Karla Husted
Titusville,FL
Summary
Motivated individual with track record of success in field, attention to detail and proactive mindset. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and workflows for team benefit. Conscientious, hardworking and excels at multitasking in fast-paced environments.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Administrator
Wildwood Church
East Moline, IL
06.2020 - 07.2023
- Created employee work schedules to keep shifts properly staffed.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable laws governing churches.
- Supported work of pastoral staff in running productive church operations by managing day-to-day clerical needs.
- Negotiated and reviewed contracts, rates and terms with current facilities and suppliers.
- Organized and maintained documents, files and records.
- Monitored church facilities for maintenance needs; coordinated repairs with outside vendors when necessary.
- Developed and implemented internal controls to ensure accuracy of all financial transactions.
- Oversaw financial reporting, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, asset coordination, account management and budgets.
Payroll Services Manager
Anderson, Lower, Whitlow P.C.
Bettendorf, IA
09.2013 - 06.2020
- Conducted audits to ensure accuracy of payroll data.
- Calculated and applied wage garnishments.
- Followed IRS guidelines and state regulations when submitting payroll taxes.
- Compiled financial, accounting and auditing reports to calculate profits and losses.
- Posted work hours completed to files to properly bill clients.
- Reviewed wage garnishments and court orders to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
- Updated employee profiles with changes in job titles or salaries as required.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable federal, state, local laws related to payroll administration.
- Generated ad hoc reports upon request from managers or executives.
- Maintained up-to-date payroll records by recording employee exemptions, transfers and resignations.
- Calculated and managed deductions for group health, life and disability insurance premiums.
- Analyzed current processes and identified opportunities for improvement within the department's workflow.
- Kept informed on tax law changes that applied to payroll process.
- Prepared year-end W2s and other tax forms for distribution to employees.
- Prepared end-of-period payroll tax returns.
Payroll Administrator/Human Resources Associate
Bituminous Insurance
Rock Island, IL
09.2012 - 09.2013
- Processed a multi state payroll
- Responsibilities include all aspects of payroll administration and human resource management utilizing ADP software
- Additional duties include fringe benefit calculations, retirement calculations and annual benefit statements.
Payroll Administrator/Supervisor
Thomas Hammar, C.P.A.
Rock Island, IL
01.1995 - 09.2012
- Processed payroll and prepared financial reports for many clients of all sizes, including a large number of multi state and multi location payrolls.
- Responsibilities included all aspects of payroll administration
- Supervised the processing of payroll and tax compliance for over 250 clients
- Many of our clients were multi-state payrolls
- Responsible for reporting to all of the taxing agents for our client base
- Generated pension reports, cafeteria plan submissions, union reports when required, tax payments by EFTPS, state online filing systems, electronic submission of SUTA, child support and garnishment remittance
- Electronically submitted year end returns to Social Security Administration
- Supervised the conversion of payroll processing to a new software package
- Familiar with Microsoft Office applications and power point.
Education
Associates Degree, Major: Accounting -
Blackhawk College
Skills
- Program Oversight
- Events Coordination
- Policy Writing
- Schedule Coordination
- Employee Supervision
- New Hire Onboarding
- Bookkeeping
- Attention to Detail
- Payroll Processing
References
- JoAnne Rebello, Staff Accountant, Carpentier, Mitchell and Goddard Company, LLC, Moline, IL, (309)738-8321
- Judy Haverland, Staff Accountant (Retired), Anderson, Lower, Whitlow LLC, Bettendorf, IA (563)370-3418
- Hugh Simmons, Director of Technology(Retired), Riverdale High School, Port Byron, IL (309)737-7726
Certification
- Certified Payroll Professional
Timeline
Administrator
Wildwood Church
06.2020 - 07.2023
Payroll Services Manager
Anderson, Lower, Whitlow P.C.
09.2013 - 06.2020
Payroll Administrator/Human Resources Associate
Bituminous Insurance
09.2012 - 09.2013
Payroll Administrator/Supervisor
Thomas Hammar, C.P.A.
01.1995 - 09.2012
Associates Degree, Major: Accounting -
Blackhawk College