Elizabeth Roxann Retherford
Hilliard,USA
Summary
Detail-oriented Payroll Professional with 10 years of experience in payroll operations and compliance. Managed high-volume payroll for over 30,000 employees, ensuring accuracy and regulatory adherence. Expertise in Workday, Kronos, payroll reconciliation, internal controls, and employee training.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Payroll Specialist
Huntington National Bank
Remote, Ohio
02.2023 - Current
- Utilized Workday system daily for efficient pay processing.
- Oversaw daily payroll processing for 30,000+ employees, reviewing timesheets and computing pay to ensure accuracy.
- Support payroll operations by assisting with termination actions and verification of general ledger account numbers.
- Maintain efficient internal accounting controls, adherence to accounting policies and other company policies and procedures.
- Process voids and reissues, created non-sufficient funds (NSF) list and made salary changes in payroll.
- Audited forms and documents for compliance with external regulations and internal policies, mitigating risks and ensuring adherence.
- Monitor and assist in managing internal controls within the department.
- Manage new hire tax evaluations to ensure proper taxing on first pay with the company.
- Perform annual payroll audit; and process payroll year-end and reconciliation tasks.
- Employed ADP daily to ensure compliance with tax and garnishment regulations.
- Managed payroll processing for diverse employee groups across multiple states, ensuring compliance with varying state regulations.
- Collaborate with HR to address employee inquiries regarding payroll issues.
- Manage leave of absence records, time keeping and weekly balancing of FMLA hours and pay.
Payroll Clerk
Columbus City Schools
Columbus, Ohio
04.2018 - 02.2023
- Oversaw payroll processing for 1000 employees, reviewing timesheets and computing pay to ensure timely and accurate disbursement.
- Support payroll operations by assisting with termination actions and verification of general ledger account numbers
- Extensive use of Kronos Workforce Central and Workforce Ready timekeeping system, with daily activities including but not limited to running reports, audit logs, time adjustments, etc.
- Maintained internal accounting controls and ensured adherence to accounting policies and company procedures, safeguarding compliance.
- Processed voids and reissues, created non-sufficient funds (NSF) list and made salary changes in payroll.
- Perform regular payroll audits; and process payroll year-end and reconciliation tasks.
- Manage time entry batch for system-wide leave entered and changes, imported data for correct salary rate and over 50+ monthly leave without pay (LWOP) employees.
- Audit forms and other documents for compliance with external regulations and internal policies and procedures.
- Monitor and assists in managing internal controls within the department.
- Process employee retirements, resignations, and terminations weekly.
- Processed summer school payroll through direct entry and conducted bi-weekly audits, ensuring accuracy of employee payments.
- Conduct Munis/Tyler Reporting Services training for employees who do direct entry during summer school and digital academy.
- Conduct Kronos training for new time keepers and approvers within the district.
Lead Transportation Security Officer
Department of Homeland Security
Columbus, Ohio
10.2016 - 04.2018
- Supervised and trained staff in maintenance of Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) systems and proper alarm resolution measures, enhancing operational security.
- Use conflict management skills and public relations techniques to maintain control of areas of operation from disturbances caused by disruptive passengers and crew.
- Managed floor rotations and workload among security team, aligning tasks with individual skill levels to optimize response to the security environment.
- Regularly observe officers in daily tasks, coach officers in areas of improvement, and make recommendations to leadership regarding team member promotions, performance, and awards.
- Employ a comprehensive knowledge of TSA’s mission in order to identify, evaluate, and apply critical thinking skills appropriately and apply decisions to direct the security team and, when necessary, readjusts priorities to accommodate the changing threat environment.
- Utilize training and experience to analyze the operational area, to include the behavior and activities of passengers and employees, and alert the appropriate chain of command and coworkers to resolve potential threats.
- Make objective decisions, sometimes with incomplete available information, and take accountability for those decisions, in order to promote critical thinking skills among the security team and resolve potential threats.
- Maintain close communication with senior leadership regarding issues that might reveal a weakness or vulnerable area of security.
