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Laketa Byrd

Pennsauken

Summary

Accomplished payroll professional with demonstrated success excelling in dynamic, fast-paced environments and achieving results with exceptional decision-making skills based on sound professional judgment. Proven success reaching timely issue resolution utilizing investigative research abilities and facilitation of effective cross-functional communication. Solutions-oriented expert with extensive experience advancing organizational efficiencies through technology usage and increased training. Focused on providing outstanding leadership and delivering accurate and timely payroll processing.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Resource Manager

Pritchard Industries
09.2022 - 01.2025
  • Collaborate with management to understand the organization’s goals and strategies related to staffing, recruiting, and retention.
  • Handle investigations to include, but not limited to, allegations of employee misconduct, discrimination, and harassment; travel to worksite locations as deemed necessary.
  • Administer and oversee employee leave of absences, disciplinary matters and disputes.
  • Monitor and ensures the organizations compliance with state, federal and local employment laws and regulations
  • Review and modify policies and practices to maintain compliance.
  • Plan, develop and implement policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organization’s compliance and strategy needs.
  • Create incentives to increase employee production while also increasing company morale.
  • Assist Management with employee counseling and administering performance improvement plans.
  • Evaluate the equal employment opportunity provisions and work cooperatively with management to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
  • Implement policies and procedures associated with complaints, grievances, appraisals, and EEOC compliant hiring practices for all employees including substitutes.
  • Provide technical and advisory assistance to all employees and management in situations under dispute in grievance proceedings and ensure policy and legal timelines are met.
  • Evaluate and revise company manuals, policies, regulations, guidelines, and standards to ensure compliance with state, federal and government laws.
  • Ensure appropriate paperwork is submitted to Payroll for all new hires and all personnel changes.
  • Ensure that no employee starts working until all background checks clear.
  • Participate in ongoing professional development activities to maintain current knowledge of human resource rules, regulations, and best practices.

Payroll Manager

Arthur Jackson Co. (Pritchard)
02.2020 - 08.2022
  • Oversee weekly payroll processing for 1200+ union and non-union associates, computing wages and overtime payments, calculating and recording payroll deductions and wage garnishments, processing new hires and terminations.
  • Reconciled payroll as needed, cut manual checks as needed, process out of sequence payrolls for bonuses or year-end adjustments.
  • Responsible for continuous improvement of payroll processes to ensure timely delivery of paychecks.
  • Ensure adherence with all regulatory and reporting requirements, audit timekeeping, absence, and accrual records.
  • Reconcile payroll withholding, deductions and employee data.
  • Implementation of ADP Time and Attendance, ADP Workforce Manager and ADP Leave Tracking modules.
  • Implement and keep current payroll policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, union and company policies.
  • Partnered with various departments for both internal and external audits.

Sr. Payroll Administrator

Mathematica Policy Research (Contract)
12.2018 - 02.2020
  • Complete weekly and semi-monthly payroll processing for 1500+ associates, computing wage and overtime payments, calculating and recording payroll deductions and wage garnishments, processing new hires, leaves of absence, and terminations.
  • Reconcile Cost Point with ADP, cut manual checks, and process out of sequence payrolls for bonuses or final payments.
  • Ensure adherence with all regulatory and reporting requirements including the Service Contract Act (SCA).
  • Utilize ADP Vantage, Cost Point, and Deltek T&E systems to enter new hires and, update employee data.
  • Partnered with HR to ensure accurate processing of employee information and benefits.
  • Collaborate with the accounting department to process 401k funding transfers, workers compensation, and various other reports.
  • Balance payroll accounts, post journal entries for corrections and/or adjustments, reconciled Wageworks, resolved discrepancies within and outside of Payroll, as well as assisting in month-end closing reconciliations.
  • Research and resolve internal and external payroll related questions or problems, providing records or additional information as needed.

Payroll Supervisor

Eastern Metal Recycling / USA Holdings, LLC
07.2015 - 09.2018
  • Oversaw weekly multi-company, multi-state union and non-union payroll for 500 employees (Teamsters union with 5 CBA’s).
  • Managed Payroll and HR security access, approval responsibilities, and all internal controls.
  • Monitored and resolved Time and Attendance server and timeclock issues.
  • Designed ADP HR module assigning step processes to hiring new hires and rehires.
  • Trained Recruiter on how to use ADP Recruiting module entering applicants in ADP and hiring them once offered a position.
  • Anticipated payroll issues and communicated with management and/or accounting department to resolve issues beforehand.
  • Administered FMLA, personal and medical leave of absences, tracked ID expirations, and E-Verify social security clearance checks.
  • Utilized ADP Workforce Now to audit, review, reconcile, and update associate data including but not limited to terminations, LOAs, transfers, and rate changes.
  • Entered company policies and procedures, assisted in new hire orientation, benefits management, and employee engagement and relations.
  • Assisted management with employee write-ups and terminations.
  • Initiated and tracked employee referral program opportunities.
  • Developed and monitored HR strategies, systems, and HR procedures focusing on nurturing a positive working environment.
  • Implemented and managed performance appraisal system through ADP’s HR module.
  • Submit annual census and EEO-1 reporting’s.

Education

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

American InterContinental University
Schaumburg, IL
06.2025

Bachelor of Business Administration - undefined

American InterContinental University
Schaumburg, IL
06.2025

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • ADP Pay eXpert
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • ADP Time and Attendance
  • ADP Vantage
  • CostPoint
  • Deltek Time and Attendance
  • UKG Pro
  • SimpliTime

Additional Work Experience

  • NA Payroll Manager, (April 2015 – July 2015), Dollar Financial Group (Contract), Berwyn, PA
  • Payroll Specialist, (October 2014 - April 2015), Ascensus (Contract), Dresher, PA
  • Payroll Supervisor, (January 2010 - September 2014), Pennrose Management Company, Philadelphia, PA
  • Payroll Administrator, (June 2007 - December 2009), Allies, Inc., Hamilton, NJ
  • Staff Accountant, (March 2004 - June 2007), Camden County Council OEO, Collingswood, NJ
  • Payroll Specialist, (September 1995 - March 2004), Camden County Council OEO, Collingswood, NJ

Timeline

Human Resource Manager

Pritchard Industries
09.2022 - 01.2025

Payroll Manager

Arthur Jackson Co. (Pritchard)
02.2020 - 08.2022

Sr. Payroll Administrator

Mathematica Policy Research (Contract)
12.2018 - 02.2020

Payroll Supervisor

Eastern Metal Recycling / USA Holdings, LLC
07.2015 - 09.2018

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

American InterContinental University

Bachelor of Business Administration - undefined

American InterContinental University

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