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LaToya Martin, MNPM, CPP

Baltimore,MD

Summary

Seasoned Payroll and Finance Manager offering over 15 years experience in educational leadership positions. Focused on building and enhancing relationships, meeting service needs and maintaining smooth administration of all department operations. Desire growth-oriented position in dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Education Director

Charm City Payroll Association
Baltimore, MD
08.2021 - Current
  • Developed engaging and effective curricula for students aged [Number] to [Number].
  • Recruited, trained and mentored faculty and staff in best practices for instruction.
  • Observed teachers and students in classrooms to gather data and improve instruction.
  • Developed curriculum and lesson plans to achieve objectives of each course.
  • Scheduled educational activities, faculty lectures and departmental events to drive mission and values of institution.
  • Implemented program-level departmental policies and procedures and managed budgets to support educational program and curriculum.
  • Oversaw learning needs of [Type] students studying [Type] and [Type] subjects.
  • Maintained program files, records, databases and websites to gather research and prepare and submit [Type] reports.
  • Organized and allocated resources required to meet needs of [Number] students and [Number] instructors.
  • Planned, administered and controlled budgets and produced financial reports.

Executive Board Member-Interim Treasurer

Cherry Hill Community Coalition
Baltimore, MD
03.2021 - Current
  • Provided treasury and cash management by overseeing reconciliation of banking activity, credit card processing and sales tax returns.
  • Work with eight executives to create annual budget and track actual expenses against projected expenses.
  • Mitigated risk by implementing internal controls and safeguards for revenues and expenditures.
  • Introduced internal controls to monitor critical areas of financial control and devised [Type] corrective actions to address risks or deficiencies.
  • Reconciled monthly statements, invoices and expense accounts, keeping records accurate and current.
  • Train and supervise four finance committee members accounting policies, procedures and performance requirements.
  • Worked with both internal and external users to create detailed financial reports.
  • Assisted in upper-level decision making by creating comprehensive financial reports and collaborating with finance and accounting departments.
  • Reviewed processes and procedures to guide program implementation and optimize auditing.

Sr. Payroll & Tax Analyst

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Washington, DC
02.2014 - Current
  • Amtrak's United States Railroad Board Liaison
  • Supervise payroll specialists as it pertains to tax regulation and United States Railroad Board inquires.
  • Participate in E&Y audit walk-through.
  • Summaries and report monthly, quarter, and annual employee and wage data to the United States Surface Transportation Board.
  • Investigate payroll variances and employee claims to resolve discrepancies and balance financial records.
  • Offer payroll-related subject matter expertise to management and employees to resolve payroll discrepancies.
  • Prepare accounts for scheduled audits and assisted with audit process to facilitate faster completion of tasks.
  • Produce payroll activities documentation and reports to meet corporate guidelines and promote transparency.
  • Applied knowledge of regulations, employment law and tax code to keep operations in compliance with applicable standards.
  • Maintained consistent knowledge of multi-state and local tax regulations.
  • Reconciled all payroll liabilities to general ledger and prepared monthly payroll accrual entries.
  • Served as backup for Sr. Payroll Manger to process open record requests.
  • Developed and maintained internal control processes, document procedures, identification of areas to improve internal controls and implementation of policy change.
  • Implemented and routinely tested internal controls over tax compliance process.
  • Managed payroll for organization's 20,000 personnel.
  • Employed error identification and audit tools to effectively resolve payroll discrepancies.
  • General Ledger posting.
  • Generated paper checks for employees and printed stubs for associates who received direct deposits to complete payroll distribution.
  • Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.

Sr. Tax Specialist

Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
White Marsh , MD
03.2007 - 02.2014

• Conduct team meetings.
• Train new payroll employees.
• Educate and Train ADP Clients.
• Process Payroll tax amendments
• Audit tax reports.
• Financial Reporting.
• Track and review quarter and year-end tax deposits and filings
• Intermediate analysis of payroll processing Negotiate ADP client’s tracer notices with tax agencies.
• Assist with payroll processing
• Take inbound client calls.
• Expert in processing S-Corp, 3rd party disability payments, leave accruals, manual tax calculations, deferred compensation deductions, 125 deductions, and client account reconciliations.
• Monitor and retain a caseload until issues are resolved.

Education

Master of Arts - Nonprofit Management

Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, MD
05.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Finance

College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
05.2009

Skills

  • Curriculum Development
  • Instructor coaching
  • Class Scheduling
  • Remote learning
  • Policy implementation
  • Faculty supervision
  • Internal Controls and Reporting Systems
  • Budgeting
  • Business Development
  • Strategic planning
  • Staff Management
  • Report Preparation
  • Research and Analytical Skills
  • Payroll Administration
  • Excel expertise
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Financial analysis
  • Recruitment and Hiring
  • Cost Reduction
  • Team Leadership
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Policy Development and Enforcement
  • Performance Assessment
  • Money Handling
  • Calendar Management
  • Business Forecasting

Certification

  • Certified Payroll Professional-American Payroll Association

Timeline

Education Director

Charm City Payroll Association
08.2021 - Current

Executive Board Member-Interim Treasurer

Cherry Hill Community Coalition
03.2021 - Current

Sr. Payroll & Tax Analyst

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
02.2014 - Current

Sr. Tax Specialist

Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
03.2007 - 02.2014

Master of Arts - Nonprofit Management

Notre Dame of Maryland University

Bachelor of Arts - Finance

College of Notre Dame of Maryland
  • Certified Payroll Professional-American Payroll Association
LaToya Martin, MNPM, CPP