Karen Fregy
Apollo Beach,FL
Summary
Detail-oriented Payroll Tax Specialist with 20 years working for large company with over 2000 employees. Contributing team player and comfortable working independently. Background working independently, focused on building relationships with business and individual clients.
As a Payroll Tax Specialist my position required me to manage employer and employee tax contributions and reconciliations in an organization.
My role reports to payroll management and is critical to ensuring the organization is compliant with tax legislation.
I have in-depth knowledge of payroll procedures, tax legislation, accounting practices, and audit requirements.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Payroll Tax Specialist
HSN
St Petersburg, FL
02.1999 - Current
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Generated paper checks for employees and printed stubs for associates who received direct deposits to complete payroll distribution.
- Investigated payroll variances and employee claims to resolve discrepancies and balance financial records.
- Offered payroll-related subject matter expertise to management and employees to resolve payroll discrepancies.
- Prepared accounts for scheduled audits and assisted with audit process to facilitate faster completion of tasks.
- Reconciled tax contributions .
- Researched payroll errors and processed payments for federal and state taxes, social security, Medicare, and various employee deductions, annuity contributions and retirement plan withholdings.
- Checked figures, postings and accounting documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy and proper coding.
- Verified on-time submission of payroll taxes and within constraints of Internal Revenue Service.
- Maintained consistent knowledge of multi-state and local tax regulations.
- Developed and maintained internal control processes, document procedures, identification of areas to improve internal controls and implementation of policy change.
- Monitored compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
- Built and maintained contract calendars and managed set up for new banks for direct deposit and accrual year-end processes.
- Prepared analysis of tax expenses for month-end accounting review.
- Researched proper tax accounting treatment of various transactions.
- Implemented and routinely tested internal controls over tax compliance process.
- Compiled and prepared corporate, partnership and S-corp returns.
Education
High School Diploma -
Lakewood Sr High School
St PetersburgBusiness Administration
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OHSkills
- Tax Law Compliance
- Discrepancy Reconciliation
- Wages and Deduction Calculation
- Automated and Manual Check Processing
- Typing and 10-Key Entry
- Time Tracking and Review
- Kronos Workforce Payroll
- Employee File Maintenance
- Problem Detection
- ADP Workforce Now
- Data Compiling and Verification
- Payroll Liabilities
- Multi-State Payrolls
- Daily Client Contact
- Direct Deposit Processing
- Rate Changes
- Payroll Policies and Procedures
- Company Guidelines
- Data Validation
- Calculating Liabilities
- Payroll Computation
- Payroll Preparation
- Kronos Timekeeping
- Human Resources Department Processes
- ADP PayForce
- Federal and State Tax Returns
- General Ledger Posting
- Biweekly Payroll Processing
- Unemployment Liabilities
- W-4 Changes
- Depositing Payroll Taxes
- Process Monitoring
- Dependable and Adaptable
Additional Information
Experience in the following: Excel Spreadsheets formulating , creating.
Proficient in MS Office and good knowledge of relevant software (e.g. Kronos, Payforce) and databases .
Prepare reports for upper management, finance department etc.
Outstanding organizational ability with great attention to detail
Excellent communication skills
Timeline
Sr Payroll Tax Specialist
HSN
02.1999 - Current
High School Diploma -
Lakewood Sr High School
Business Administration
University of Cincinnati