Jessica Garrett
Spring,TX
Summary
Payroll Analyst with extensive background in payroll analysis and compliance. Proven track record of optimizing payroll systems and ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing. Valued team player with strong focus on achieving results and adapting to changing requirements.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Payroll Analyst
US Ocean
Houston, TX
05.2025 - Current
- Collaborated with HR to integrate new hire information into payroll systems, maintaining data integrity and confidentiality.
- Conducted regular audits of payroll records, ensuring adherence to company policies and legal requirements.
- Review pay data inputs and request for pay, bonus runs, retroactive reports, withdrawals, net pay, and gross up
- Process ACH Reports for banking. Review reversals as well as ach rejects that have occurred on pay cycles
- Manage data integrity across multiple systems, ensuring consistency and accuracy of tax-related data.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations.
- Streamlined payroll processes, ensuring timely and accurate employee compensation across multiple pay cycles.
- Led system upgrades for payroll software, enhancing data integrity and reporting capabilities.
- Developed training materials for new hires, improving onboarding efficiency and knowledge retention.
- Troubleshoot payroll and time sheet related errors in Workday
- Analyzed payroll discrepancies, implementing corrective measures to reduce errors and improve accuracy.
- Conducted audits of payroll records, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring adherence to regulations.
- Managed complex payroll issues with HR partners, resolving discrepancies promptly.
- Verify and submit timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Managed payroll data entry and processing to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
Senior HRFS Analyst
Strada Global
The Woodlands, TX
05.2011 - 05.2025
- Conduct data analysis and provide insights to support HR decision making
- Process HR transactions for Pay, HCM, and Time
- Responsible for configuring and reviewing Business Processes in Workday
- Assist with on-cycle and off-cycle Workday releases
- Run daily integrations and EIBs for payroll earnings, deductions, taxes, off-cycle, and on-cycles
- Construct internal documentation (e.g. SOPs) and deliver training to end-users for any updates and enhancements as needed
- Develop and perform Systems Integration Testing, UAT, test scripts with units, parallel testing, and regression testing
- Research issues and system defects to formulate resolutions by analyzing fact patterns and only involve IT as needed.
- Responsible for analysis, design, delivery, and testing of the solutions and defensive queries.
- Supported budgeting processes by providing accurate forecasts and timely variance analyses.
- Lead for implementation and creation of detailed project plan that outlines deliverables, trainings, and dependencies involved in a successful ‘Go Live’ for all new acquisitions
Education
High School Diploma -
Eisenhower High
Houston, TX05-2008
Skills
- Team player
- Excellent time management and problem-solving skills
- Enviable written and verbal communication skills
- Expert in project planning
- Strong ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Remarkable with Microsoft Office Excel including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and concatenate formulas
- HR Modules knowledge for Core HR, Payroll, and Absence
- Journal entry preparation
- Knowledge of cybersecurity awareness
- Familiarity with computer operations and operating systems
Systems
- WORKDAY
- WORKDAY COMMUNITY
- PEOPLESOFT
- SERVICENOW
- CITRIX
- COGNOS
- SERVICE CONNECT
- MAESTRO
- SUCCESSFACTORS
- SHAREPOINT
- TABLEAU
- WORKBRAIN
- WFM
- ORACLE
- JIRA
- IDB
Timeline
Senior Payroll Analyst
US Ocean
05.2025 - Current
Senior HRFS Analyst
Strada Global
05.2011 - 05.2025
High School Diploma -
Eisenhower High