Julie Barker
Saint Helens,OR
Summary
Highly communicative Payroll Specialist promoting more than 20 years of expertise in auditing payroll data and processing garnishments. An action-oriented professional with skills in variety software processing, Infinite Vision. Offering talents in cultivating lasting relationships, resolving issues quickly and identifying mistakes on time sheets.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll and Benefits Specialist
Scappoose School District
Scappoose, OR
12.2004 - 01.2023
- Explained benefits to plan participants in easy to understand terms in order to educate each on available options.
- Resolved issues and inquiries from plan participants regarding health and welfare benefits and deductions through telephone, email and in-person interactions.
- Trained new team members in policies and procedures and offered insight into best ways to manage job tasks and duties.
- Observed strict procedures to maintain data and plan participant confidentiality.
- Checked employees' benefits enrollment for accuracy and inputted all data into OEBB.
- Coordinated submission and processing of life insurance claims.
- Processed monthly remittance and reconciliation for various benefit plans.
- Directed and controlled 403B, medical, dental and vision benefit packages.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Verified and submitted timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Generated paper checks for employees and printed stubs for associates who received direct deposits to complete payroll distribution.
- Managed payroll data entry and processing for 350 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
- Reviewed time records for 300 employees to verify accuracy of information.
- Researched payroll errors and processed payments for federal and state taxes, social security, Medicare, and various employee deductions, annuity contributions and retirement plan withholdings.
- Calculated payroll deductions by accurately using Infinite Visions/ePars and processed payroll to meet preset requirements.
- Assisted accountant with both internal and external audits relating to processing of payroll.
- Reconciled all payroll liabilities to general ledger and prepared monthly payroll accrual entries.
Payroll Specialist
Shilo Inn Management Corporation
Portland, OR
01.2004 - 12.2004
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Verified and submitted timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Generated paper checks for employees and printed stubs for associates who received direct deposits to complete payroll distribution.
- Managed payroll data entry and processing for 500 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
Payroll Technician
Shasta County Office Of Education
Redding, CA
01.2000 - 12.2003
- Verified and submitted timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Documented and processed all garnishments for bankruptcies, student loans and child support orders.
- Offered payroll-related subject matter expertise to management and employees to resolve payroll discrepancies.
Bookkeeper
Bella Vista Water Dist
Redding, CA
06.1984 - 05.1995
- Maintained and processed invoices, deposits and money logs.
- Completed payroll for employees and maintained detailed records of procedures.
- Tracked expenses and income for businesses while organizing and maintaining bank statements for checking accounts.
- Reviewed and filed financial documents, coded accounting entries for data processing and posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with all corporate protocols.
- Identified, researched and resolved billing variances to maintain system accuracy and currency.
- Generated and submitted invoices based upon established accounts receivable schedules and terms.
- Handled high volume of in-bound calls pertaining to reconciliation of delinquent accounts.
Education
Accounting
College of The Siskiyou's
Weed, CAHigh School Diploma -
Enterprise High School
Redding, CA06.1982
Skills
- Personnel Reviews
- Payroll Policies and Procedures
- Benefits Interpretation
- Service Quality
- Meeting Deadlines
- Payroll Processing
- Daily Payroll Activities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Customer Inquiries
- ACA Standards Knowledge
Timeline
Payroll and Benefits Specialist
Scappoose School District
12.2004 - 01.2023
Payroll Specialist
Shilo Inn Management Corporation
01.2004 - 12.2004
Payroll Technician
Shasta County Office Of Education
01.2000 - 12.2003
Bookkeeper
Bella Vista Water Dist
06.1984 - 05.1995
Accounting
College of The Siskiyou's
High School Diploma -
Enterprise High School