Charisse Garrison-Davis
Dallas,TX
Summary
Diligent payroll and benefits coordinator with a strong background in compiling employee time, production, and payroll data. Experienced in completing time sheets, verifying and processing forms for benefits administration, and computing wages and deductions. Skilled in coordinating special programs such as United Way campaigns involving payroll deductions. Proven ability to stay informed about changes in tax and deduction laws relevant to the payroll process. Successfully managed payroll processes and benefits administration to ensure timely and accurate employee compensation. Demonstrated expertise in regulatory compliance and maintaining positive employee relations.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Payroll Benefits Coordinator
The Family Place
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Full Cycle payroll
- Handling end-to-end payroll processing, including data entry, payroll calculations, tax withholdings, and direct deposits, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations
- Preparing and reviewing payroll reports, reconciling payroll data, and ensuring accuracy in financial statements
- Conducting internal payroll audits to ensure accuracy and compliance, assisting in external audits, and resolving discrepancies
- Managing benefits data entry and ensuring accurate transmission of benefits information to Paycom for payroll deductions
- Coordinating employee leave requests, processing claims, maintaining documentation, and ensuring compliance with company policies and legal requirements
- Assisting employees with benefits selection, updating enrollment data, communicating plan changes, and ensuring timely submission of benefit elections
- Generate and review payroll reports, including earnings summaries, tax filings, and reconciliation of payroll expenses
- Manage employee leave requests under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Short-Term Disability (STD), and Long-Term Disability (LTD), ensuring compliance with policies and legal requirements
- Benefits upload, auto feed Paycom
- FLMA, STD, LTD
- Open Enrollment
- EOM reporting
- Audits course work for Quarterly and Annual Audits
- Enhanced payroll processing accuracy by meticulously reviewing timesheets and verifying employee data.
- Provided guidance on leave policies including FMLA administration, ensuring proper documentation and adherence to regulations.
- Served as a subject matter expert on payroll and benefits matters, providing valuable insights during internal meetings and policy discussions.
Garnishment Specialist
Dave & Busters
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Garnishment A-Z
- Accurately setting up and processing all types of garnishments, such as child support, tax levies, and creditor garnishments, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations
- Medical Support Orders
- Managing payroll processes for a workforce exceeding 1,500 employees, ensuring timely and accurate payroll execution, including the application of garnishments and benefit deductions
- Reviewing and processing employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company policies and accurate reimbursement
- Verifying that payroll systems (such as ADP, Workday, or UKG) properly process garnishment deductions
- Providing guidance to employees regarding their garnishment orders, answering questions about deductions and payments
- Handling multiple garnishments per employee while prioritizing deductions according to legal hierarchy rules
- Payroll / Benefits 1500 plus
- Expense Reports
- Benefit Deductions
Payroll / Garnishments Specialist
Ampex Brands
09.2021 - 05.2022
- Process garnishments
- Sage 300 Conversion
- Accurately and timely processing of payroll for all employees, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations
- Handling court-ordered wage garnishments, including child support, tax levies, and other deductions
- Daily Mail
- All updates to garnishment optional fields
- Administer end-to-end payroll processing for employees across multiple states, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws
- Stay updated on state-specific payroll regulations, tax rates, wage laws, and garnishment rules
- Calculate and verify payroll deductions including benefits, tax withholdings, and garnishments for employees in different states
- Process payroll using payroll software (e.g., ADP, Workday, Paycom, UKG, etc.), ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Review and process wage garnishments, tax levies, child support orders, and creditor garnishments
- Work closely with the HR department to ensure payroll reflects correct employee records, job changes, terminations, and new hires
