DARLENE BRITTON
Summary
To contribute to the overall success of a progressive, growth-oriented company, by communicating, organizing, implementing and planning in a dynamic professional environment. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Recruiter Coordinator
Schlumberger
01.2019 - 06.2020
- Recruiting candidates at off-site locations if necessary, such as career fairs, local schools
- Responsible for scheduling interviews for the hiring of employees into the DocuSign system, and staying updated on any schedule changes that may occur
- Responsible for tracking a new employee from initial application through the candidate interview, background screening, assessments, and completed new hire paperwork
- Responsible for submitting and evaluating background screening on new candidates, as well as returning candidates
- Ensuring that all company policies are followed throughout the hiring process
- Responsible for creating and sending offers of employment to new employees, and returning employees
- Completing and checking all new-hire paperwork prior to sending to the Recruiter for that area
- Provides HR and benefits support at the location when necessary
- Participates as needed in special department projects
Tender Coordinator
Schlumberger
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Analyze tender documents, understand client requirements, and coordinate the preparation and submission of tender proposals in collaboration with relevant teams
- Responsible for the coordination of cost estimates and timely preparation of technical renders in compliance with the invitation to tender from the client and the pursuit tactics of the company
- Draft and maintain a Tender ITT compliance matrix
- Execute a tender in a timely manner
- Develop a Master Costing Spreadsheet (MCS) and P&L that matches the scope of work of the tender and reflects the commercial policies of One Subsea
- Rreview the commercial requirements of the contract and ensure that either: the MCS reflects these requirements or exceptions are included within the tender if the requirements are not in accordance with One Subsea strategy for the tender
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Review the ITT documentation and identify commercial requirements of the tender and reference to commercial bid strategy, liaise with subject matter experts and set expectations for cost capture for respective lots, Understand and provide soft cost assumptions to respective lots
- Engage with associated departments to ensure internal governance and requirements are fulfilled
- Support the cost validation exercise from respective lots, then compile the P&L suitable for submission and approval by department expert and respective management teams
- Prepare compensation sheets in line with customer requirements for inclusion within tender
- Support preparation of the tender basis offer and ensure this is understood by tendering team
Sr. Payroll Specialist/Team Lead
Schlumberger
09.2007 - 01.2017
- Process bi-weekly multi-state payroll utilizing ADP system for the US payroll
- Research and resolve questions from managers and employees relative to the processing of payroll information such as PTO, direct deposit, pay cards, retro pay calculations, W2's, card allowances, vehicle deductions, Bonuses, Terminations
- Review, analyze and verify payroll reports for accuracy and make necessary adjustments through established procedures
- Support the payroll inbox inquires
- Process garnishments, cash awards, retroactive adjustments, automatic deposits, garnishment and earning adjustments
- Create and load payroll data batches using ADP Workforce one-time payments, hours worked, overtime and deductions adjustments
- Perform a variety of general administrative support work; establish and maintain payroll files; assist with special projects and tasks as assigned
- Assist the HR Account Managers and HR Ops on specific country items (maintain knowledge on and provide information of legislative changes with payroll impact)
- Reviews, analyzes and checks payroll reports for accuracy and makes necessary adjustments or corrections through journal entries or other established procedure, by performing comparison reports after transmission of payroll, comparing current vs
- Prior payroll in an effort to audit discrepancies prior to the pay date
- Provide frequent and clear communications regarding the status of initiatives, keeping management informed of changes and work that is in progress
- Provide feedback to create and/or improve processes
- Assist in the printing, sorting, and distributing checks for on and off cycle runs
- Answer telephone promptly and courteously
- Input data from timesheets, productions records, or individual time cards to computerized payroll system
Sr. Payroll Coordinator
Stone- Partners
07.2007 - 09.2007
- Process the payroll for two clients, which included all the entries of timesheets, driver allowances, W2's, Terminations, Direct Deposits, and Garnishments
- Run various reports to make sure the payroll was accurate.
