Dedicated Payroll and Human Resources Specialist with over 15 years of comprehensive experience in payroll processing, employee relations, and administrative support. Bilingual professional fluent in English and Spanish, adept at optimizing Payroll and HR operations, ensuring compliance, and enhancing employee engagement to foster organizational growth.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
HR/Payroll Specialist
First City Credit Union
Altadena, California
12.2017 - Current
Process CA Bi-weekly payroll using ADP Workforce Now for 120 +, including but not limited to editions, adjustments, terminations and monitoring and analyzing the payroll data for accuracy and improvement.
Prepare and reconcile monthly, quarterly, and year end payroll reports and filings.
Coordinate with the Finance and Accounting department to reconcile payroll journal entries with the general ledger.
Respond to employees and management inquiries regarding payroll discrepancies and other HR related questions.
Conduct payroll audits to identify and correct errors, ensuring data integrity.
Train managers on payroll systems and procedures, improving departmental efficiency and reducing timecard exceptions.
Maintain up-to-date employee training and handle policy acknowledgements via DocuSign.
Manage medical and family leave ensuring accurate data adherence to legal requirements.
Member of the Employee Engagement Committee, coordinates and participates in employee engagement initiatives.
Responsible for verification of employment and unemployment EDD notices.
Assist with Worker’s Compensation audit.
Assist with HR duties such as new hire orientation and recruitment
Ensure payroll and all other deadlines are completed while complying with labor law, policies and procedures.
Assist with open enrollment and benefit administration when necessary.
Payroll Clerk
eHarmony
Los Angeles, California
08.2012 - 04.2017
Responsible for processing bi-weekly payroll by collecting, calculating, reviewing/verifying source documents and entering data into payroll module.
Responsible for bi-weekly and monthly report processing for various departments.
Responsible for setting up wages withholding orders in HRIS system.
Responsible for maintaining and updating Time and Attendance manual.
Responsible for reconciling and uploading bi-weekly and monthly payroll journal entries for US, UK and AU.
Created monthly journal entries for payroll, payroll tax, 401-K and PTO accruals.
Occasionally processed international payroll, UK and AU.
Assisted with the creation of a new Payroll Department manual.
Assisted with ADP Workforce Now implementation and was very involved with Time and Attendance set up.
Updated timecards for missing punches and meal breaks as well as checking for errors and obtain supervisory approval of timecards.
Calculated and processed manual checks for termed employees.
PTO and Holiday reconciliation
Prepared monthly FLSA nondiscretionary bonus and overtime calculations spread sheet for payroll processing
Conducted Time and Attendance training for the Customer Care Department and individual employees when necessary.
EDD unemployment forms verification.
Performed general office duties such as filing, copying, etc.
Worked well under pressure and meet deadlines while complying with labor law and company policies
Payroll Clerk
Douglas Emmett Management LLC
Santa Monica, California
06.2006 - 03.2011
Conducted and processed new hire packages with new hires plus benefits.
Reviewed time sheets for over 500 employees on a weekly basis for California and Hawaii personnel.
Recorded PTO on a weekly basis, reconciled PTO balances to ADP Report on a semi-monthly basis.
Processed employment verifications.
Processed employees’ salary reimbursements.
Created monthly Payroll Department calendar.
Processed weekly filing, prepared files at year-end for storage, maintained inventory lists of all files in storage and files cabinets.
Assisted with manual check process as well as semi monthly payroll.
Assisted with receptionist phone relief when necessary.
Assisted Human Resources with benefits open enrollment coordination and process for two consecutive years for more than 500 employees.
Assisted Human Resources with monthly billing statements for medical/dental/vision benefits programs.
Assisted Human Resources with unemployment claims.
Maintained professional competence, knowledge and skills necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities. Handle all employee and company information in a confidential manner complying with policies and law.