- Support onboarding and offboarding by ensuring accurate payroll setup and final pay processing
- Generate payroll reports for finance, HR, and executive teams as needed
- Vendor Adds of Garnishment Payee's
- Recon Garnishments monthly (using Excel Get Sage) by Entity and GL
- Discussion with Legal terms on Payload judgments
- CSC (IWO) orders
- Process payroll when a coordinator was out
- Help with taxes when needed
- Expert Pay is used for making payments
- Weekly spreadsheet to VP for cash reporting
Payroll Consultant
Sally Beauty
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Full Cycle payroll for 10,000 plus employees by assigned locations
- Lawson conversation to Oracle HCM
- Maintain accurate records in the payroll system and address payroll discrepancies
- Stay up to date with U.S
- And Canadian payroll tax regulations, including employment tax laws
- Process bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll for multi-state (U.S.) and multi-province (Canada) employees
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and provincial labor laws, including taxation and wage deductions
- Parallel payroll for said locations
- Retro Pays, Manual Checks
- Garnishments Term Letter's and copies to the said employee
- Team weekly printing, sealing, and sorting of checks for the mailing to Locations
- Assist in quarterly and annual payroll tax filings, including reconciliation of tax payments
- Work with external payroll providers or in-house systems to ensure accurate processing of Canadian payroll (including deductions, benefits, and employment standards compliance)
- Coordinate payroll deductions for benefits, retirement plans (401(k), RRSP), and other voluntary contributions
- Balance Sheet per Location
- SOP Check off Sheet
- Scanning of Payroll batch to O/drive
Payroll Tax – Garnishment Consultant
Trinity Industries Inc
03.2020 - 03.2021
- Process garnishment and Taxes
- Log and Metrics and weekly garnishment
- Weekly balance sheet of garnishment
- Payroll Tax ADP Smart Compliance
- Federal 940 – 941
- State Setup for New Local's
- Monthly load for the state of IL
- Qtr
- File upload to ADP SC
- Reconcile Periodic Load, Reconcile Monthly Recon
Payroll Consultant
Sally Beauty
07.2019 - 03.2020
- Full Cycle payroll for 10,000 plus employees by assigned locations
- Lawson conversation to Oracle HCM
- Maintain accurate records in the payroll system and address payroll discrepancies
- Stay up to date with U.S
- And Canadian payroll tax regulations, including employment tax laws
- Process bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll for multi-state (U.S.) and multi-province (Canada) employees
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and provincial labor laws, including taxation and wage deductions
- Parallel payroll for said locations
- Retro Pays, Manual Checks
- Garnishments Term Letter's and copies to the said employee
- Team weekly printing, sealing, and sorting of checks for the mailing to Locations
- Assist in quarterly and annual payroll tax filings, including reconciliation of tax payments
- Work with external payroll providers or in-house systems to ensure accurate processing of Canadian payroll (including deductions, benefits, and employment standards compliance)
- Coordinate payroll deductions for benefits, retirement plans (401(k), RRSP), and other voluntary contributions
- Balance Sheet per Location
- SOP Check off Sheet
- Scanning of Payroll batch to O/drive
Payroll Manager
Dallas Theater Center
05.2015 - 10.2017
- Internal Position (Manager out on LOA)
- Full cycle payroll, biweekly, weekly, commission, and actor payrolls with union dues and fees
- 401K upload, conversation from PCPW to Workflow
Education
Associate Degree - Accounting
Dallas College
Dallas, TX01.2012
Skills
- PayCom
- Advanced Excel Skills
- Privets Tables
- V-Lookup
- Arrays
- PeopleSoft 90 HR
- Benefits
- Garnishments
- Job Verifications
- Oracle 11i
- Oracle HCM – Fusion
- QuickBooks
- Kronos
- EKG
- Peachtree
- Ceridian Dayforce – Workflow
- Workforce-ADP
- Sage 11-I
- Black Baud
- Helms
- FoxPro
- Horizon Great Plains Web Base
- ADP
- Workday
- Workflow
- HR Anytime
- Enterprise
- Pay expert
- PCPW
- E-time
- Workforce Report Smith
- Writer
- AS 400
- Mass 200
- Rent Roll
Certification
FPP - FPC
Timeline
Payroll Benefits Coordinator
The Family Place
08.2023 - 07.2024
Garnishment Specialist
Dave & Busters
06.2022 - 06.2023
Payroll / Garnishments Specialist
Ampex Brands
09.2021 - 05.2022
Payroll Consultant
Sally Beauty
03.2021 - 09.2021
Payroll Tax – Garnishment Consultant
Trinity Industries Inc
03.2020 - 03.2021
Payroll Consultant
Sally Beauty
07.2019 - 03.2020
Payroll Manager
Dallas Theater Center
05.2015 - 10.2017
Associate Degree - Accounting
Dallas College
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