Payroll Specialist
Alliance Residential Management
09.2003 - 07.2007
- Process payroll, benefits and garnishments for over 3500 employees in the Ulti-Pro Payroll system and Ceridian Payroll System
- Generate monthly reports for benefits
- Process and administer employee referral bonuses for recruiting
- Provide excellent customer service for all active and terminated employees
- Input all benefit changes, applications, and terminations into various benefit systems
- Conduct Benefit meeting with new hires which means traveling to the different locations in various states, and cities
- Assist with various government agencies regarding garnishments on current and terminated employees
- Generate monthly reports for garnishments
- Communicate with 215 different property locations within 18 states on payroll matters and concerns
- Supervise all Interns for the summer programs
- Supervise all temporary employees hired for Payroll and H/R filing
Payroll Coordinator
US Physical Therapy
06.2002 - 09.2003
- This position was responsible for processing data for over one thousand employees which represented over 200 clinics
- Responsibilities also included keying time sheets, bonuses, direct deposits, increases/decreases, garnishments and other confidential, miscellaneous information into the Ulti-Pro system
- Garnishments included child support, spousal support, tax levies, student loans as well as creditors
- Interacted with the courts regarding an employee who was terminated, a contract worker, or any miscellaneous issues regarding an employee's garnishment
- Processed manual check, sort, stuff, and mailed checks to the clinics
- Worked with the accounts payable department regarding outstanding checks and balances
- Contacted banks regarding any concerns that may come up with an employee's direct deposit
- Ran reports out of the Ulti-Pro system to assure the keying of employee's information was accurate
- Other responsibilities included answering any payroll questions from the clinics.
Payroll Processor
Source Net Solutions
03.2000 - 06.2002
- Responsible for researching and processing data for 35,000 Compaq employees
- These duties included gathering employee state and federal information for check processing such as Human Resources data for New Hires, Terminations, Retros, and Disability
- Processing over payments for terminated employees, and current employees
- Audit processor's daily work activities into the People Soft system
- Gathered tax data and audited employee pay checks to verify paycheck accuracy
- Created and maintained garnishment system for over 18.000 employees
- Researched employee's data for the garnishment checks to assure accuracy
- Interacted with employees, ex-spouses, and courts to resolve issues and process updates to garnishment records
- These records included Child Support, Creditors, Tax Levies, Spousal Support and Student Loans
- Researched all employee data for processing of the garnishment checks and reports that are generated from the data that becomes backup documentations for the checks
- Analyzed different cases through via-mail, e-mail, fax
- Implemented a filing system so that all files were current
- Prepared and distributed legal documents for the courts regarding an employee's termination and disability
- Established garnishment records to create garnishment checks for the vendors
- Balanced payroll registers to the garnishment upload to make sure monies were posted correctly to the proper persons
- Input of garnishment into the ADP Enterprise, a system that Source Net's newest client used to process their payroll.
Payroll Processor
GC SERVICES
08.1997 - 03.2000
- Performed payroll data on mainframe, GEAC (in house payroll system) and Ceridian system
- Calculation of time cards, input of insurance deductions, Krono's, bonuses, increases/decreases, federal state, and local taxes, direct deposits setups and cancellations, new hires, terminations, and timesheet data
- Communicated with employees regarding payroll issues, and other confidential miscellaneous information
- Performed balancing of each cost center's locations payroll hours for policy compliance and accuracy before payroll processing is completed.
Education
University of Phoenix
Houston, TXPhillis Wheatley High School
Houston, TXSkills
- Excellent organizational skills; highly detail oriented
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Able to communicate effectively, professionally
- Ability to follow-through on deliverables and pay attention to details in the midst of multiple projects and deadlines
- Knowledge of payroll principles and/or record keeping Strong analytical skills, ability to detect inconsistencies in data, and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Able to provide first call resolution by addressing complex issues at the point of contact, which serves to others in the resolution of complex problems and issues
- Identifies, investigates and communicates service issues to appropriate parties to ensure they are resolved in a timely matter
- Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations that govern employment and hiring practices
- Knowledge of
- SAP, ADP, ADP Pay force, Ceridian, Ulti-Pro, Peoplesoft
- Knowledge of FML, Leave of Absence and Short-Term Disability – as they related to payroll
- Knowledge of DocuSign, as it was related to recruiting
- Knowledge of Power Point, Excel, Word, Microsoft Outlook
Timeline
Recruiter Coordinator
Schlumberger
01.2019 - 06.2020
Tender Coordinator
Schlumberger
01.2017 - 01.2019
Sr. Payroll Specialist/Team Lead
Schlumberger
09.2007 - 01.2017
Sr. Payroll Coordinator
Stone- Partners
07.2007 - 09.2007
Payroll Specialist
Alliance Residential Management
09.2003 - 07.2007
Payroll Coordinator
US Physical Therapy
06.2002 - 09.2003
Payroll Processor
Source Net Solutions
03.2000 - 06.2002
Payroll Processor
GC SERVICES
08.1997 - 03.2000
University of Phoenix
Phillis Wheatley High School