Debbie Brown
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Detail-oriented and accurate Payroll Specialist with a proven record of processing public-sector and corporate payrolls with zero errors. Expert in auditing timesheets, verifying complex pay rate structures, and administering specialized benefits, including PERS retirement and multi-vendor insurance deductions. Trusted professional skilled at maintaining full compliance with internal policies, labor laws, and vendor agreements.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Technician
City Of Inglewood
Inglewood, CA
06.1997 - 12.2010
• Audit high-volume timesheets biweekly to ensure accurate hours worked and resolve discrepancies directly in the payroll system before final processing.
• Verify employee Action Status Forms to ensure accurate, authorized adjustments to employment status, department, and payroll profile.
• Cross-reference employees' pay rates with historical memorandum books and bargaining agreements to eliminate risks of overpayment and underpayment.
• Administer PERS retirement benefits by conducting precise audits of member contributions and transferring payments to the Public Employees' Retirement System on time.
• Manage all employer-sponsored insurance deductions (medical, dental, vision, life), reconcile employee/employer cost-sharing, and dispatch accurate check payments to respective vendors.
• Ensured compliance with court orders, garnishments, tax levies, and child support payments. Notified employees of court orders.
• Resolved payroll inquiries from employees and external vendors with professionalism and quick turnaround times.
• Assisted with year-end tax reporting, W-2 verifications, and internal payroll audits.
• Maintained highly confidential employee payroll records in strict compliance with privacy protocols.
• Reviewed payroll data to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA06-2022
Associate of Arts - Pyschology
West Los Angeles College
Culver City, CA06-2019
Skills
Prepares and processes the full-cycle bi-weekly payroll to include reviewing and entering time reporting records into the payroll system;
Ensures compliance with FLSA requirements, fringe benefit calculations, insurance, and retirement account adjustments;
Analyzes various payroll reports for errors and out-of-balance messages to resolve discrepancies;
Performs complex calculations such as retro payments, separation payouts, and highest compensation year estimates for PERS wages;
Processes special check runs such as vacation and compensatory time buy-back and sick leave payments;
Coordinates and verifies distribution of various payroll expense payments by wire and telephone transfer;
Assists with preparing and filing federal and state quarterly tax returns, and distributes federal and State W-2 forms and tapes;
Reconciles quarterly tax reports and prepares adjustments;
Reviews action status forms (ASFs) and other employee deduction and contribution forms received to ensure consistency/accuracy of input into the City’s financial system
Timeline
Payroll Technician
City Of Inglewood
06.1997 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Associate of Arts - Pyschology
West Los Angeles College