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Dawn Avery

Cass City,MI

Summary

Accomplished Payroll Professional with a proven track record in;

  • Successfully implementing multiple UKG Pro systems for customers.
  • In-depth knowledge of payroll rules and regulations, excelling in implementing payroll applications and maintaining system tables.
  • Commitment to ensuring proper system configuration to comply with tax and FLSA regulations.
  • Experience as both a customer implementing UKG Pro and as a UKG System Consultant serving the customer responsible for customer configuration. Also served as a Technical Consultant handling the data conversion of customer data into UKG Pro.
  • Skilled in loading and changing employee data via SQL, enhancing capabilities in the field.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Data Services Consultant

UKG
01.2021 - Current
  • Collaborate and conduct data analysis and provide input to customers and internal teams
  • Interpret, validate and convert data from source systems to UKG Pro to include demographic data, taxation, benefits, payroll balances, additional tables, contacts, dependents, beneficiaries and optional data including job history, status history, check detail history, platform configurable fields, complex elements such as employee pictures, documents and setup tables
  • Work closely with customer to extract data from source system
  • Utilize available data conversion tools such as SQL, Access, etc., templates in which to load data
  • Create post conversion documents for turnover to customer
  • Serve as an escalation point for resolving issues with converted data
  • Provide support to functional project resources

Senior System Consultant

UKG
01.2016 - 01.2021
  • Collaborate and conduct configuration analysis and provide input to customers and internal teams
  • Implementation of UKG Pro for new and live customers to include system configuration, assist with data conversion, bank testing, parallel testing, report writing, customer support throughout the implementation cycle, go live support

Payroll Supervisor

Botsford Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2015
  • Oversee payroll staff and all payroll functions for 11 entities in multiple states
  • Evaluate and recommend and implement cost/time effective procedures
  • Maintain all payroll applications (Ultipro and Kronos) to ensure compliance with tax and FLSA regulations
  • Provide system support to management/timekeepers
  • Provide system support to management/payroll and HR staff for payroll applications
  • Balance, reconcile and generate all year end tax reports (federal,state city and school districts) and W-2s
  • Write reports in BI
  • Serve as lead on Ultipro system implementation to include organizational design, configuration, conversion, parallel testing, training end users

Education

No Degree - Business Technology

Schoolcraft College
Livonia, MI

No Degree - Accounting

Michiana College
South Bend, IN

No Degree - General Studies

Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Skills

  • Extensive experience in system configuration and data conversion for UKG Pro
  • Expert in Payroll Compliance
  • Implementation Expertise in UKG Pro
  • Indentifying and resolving payroll tax issues in UKG Pro
  • Extensive experience in Divestitures, Mergers and Acquistions, employee company transfers, master file, opening balance and opening balance reloads within UKG Pro

Certification

  • Certified Payroll Professional, CPP
  • Project Sherpa Consulting Certification



Timeline

Senior Data Services Consultant

UKG
01.2021 - Current

Senior System Consultant

UKG
01.2016 - 01.2021

Payroll Supervisor

Botsford Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2015

No Degree - Business Technology

Schoolcraft College

No Degree - Accounting

Michiana College

No Degree - General Studies

Ball State University

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