Laurie Corey
Oxford,ME
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at quickly mastering new skills and working effectively unsupervised. Committed to meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll & Accounting Coordinator
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners
Portland, ME
09.2021 - 08.2024
- Assisted in the implementation of new consolidation for payroll processing
- Provide reporting to team members using template reports or creating using the criteria needed by the team
- Processing data in Paylocity to support the location assigned
- Processed Multi-State Bi-Weekly payroll, bonus payments, and other specialty payrolls
- Assisted in managing over 150 different locations across the East Coast in 15-plus states
- Provided support to employees for payroll-related questions and assisted with directing to others when necessary
- Worked through the full implementation of new programming in establishing feedback files to and from platforms
- Process contribution file uploads into Voya during any new acquisitions and for the full company during the implementation of the consolidation process
- Managed communications between platform teams to maintain data feeds and corrections during implementation and normal business improvements
- Providing support to all employees regarding 401k
- Initiated and created a reconciliation process for the 401k between processing and platforms
- Worked with the benefits manager to coordinate audits during implementation
- Worked with benefits manager for processing file corrections
- Assisted the benefits manager through annual audits
- Processed late findings during the audit period
- Worked with IT to build workflows and files for uploads
- Aligning the reconciliation process with the accounting team
- Creating I/C journal entries for the accounting team to post for all benefit-related invoices and 401K payments to provide allocation to accurate locations
- Worked with the accounting team to assist mapping of documents for postings during the monthly closing process
- Provided support during the month close to the accounting manager for balancing GL documents and postings
- Transitioned from Payroll Coordinator to Payroll & Accounting Coordinator providing support to both teams, was the SME for all aspects of 401k
Lead Analyst
AVANGRID
Portland, ME
09.2015 - 03.2021
- Validated software reports against SAP system information in order to verify accurate information
- Used Excel as the main logging system using formulated data and pivots for reporting results
- Processing payroll for 5 payroll areas, in 31 states and Canada, along with balancing and paying taxes after these processes were completed
- Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly & Specialty Off-cycle payments
- Leading a 5-member team that processed payroll as well as supporting customer service with payroll issues
- Leading the group with day-to-day tasks as well as processing when needed
- Providing training on all payroll tasks and new processes
- Creating process documentation(SOP)
- Finding process improvements within the day-to-day tasks
- Running testing situations to find issues with new processes and systems then working through those or retesting once the systems team made necessary corrections
- Providing necessary data for requested Audits from both internal and external auditors
- Maintained data logs and the creation of new monthly tracking logs
- Working as part of the team processing budget goals for the upcoming quarter
- Systems Matter Expert regarding all 401k processes and transactions
- Maintaining PFL documentation and paying according to state regulations
- Calculating Military pay and processing for active duty employees
- Reviewing all CBA documents for multiple Union Teams to validate that Union Members are being paid accurately
- Transitioned from Contractor hired for the project to Contractor Administration Representative to Contractor Payroll Analyst then hired full-time Analyst work way to being promoted to Lead Analyst
Lead Retro Tech
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Lewiston, ME
04.2003 - 05.2015
- Reviews retrospective filings/dividend notifications
- Reviews systems for accuracy regarding the input of Signed documents for correct plan type, rates, and formulas
- Rate adjustments with the use of multiple systems, working with Excel creating necessary formulas to complete the rating plans
- Verifying accurate premiums and losses are being used in the adjustments to reflect the sold product
- Creates the necessary bills and accounting entries for posting premium/dividends to Company books and special reports as needed
- Corresponds with other departments to gather the correct completed and signed documents as needed
- Review Audits to verify that premium/exposure for accuracy and appropriateness for rating plan parameters
- Decides best course of action to determine if manipulation of premium/exposure and/or loss detail is necessary
- Works with other departments on questions/inquiries relating to premium/dividend adjustments, bills, accounting entries, and special reports
- Helps provide exhibits and/or written explanations when necessary
Education
bachelor's - accounting, forensic examination
Southern New Hampshire University
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Excel) (10 years)
- Microsoft Office (10 years)
- SAP systems (five years)
- Paylocity (3 Years)
- Access (10 years)
- Technical Support, System Support
- Oracle
- Accounts Payable
- Help Desk, Customer Service
- Analysis skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Business Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Business Requirements
- Teamwork
- Principle Platform
- Voya Platform
- Paylocity platform reporting, Voya platform reporting, Excel, pivot tables, index mapping, processing payroll via the Paylocity platform, uploading contribution files into the Voya platform, Principal platform uploading contribution files, reconciling 401(k) and benefits payments
- Paylocity, Outlook, Excel, Word, Voya, Dayforce, Principle, OneNote, Teams, Bamboo
- Excel pivots and formulations, along with SAP system maneuvering, are used to gain the required information The system is used to process payroll, which is a direct process for paying taxes, and processes are followed for the explanation
- FileZilla, SAP, Outlook, Excel, Word, Workforce, Access Query, Teams
- Strong MS Excel skills and other MS Office systems, oriented with strong analytical abilities, having the ability to research and understand all documents to bill customers accurately, and having excellent phone skills to assist brokers, sales staff, and underwriters with any questions regarding the process of a retrospective rating plan
- Payroll Administration
- Payroll Processing
- Internal Controls
- Data Analysis
- Journal Entries
Accomplishments
- Worked closely with the payroll teams and Accounts Payable team to make sure processes were completed and payments were made to the necessary people.
- Effectively managed my workload in a timely and accurate manner to assist the department in making necessary production goals. Working as a team to make these goals. Making improvements with suggestions for either system improvements or workaround tools to better make use of time and organization.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Payroll & Accounting Coordinator
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners
09.2021 - 08.2024
Lead Analyst
AVANGRID
09.2015 - 03.2021
Lead Retro Tech
Liberty Mutual Insurance
04.2003 - 05.2015
bachelor's - accounting, forensic examination
Southern New Hampshire University
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