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Leona Bogee

Madison,TN

Summary

Highly experienced Senior Payroll Specialist, with 10 + years of experience in payroll processing, compliance, and system administration across multiple industries. Skilled in handling multi-state and international payroll, auditing payroll data for accuracy, and ensuring compliance with tax regulations and company policies. Adept at collaborating with HR and accounting teams, managing payroll accounts, and leading process improvements. Proven ability to resolve payroll discrepancies, process garnishments, deductions, and generate reports to support business operations efficiently.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Payroll Specialist

Revance Therapeutics
Nashville, TN
04.2023 - 02.2025
  • Resolved employee concerns regarding pay discrepancies, ensuring confidentiality of sensitive information
  • Updated employee information in the payroll system for changes such as promotions or terminations
  • Reviewed and corrected errors in timekeeping systems before processing payroll
  • Conducted audits of payroll data to ensure compliance with company policies and applicable laws
  • Calculated and processed garnishments, deductions, Equity, RSO, RSU, and taxes
  • Collaborated with an accounting team to reconcile payroll-related accounts
  • Coordinated with HR department to maintain accurate employee records
  • Prepared year-end tax documents for employees for 720 employees, including W-2 forms
  • Handled special projects related to payroll improvements
  • Generated payroll reports for management review
  • Computed wages and deductions, entering data into ADP

Senior Payroll Specialist

Lyft Inc.
Nashville, TN
07.2022 - 11.2022
  • Processed Canada payroll for 150 employees
  • Handled all closing payroll reports
  • Updated any information missing in Celergo/Workforce Now (ADP)
  • Worked with HR to process all transfers to & from Canada/US
  • Conducted employee research as required

Senior Payroll Specialist

Promises Behavioral Health
Nashville, TN
04.2021 - 07.2022
  • Promoted to payroll manager in June 2022
  • Processed payroll for 750 employees bi-weekly
  • Processed manual checks and pay cards
  • Ran all payroll reports
  • Updated information needed in ADP
  • Worked with all HR managers at all facilities with all processes
  • Handled employment verifications
  • Assisted with onboarding

Payroll Specialist

Apricity Resources
Nashville, TN
03.2017 - 04.2021
  • Processed payroll for 2500 employees bi-weekly and manual checks
  • Ran all payroll reports and sent them to all payroll processors for review
  • Balanced all facility payrolls
  • Imported batch files into Kronos for processing
  • Approved direct deposits
  • Helped with implementation from Kronos into UltiPro

Senior Payroll Lead/Analyst

Aramark
Nashville, TN
01.2015 - 03.2017
  • Supervised and trained multiple employees
  • Processed payroll for 25,000 to 40,000 employees multi-state weekly and biweekly
  • Analyzed, resolved, and corrected pre/post payroll batch validation
  • Handled bank returns daily and manual checks
  • Handled all communication with profit centers (CA, FL, TX, SC, IL, AZ, MD, DC, NY)
  • Set up union deductions, initiation fees, direct deposits, and other deductions
  • Understood different tax and payroll laws for multi-state purposes
  • Completed and compiled required documentation for weekly check-off compliance (Sox) reports
  • Compiled productivity statistics
  • Provided query support for field operations as required

Education

2 years - Business Administration, Marketing & Entertainment Business

Columbia College Chicago
03.2025

Skills

  • Multi-state payroll
  • International Payroll (Canada)
  • Tax and Audit knowledge
  • Garnishment Processing
  • RSU/RSO Knowledge & Processing
  • Semi-Monthly Processing
  • Weekly Processing
  • Bi-Weekly Processing
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • UltiPro
  • Kronos
  • WorkDay (HRIS)
  • Celergo
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Timeline

Senior Payroll Specialist

Revance Therapeutics
04.2023 - 02.2025

Senior Payroll Specialist

Lyft Inc.
07.2022 - 11.2022

Senior Payroll Specialist

Promises Behavioral Health
04.2021 - 07.2022

Payroll Specialist

Apricity Resources
03.2017 - 04.2021

Senior Payroll Lead/Analyst

Aramark
01.2015 - 03.2017

2 years - Business Administration, Marketing & Entertainment Business

Columbia College Chicago
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