acquisitions over a six-month period.
Senior Payroll Specialist
Telepayroll Inc.
California
02.2009 - 12.2017
- Critical role in launching a startup payroll company (HRX 2/2009 – 2012 approx).
- Developed procedures, manuals, and training materials for new hires.
- Created forms for clients to utilize with on boarding, compliant with requirements of both federal and state laws.
- Successfully created and maintained client benefits, including time off accruals, cafeteria plans, pre- and post-tax deductions, garnishments, and retirement plans.
- Calculated, prepared, and filed quarterly taxes, including state unemployment.
- Balanced quarter end/year end and prepared filings/W2.
- Created and filed tax amendments as needed.
- Successfully integrated all HRX accounts to Telepayroll when the company was acquired on 1/1/2015.
- Grew their initial client base from approximately 30 to over 300.
Senior Implementation Specialist
ADP
California
10.2005 - 01.2009
- Successfully mastered payroll and tax service, resulting in three promotions in less than 18 months.
- Point of contact for all high-profile CPA accounts the Small Business Department.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Admin, Human Resource Mgmt
Boise State University
Boise, ID12-2019
Associate of Arts - Business Admin, Human Resource Mgmt
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut, CA06-2015
Skills
- Technical & Software
- ADP Workforce Now (Advanced)
- ADP SmartCompliance
- NetSuite (Accounting Uploads)
- Advanced MS Excel (Pivots/VLOOKUP)
- Workday
- Payroll & Accounting
- End-to-End Payroll Lifecycle
- General Ledger (GL)
- Benefits & Retirement Admin
- Internal Auditing & Reconciliation
- Compliance and Reporting
- Federal & Multi-State Compliance
- EEO-1 & Multi-Workplace Reporting
- ACA Reporting & W-2 Corrections
- Year End: 401K, Benefit Testing
Timeline
Payroll Manager
Interstate Group/Trailers Plus
10.2024 - Current
Payroll Team Lead/International Payroll Analyst
Lamb Weston
11.2019 - 10.2024
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Impact Group, LLC
06.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Payroll Specialist
Telepayroll Inc.
02.2009 - 12.2017
Senior Implementation Specialist
ADP
10.2005 - 01.2009
Associate of Arts - Business Admin, Human Resource Mgmt
Mt San Antonio College
Bachelor of Arts - Business Admin, Human Resource Mgmt
Boise State University