Open To Work
Dee A. Lieberman
Payroll Professional
West Des Moines,IA
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Limited term Contract EE
TriForce Accounting
01.2025 - Current
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Data Entry for QuickBooks
- Categorized transactions into proper GL Accounts
- Created and maintained database fro non-QuickBooks based clients
- Monthly reconciliation bookkeeping transactions
- Processing payroll when owner is out of the office/Vacation
- Extra projects when needed
Payroll Administrator
Accounting & Tax Professional
06.2023 - 01.2025
- Processed payroll for employees, ensuring timely and accurate disbursement of wages.
- Maintained employee records in payroll systems, adhering to data privacy regulations.
- Assisted with reconciliations of payroll discrepancies and resolved employee inquiries efficiently.
- Conducted audits on payroll processes to ensure compliance with company policies and regulations.
- Streamlined payroll processing workflows, enhancing efficiency and reducing errors in disbursements.
- Processed payroll garnishments such as tax liens and child support.
- Managed employee records on database to maintain accuracy and updated information.
- Developed custom spreadsheets that improved efficiency when calculating commissions, bonuses, or other special pay circumstances.
- Streamlined payroll processes by implementing efficient software and automation tools.
- Prepared and submitted payroll taxes and reports to regulatory agencies.
- Managed and updated employee benefits information.
Payroll Specialist
Focus OneSource/G&A Partners
West Des Moines, IA
09.2021 - 03.2023
- Reviews payroll to balance earnings and deductions
- Process payroll on a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly and monthly.
- Processed payroll for diverse client base, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.
- Assisted in resolving payroll discrepancies through diligent research and communication with employees.
- Coordinated onboarding processes, providing payroll guidance to new hires on policies and procedures.
- Assisted employees with inquiries regarding their paychecks, deductions, and other related issues, providing clear and concise communication.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Prepared year-end reports for W-2s and 1099s, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in tax filing.
Loan Serving Specialist
Wells Fargo
West Des Moines, IA
08.2021 - 09.2021
- 4
- Utilizing the MSP system to process and view incoming checks
- Responsible for processing, reports, GEM requests and bankruptcy loan maintenance
- Assisting in monitoring loan draw request, processing loan distribution, payoffs, and demands
- Completing disbursement audits
- Utilizing the MSP system to process and view incoming checks
Payroll Specialist
Avail Professional Services
Des Moines, IA
11.2020 - 03.2021
- Reviews payroll to balance earnings and deductions
- Process payroll on a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly
- Helped with New Client process, entered in new hire information, I/9/W4/State
- Processed POA forms for new clients
- Maintained client and employee confidentiality
- Customer service with clients, answered question regarding payroll or deductions
- Year End process including 940/941/1099
Payroll Specialist
Payroll Resources of Iowa
Windsor Heights, IA
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Reviews payroll to balance earnings and deduction
- Correct errors to ensure accuracy of payroll
- Process payroll on a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly and monthly
- Processed multi-state
- Produces reports for clients as needed
- Help with New Client documentation, entered in New Hire information, I9/W4/State
- Filled out forms for Power of Attorney, DOL, 2848, 8655, and 8821 for clients
- Processes and accurately inputs employee information such as personal data, compensation, vacation/PTO accrual and usage, changes, and separation
- Always maintains client and employee confidentiality
- GL accounts, added when needed
Payroll Specialist
Aureon
West Des Moines, IA
07.2014 - 06.2017
- Reviews Payroll to balance earnings and deductions to previous payroll, correct errors to ensure accuracy of payroll
- Verifies client invoices
- Process payroll on a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly basis
- Produces reports for clients as needed
- Develops courteous and professional relationships with clients and co-workers
- Efficiently processes and accurately inputs employee information such as personal data, compensation, vacation/PTO accrual and usage, benefit enrollments and changes and separation information
- CRM entering in cases for payroll
- Assists HR Business Partner in ensuring that Merit Resources and our clients are operating in Compliance with state and federal laws
- Assists with the renewal of benefits and open enrollment process
- Helped with the transition of payroll systems, went from Darwin to PrismHR
