Jennifer Metcalf
Harlan,IN
Summary
Results-driven payroll professional, prepared for next challenging role. Extensive experience in managing payroll systems and benefits programs, ensuring compliance and accuracy. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability, and delivering reliable results. Expertise in payroll software, regulatory compliance, and problem-solving.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Accounting Analyst
New Millennium Building Systems
Fort Wayne, IN
09.2023 - Current
- Prepared monthly reconciliations and assisted in the month-end closing process.
- Reviewed timecards and resolved discrepancies to maintain data integrity.
- Assisted in year-end reporting and tax preparation, supporting compliance initiatives.
- Collaborated with HR to implement payroll policies and improve employee onboarding processes.
- Maintained payroll information by calculating, collecting, and entering data.
- Updated employee files with new details such as changes in address or salary levels.
- Responded to employee inquiries to clarify payroll issues regarding wages, deductions and taxes.
- Maintained employee confidence and protected payroll operations by keeping information confidential.
- Processed new hire paperwork and documents.
- Verified timekeeping records and handled any discrepancies with employees.
- Assisted new hires with onboarding paperwork related to direct deposit setup, tax forms, and benefit enrollment.
- Managed employee inquiries regarding benefits, providing timely resolutions and guidance on available options.
- Explained benefits to plan participants in easy to understand terms in order to educate each on available options.
Engineering Joist Designer
New Millennium Building Systems
Butler, IN
05.2020 - 09.2023
- Data entry and design of open web steel joists and steel decking in proprietary design program
- Prepare shop orders and details for production
- Check designs and shop orders for other designers
- Handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, production driven environment
- Meet schedules for assigned projects
East Allen Alternative Secretary
East Allen County Schools
New Haven
06.2019 - 05.2020
- The Secretary performs all front office business. Duties include greeting all school visitors and ensuring they are signed in properly through the school’s SafeVisitor system, answering the phone and directing calls to the appropriate contact, recording student and personnel attendance. This particular position is also responsible for processing payroll, collecting and organizing purchase orders as well as entering all student discipline referrals.
Discipline Secretary
East Allen County Schools
New Haven
03.2015 - 06.2019
- The Discipline Secretary monitors students sent for discipline while waiting to see an administrator. In the absence of an administrator, take statements from students involved in infractions, sort and classify incoming and outgoing department related mail and other discipline information for efficient disbursement to appropriate recipients, establish, maintain and monitor accurate, neat and efficient electronic and manual filing systems, prepare all documentation for district hearings, compile information from various sources to complete discipline files and hearing packets, create and send out the daily ISS log to the staff, communicates and relay information to all other campus personnel at administrations’ request, enters discipline in the appropriate databases, assist students, teachers, and parents as needed, receive incoming calls, take reliable messages, and route to appropriate staff.
Greeter and para sub
East Allen County Schools
New Haven
08.2014 - 03.2015
- The greeter has the responsibility of greeting and directing visitors as well as helping to promote the safety of the school and assisting the office and faculty in the daily responsibilities of running the school efficiently. As the para sub, I have subbed in special needs, school library, ISS, Resource room, Guidance office and as the Discipline para.
Manager
Courtney’s Bakery
05.2013 - 08.2014
- Employee scheduling, cashier, store inventory and ordering, baking, cake decorating as well as running daily and monthly reports and making daily banking deposits.
Operations Administrative Processor
Hallmark Home Mortgage
Fort Wayne
08.2012 - 01.2013
- Responsible for processing and shipping final, time sensitive, documents to Investors. Collect and balance closing checks and making daily banking deposits.
Caretaker
Home Healthcare
New Haven
01.2010 - 08.2012
- Responsible for managing oral medicines under the direction of physician as well as performing primary duties such as dressing, giving medicine, recording the patient's condition, care, progress and problems. Also gone along with patient to doctors' clinic or offices for the trips of outside the home or to other places, provide help, transportation and company. Responsible for cleaning patients' home and washed and ironed their laundry. Helped patient to entertain and to keep fit mentally by giving them proper knowledge. Also responsible for planning, purchasing and preparing various plans for patient and served meal for them as assigned. Various other duties as assigned and as needed.
Home daycare
Jen’s Home Daycare
Woodburn
09.2005 - 01.2010
- Responsible for monitoring the overall development of the children in an efficient/constructive manner. Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books. Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered. Read to children, and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
Operations Administrative Assistant
Investigco
Fort Wayne
07.2004 - 07.2005
- The purpose of my position was processing account maintenance information, maintaining and ordering supplies for entire office.
Securities Processing Specialist
Lincoln Financial Advisors
Fort Wayne
08.2000 - 05.2003
- The goal of Representative maintenance is to ensure that appropriate financial advisor’s information is maintained on a client’s account. This responsibility included communicating extensively with field executive officers, vendors, and multiple internal departments; identifying and resolving system errors; analyzing processing issues and determining corrective action; organizing workflow to ensure timely and accurate processing of new and change requests; producing extensive documentation for requests and procedures; and creating reports for internal and external use.
Education
High School Diploma - Hotel- Restaurant Management
Anthis Career Center
Fort Wayne, In01.1998
High School Diploma - undefined
Woodlan High School
01.1999
Skills
- Microsoft Excel proficiency
- Payroll processing
- Accounts receivable management
- Data analysis
- New hire processing
- Time sheet review
- Payroll administration
Timeline
Corporate Accounting Analyst
New Millennium Building Systems
09.2023 - Current
Engineering Joist Designer
New Millennium Building Systems
05.2020 - 09.2023
East Allen Alternative Secretary
East Allen County Schools
06.2019 - 05.2020
Discipline Secretary
East Allen County Schools
03.2015 - 06.2019
Greeter and para sub
East Allen County Schools
08.2014 - 03.2015
Manager
Courtney’s Bakery
05.2013 - 08.2014
Operations Administrative Processor
Hallmark Home Mortgage
08.2012 - 01.2013
Caretaker
Home Healthcare
01.2010 - 08.2012
Home daycare
Jen’s Home Daycare
09.2005 - 01.2010
Operations Administrative Assistant
Investigco
07.2004 - 07.2005
Securities Processing Specialist
Lincoln Financial Advisors
08.2000 - 05.2003
High School Diploma - undefined
Woodlan High School
High School Diploma - Hotel- Restaurant Management
Anthis Career Center