James Guadagna
Katy,TX
Summary
With a proven track record at Landry’s, I excel in streamlining payroll operations and enhancing compliance, showcasing my expertise in advanced Excel and exceptional team management. My leadership significantly improved payroll accuracy and efficiency, leveraging my detail-oriented approach and communication skills to foster team development and system implementations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Manager
Landry’s
Houston, USA
01.2019 - Current
- Manage the day-to-day activities of the payroll operations team to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions
- Manage the optimization of efficient business process strategies for end-to-end processes to achieve efficiency, productivity, improved controls and/or to align with department/business goals
- Serve as the escalation point for payroll-related inquiries, payroll discrepancies and payroll guidance to managers and employees
- Resolve errors and payroll related queries
- Develop training programs for the payroll team to stay updated on new regulations and technologies
- Timeclock management- including maintaining firmware updates, troubleshooting, minor repairs, replacement, new clock setup, and inventory
- Collaborate closely with HRIS, HR & VP’s, Finance, and Legal teams to develop and implement efficient payroll processes that align with company objectives
- Support HRIS with system upgrades, enhancements, regression testing, validation, and overall performance; analyze software releases to assess impact of new features
- Union contract compliance
- Facilitate audits by providing records and documentation to auditors
- Train and support team members in the use of payroll-related systems and procedures
- Lead, manage and coach the payroll team to meet the evolving needs of our business and create an environment of individual and shared accountability
- Acquisitions: Moving data from previous companies’ systems to ours and creating their setup in our timekeeping system to ensure overtime, double time and holiday pay calculates correctly where applicable
- Creating new time off plans in accordance with state laws and company standards
Payroll Supervisor
Landry’s
Houston, USA
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Processing multi-location Bi-Weekly and Semi-Monthly payroll from start to finish for 12,000+ employees
- Processing off cycle and quarter end payrolls from start to finish
- Act as the HRIS backup running queries and reports as scheduled and upon request via Oracle and Kronos (UKG) for management and key stakeholders
- Maintain PTO balances, accrual, absence transactions and prepare PTO liability reports at month-end
- Ensure that all payroll records are accurate, up to date and securely stored
- Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies, ensuring employees are paid correctly
- Lead and support payroll staff
Payroll Processor
Landry’s
Houston, USA
11.2016 - 01.2018
- Processing Bi-Weekly payroll for 4,000 employees
- Maintain employee records
- Collecting and entering payroll data
- Validating employee work hours
Education
B.B.A. - Management, Human Resources
University of Houston- DOWNTOWN
Houston, TX01.2012
Skills
- Proficient in Communication Skills
- Data Confidentiality
- Detail-Oriented Approach
- Expertise in Advanced Excel
- Data Evaluation
- Resolving discrepancies
- Multi-state payroll
- Team Management
- Troubleshooting Payroll Discrepancies
- Year-end procedures
- Compliance
- Payroll system implementation
- Training & Development
- Team building
- Organization and time management
Accomplishments
Business Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma Member
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Payroll Manager
Landry’s
01.2019 - Current
Payroll Supervisor
Landry’s
01.2018 - 01.2019
Payroll Processor
Landry’s
11.2016 - 01.2018
B.B.A. - Management, Human Resources
University of Houston- DOWNTOWN
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