Daniel Long
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Experienced in time collection management across diverse sectors including retail, food and beverage, and defense contracting. Proficient in PeopleSoft payroll processes with hands-on expertise in costing and labor reporting. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple sites while consistently meeting deadlines. Recognized for outstanding client satisfaction on several occasions.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Time Collection Manager
Bae Systems Inc.
Charlotte, NC
05.2022 - Current
- Oversees and manages day-to-day operational activities related to the entry, collection, reporting, and costing of time across the ES and P&S sector employees.
- Staffed, managed, trained, and evaluated 10+ remote personnel across North America who administered and performed Time Collection activities. These local activities included providing time collection support and coordination, recording time on behalf of employees during extenuating circumstances, performing labor adjustments or corrections, and managing employee paid leave adjustments.
- Oversaw delivery and processing of labor files for Payroll on a pre-defined schedule, ensuring accurate calculation of regular, premium, and extended wages through effective coordination with Payroll for final confirmation of labor costs.
- Manages incoming requests for ad-hoc reporting and queries, ensuring they are addressed by the correct groups within the organization whether that is Payroll, Time Collection, Legal, HR or local compliance teams. Provides professional expertise when required to respond to employee inquiries.
- Partnered with internal cross-functional and cross-sector stakeholders including compliance teams, Payroll, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, and Government Compliance to ensure labor reporting met current regulations. Implemented and tested the Financial Control Framework and Control Owner Self Assessments.
- Develops and implements long term plans to consolidate the Time Collection team, including business units not currently consolidated into Shared Services as well as future acquisitions, including managing relocation, staffing and training of employees as required.
- Works with senior level management and project managers throughout BAE Systems, Inc. to develop a long-term Time Collection systems consolidation plan, and manage the upgrading, consolidation and improvement of Time Collection systems and processes, while driving harmonization throughout the business.
- Developed metrics to enhance management and continuous improvement of Time Collection team and processes.
- Supported compliance or audit requests (DCAA, Internal/External Audit) in partnership with internal stakeholders across the business.
Financial Analyst Lead
BAE Systems
Charlotte, NC
07.2015 - 05.2022
- Managed daily time collection across all locations, ensuring accurate record-keeping.
- Review daily and weekly timesheets for errors.
- Run, analyze and validate Labor File for Payroll.
- Addressed employee inquiries related to time and labor pay issues, facilitating timely resolutions.
- Support internal and external control assessments including but not limited to DCAA and FCF audits.
- Integral participant in all system validation testing regarding upgrades and maintenance.
- Executed additional tasks to align with team objectives, enhancing overall operational effectiveness.
Accounting Specialist II
HMS HOST - Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Charlotte, NC
01.2009 - 07.2015
- Managed payroll for 1500+ employees.
- Tracked cash-handling discrepancies over a 12-week rolling period to identify and address issues promptly.
- Researched requests on cash discrepancies, vouchers, and training.
- Ensured all tendered media was accounted for.
- Verified accuracy of financial accounts and records to maintain integrity.
- Updated managers on discrepancies and assisted with investigating variances.
- Trained restaurant managers on cash functions and related accounting areas.
- Managed record retention for accounting and administrative offices.
- Responsible for the training and retention of clerks within regional hub.
- Supported regional branches in collecting data and input sheets for payroll.
- Worked with Loss Prevention to reconcile issues.
- Rolled out policy updates to branches while ensuring compliance.
- Managed multi-line phone system and fax to efficiently resolve queries from vendors, airport subtenants, and multiple departments.
Education
Associate of Accounting -
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NCHuman Resources Certification -
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NCSkills
- Time Collection
- Team Leadership
- Labor Reporting
- Client Management
- Creation of Cost and Labor reports
- Updating new Autotime 7 features
- PeopleSoft
- HRMS
- Compliance Auditing
- Workforce Analytics
- Labor compliance
- Cost and labor reporting
- Analyzing
- Employee Development
- Autotime 7 updates
- Time management
- Client Services
- Training
Timeline
Time Collection Manager
Bae Systems Inc.
05.2022 - Current
Financial Analyst Lead
BAE Systems
07.2015 - 05.2022
Accounting Specialist II
HMS HOST - Charlotte Douglas International Airport
01.2009 - 07.2015
Associate of Accounting -
Central Piedmont Community College
Human Resources Certification -
Central Piedmont Community College