- Anticipated and mitigated vulnerabilities by soliciting intelligence on terrorist threats and disseminating information swiftly through interdepartmental communication.
- Seek out input from coworkers and senior leadership in order to build and maintain a systemic communication standard and strengthen the TSA mission to mitigate potential and existential threats.
- Participate in and lead daily briefings related to sensitive security information, provide clarifying information to the security team, and request additional intelligence information from senior leadership as needed.
- Write and review incident reports and coordinate evidentiary evidence for security-related investigations that convey concise and pertinent information.
- Transportation Security Administration
- 40 hours/week
- Salary: $45,498/year
- Supervisor: Cheryl Tolle, Phone: 614-206-7036, May be contacted
Transportation Security Officer
Department of Homeland Security
Columbus, Ohio
07.2011 - 10.2016
- Maintained the safety and security of all air travelers and their personal property through the airport terminal by effectively following strict Standard Operating Procedures.
- Secured prohibited items, including potentially hazardous material and incendiary components, and instructed Supervisory Transportation Security Officers of the proper protocol in law enforcement notifications.
- Verified the credentials of various government, airport, and airline employees and accepted or denied access into secure areas.
- As a Passenger Support Specialist, coordinated expedited screening in support of TSA’s Wounded Warrior Program. Additionally, responded to and resolved incidents involving contentious passengers, crew, and airport personnel.
- As a Field Training Officer, successfully trained, mentored, and remediated all levels of TSA security personnel, including Supervisory Transportation Security Officers and fellow Field Training Officers.
- Regularly briefed local and regional leadership, including the Federal Security Director and his designee, on all employee training status and any areas of concern.
- Developed and drafted policy for the pilot program TSA Lane Rotations: Back to Basics at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which streamlined security operations by clearly defining individual roles and increasing accountability.
- Implemented the TSA Lane Rotation program and oversaw operations and start-up.
- Briefed all levels of TSA at DCA on the pilot program and what to expect.
- Scheduled and led weekly meetings with fellow subject matter experts to present logistical concerns in applying national training to the local checkpoint configuration.
- Met with stakeholders on checkpoint improvement and pilot program implementation.
- Coordinated training activities, workshops, briefings and prepared reports in order to execute training sessions for recertification and new hire employees.
- Analyzed and prepared training summaries to be presented to the local Training Specialist.
- Collected and organized materials from several sources to support work projects.
- Developed charts and tables for reports and briefings.
- Conducted the word processing of documents, letters, memos and reports.
- Successfully recruited Field Training Officers and provided outreach to internal and external stakeholders, including checkpoint supervisors, local law enforcement, Transportation Security Inspectors, and Transportation Security Specialists.
- Transportation Security Administration
- 40 hours/week
- Salary: $37,498/year
- Supervisor: Bryan Wilkinson, Phone: 614-206-7678, May be contacted
- Supervisor: Bryan Wilkinson, Phone: 614-206-7678, May be contacted
Education
Associate of Accounting -
Eastern Gateway Community College
Steubenville, Ohio10-2022
Associate of Human Services -
Kaplan University
Hagerstown, MD06-2015
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Franklin University
Columbus, OH05-2026
Skills
- Payroll Tax Compliance
- Payroll reconciliation
- Payroll Reporting & Analysis
- Internal compliance
- Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Team leadership
- Employee support
References
- Jane Barnard
Retired-CCS Payroll
614-439-6634
- Sara Freeman
Payroll Specialist
Chase Bank
614-929-1710
- Maitta Nelson
Sr. Payroll Specialist
Huntington Naitonal Bank
612-201-2056
Timeline
Sr. Payroll Specialist
Huntington National Bank
02.2023 - Current
Payroll Clerk
Columbus City Schools
04.2018 - 02.2023
Lead Transportation Security Officer
Department of Homeland Security
10.2016 - 04.2018
Transportation Security Officer
Department of Homeland Security
07.2011 - 10.2016
Associate of Accounting -
Eastern Gateway Community College
Associate of Human Services -
Kaplan University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Franklin University