- Tested the systems, implementing new process with the new system PrismHR
- Always maintains client and employee confidentiality
- Processes interim payroll runs as needed
Payroll Specialist
A1
Tampa, FL
06.2013 - 05.2014
- Processed payroll for Muti-State and numerous clients
- Issued Checks
- Entered All new hire paperwork/I9/W4/State
- Ability to handle customer inquiries via phone and/or email
- Resolved payroll discrepancies by analyzing information
- Excel spreadsheets
- Maintained employee confidence and protected payroll operations by keeping information confidential
- Did payroll on a weekly, bi-weekly basis depending on the client
- Worked in a team environment
Accounting Assistant
Bard Peripheral Vascular
Tempe, AZ
08.2010 - 05.2013
- Responsible for the Concur Expense System, added and maintained employees in the system
- Fielded expense questions from travelers
- Reviewed expense reports, approve or deny expenses according to company policy
- Maintained excel spreadsheets for numerous purposes
- Helped in Compliance to investigate expense reports and make a spreadsheet for the findings
- Processed check run for A/P
- Sales Tax Credit reports
- Journal entries
- Consignment
- Data entry of division’s field inventory including physical inventory results from sales force
- Review system updates for accuracy in physical inventory data entry
- Worked cross functionally with other departments, including Customer Service and Contracts
- Interfaced with sales force who is responsible for maintaining accurate field inventory
Payroll Specialist
Acumen Fiscal Agent
Mesa, AZ
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Processed payroll for Multi-State
- Maintained payroll information by collecting, calculating and entering data
- Updated payroll records by entering changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers
- Prepare reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leaves, disability and non- taxable wages
- Determined payroll liabilities by calculating employee federal and state income and social security taxes and employer’s social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments
- Resolved payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information
- Provided payroll information by answering questions and requests
- Maintained payroll operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes
- Maintained employee confidence and protected payroll operations by keeping information confidential
- Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Ability to handle customer inquires via phone and/or email in fast-paced environment
- Ability to prioritize and meet rigid deadlines
- Background checks on employees
- Assisted with all new hire paperwork and procedures
FIELD ACCOUNTANT
LPR Construction
Tempe, AZ
01.2008
- Entered in new employee’s information in system and made sure everything was accurate
- Correspond with the Corporate office in Colorado
- In charge of Payroll for the construction site, with 100+ employees
- Accurately processed payroll weekly for 100+
- Ordered office supplies
- Processed AP Invoices and Pos
- Researched any discrepancies in payroll
- Maintained crew list of current and past employees
- Maintained numerous reports for the Manager for tracking parts used on the jobsite
- Ran front office, filed, generated reports
Education
Diploma - Drafting with AutoCAD
Vatterott College Des Moines
1999
Certificate; Business/Clerical - undefined
Denison Job Corps
1988
Diploma - General Studies
Webster City High School
1987
Skills
- Systems Efficiency Evaluation
- Information Systems Examination
- Accounting Procedures Validation
- Investigation Scope Determinations
- Balance Reconciliations
- Document Recordkeeping
- Effective and Professional Communication
- Reliability and Integrity Improvement
- Processing Checks and Invoices
- Payroll Auditing
- Critical Thinking and Analysis
- Payroll Operations
- Human Resources Department Processes
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Time Management
- Problem-solving
- Flexible and adaptable
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeContract WorkGig WorkLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridTimeline
Limited term Contract EE
TriForce Accounting
01.2025 - Current
Payroll Administrator
Accounting & Tax Professional
06.2023 - 01.2025
Payroll Specialist
Focus OneSource/G&A Partners
09.2021 - 03.2023
Loan Serving Specialist
Wells Fargo
08.2021 - 09.2021
Payroll Specialist
Avail Professional Services
11.2020 - 03.2021
Payroll Specialist
Payroll Resources of Iowa
09.2018 - 08.2019
Payroll Specialist
Aureon
07.2014 - 06.2017
Payroll Specialist
A1
06.2013 - 05.2014
Accounting Assistant
Bard Peripheral Vascular
08.2010 - 05.2013
Payroll Specialist
Acumen Fiscal Agent
01.2008 - 01.2009
FIELD ACCOUNTANT
LPR Construction
01.2008
Diploma - Drafting with AutoCAD
Vatterott College Des Moines
Certificate; Business/Clerical - undefined
Denison Job Corps
Diploma - General Studies
Webster City High School