Lynnette Silkman
Urbandale,IA
Summary
Dynamic accounting professional with a proven track record at The Vroman Group, adept in General Ledger Accounting and showcasing exceptional organizational skills. Spearheaded payroll system upgrades, improving accuracy to 100%, and excelled in utilizing QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel. Demonstrates a keen ability to streamline processes, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
The Vroman Group
03.2024 - 11.2024
- Process payroll for clients on weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Efficiently pay all payroll taxes on time for each client
- Effectively use QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks online for payroll and account reconciliations
- Calculate and process sales tax each month
- Update payroll procedures for individual accounts
- Accurately process quarterly returns and tax payments
Accountant
Tunink Murray Financial Group
08.2023 - 12.2023
- In charge of processing multiple US payrolls for various clients along with their monthly financial statements utilizing QuickBooks and CS software
- Responsible for filing payroll tax returns and making payments
- Enter general ledger entries for daily transactions
- Reconcile bank statements for individual clients
- Utilized Microsoft Excel for sales tax calculations and accuracy
- Responsible for accounting for time/WIP for each client maintained
- Aided in preparation of quarterly financial reporting
- Filed quarterly returns and reviewed information for accuracy
Payroll Accountant
Robert Half – FTEP – Fullscripts
03.2023 - 08.2023
- In charge of processing 2 US bi-weekly payrolls (about 250 employees for each company) along with semimonthly Canada payroll (350 employees)
- Responsible for reviewing documents for tax changes in Canada and US
- Actively update new hires and termed employees by maintaining proper pay and PTO balances
- Manage 401K and HSA contributions and payments as well as the retirement contributions in Canada
- Create and maintain all payroll reports for individual payrolls and monthly reporting
- Create journal entries for all payrolls
- Communicate with ADP and accounting on taxes
- Reach out to states to create tax ID for all new states added to the company
- Research and update local taxes for employees
- Respond to all payroll questions in a timely manner
Payroll Specialist
Robert Half – FTEP – Telligen
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Efficiently process multi-state payroll for 675 employees on a biweekly basis
- Payroll processing through ADP while using Costpoint for timekeeping
- View payroll reports to reconcile general ledger accounts as well as benefit accounts
- Create process documentation for all payroll processes and reconciliations
- Accurately maintain employee pay profiles
- Work on projects and reports for auditors as needed
Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Henning Companies
Johnston, USA
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Accurately and efficiently process multi-state, multi-company payroll for hourly and salaried employees via Ascentis, Ease and Sage on a biweekly basis
- View payroll tax returns and monitor timely payments for semi-monthly, monthly, and quarterly taxes
- Manual checks daily for missed hours, benefit corrections and or returned deposits
- Report on child support, garnishments, and unemployment claims
- Assist in administering and auditing benefit plans, including workman’s compensation claims
- Audit, reconcile, and ensure timely payment of all employee benefit carrier invoicing
- Provide general ledger reconciliations for all payroll, tax, and benefit accounts monthly
- Prepare and distribute all W-2 and ACA forms for employees and federal/state agencies
- Maintain employee files in coordination with Payroll & Benefits Manager
- Implement compensation and benefit plan changes
Payroll Specialist
Centene
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Company Overview: remote – contract position
- Responsible for over 10,000 employees for multi-state, biweekly payroll
- Manual checks daily for missed hours, benefit corrections and or returned deposits
- Efficiently maintain all validations for each payroll
- Effectively communicate with all employees to answer questions
- Maintain spreadsheets for new hires and terms to validate pay
- Work on new processes for implementation of new payroll software in moving from ADP to Ceridian
- Efficiently review entries of hours and pay earnings for accuracy
- Remote – contract position
Staff Accountant
Mercer
Urbandale, USA
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: Contract position
- Efficiently maintain reconciliation for multiple intercompany accounts
- Handle miscellaneous journal entry transactions including transactions overseas
- Work on investigating variances with global team
- Contract position
Payroll Specialist
The Stelter Company
Urbandale, USA
08.2020 - 10.2020
- Company Overview: Contract position
- Managed bi-weekly payroll while updating procedures for ADP to increase processing time by 50%
- Successfully updated employee files while processing new hires and terminations
- Funded 401K and updated procedures for smooth processing after each payroll
- Reconciled benefit invoices for each benefit monthly using an Excel template to improve accuracy to 100%
- Contract position
Payroll Administrator II
Homemakers Furniture
Urbandale, USA
05.2018 - 08.2020
- Instrumental in bringing in new time keeping system to eliminate manual paid time off system and improve accuracy to 100%
- New system increased processing time by 50%
- (Insperity Time & Attendance)
- Assist upgrade of payroll software to newer version while updating procedures (Sage HRMS)
- Provide training to managers and employees for new payroll and time and attendance system as well as changes to the upgraded payroll system
- Maintain all employee files, process all new hires, and terminated employees
- Process semi-monthly payroll with commissions for 125 employees as well as processing 2 bi-weekly payrolls for the remaining 250 employees
- Update 401K contributions for every payroll and use Excel template to insure 100% accuracy
- Prepare quarterly profit-sharing checks in timely manner
- Integrate frequent changes to payroll per home office requirements
- Responsible for all garnishments and payments to vendors
- Assist controller with month end reporting
- Reconcile benefit payments to payroll deductions
Payroll Coordinator
Willis Auto
Des Moines, USA
12.2016 - 05.2018
- Process semi-monthly payroll with commissions for 210 employees as well as weekly payroll for 145 employees (from Reynolds software to ADP)
- Calculate incentives for production employees using Excel spreadsheet to maintain 100% accuracy
- Reconcile and process payments for payroll payables maintaining template after each payroll
- Update 401K Contributions for every payroll to upload to website
- Responsible for all journal entries affecting payroll (Zuora)
- Create payments for special bonuses while maintaining accurate accounting records
- Work with team members to process receivables and reconcile additional accounts
- Track daily production hours for all technicians to ensure accurate payrolls
- Process daily deposits for each branch of the company while reconciling the cash drawers
- Reconcile several general ledger accounts to make closing easier at end of the month
- Responsible for recording accrual entries
- Create process documentation as change from two payroll processes to one bi-weekly payroll
Staff Accountant
Capital Sanitary Supply
Des Moines, USA
09.2016 - 11.2016
- Match purchasing invoices with receiving while checking for accuracy of invoices and receiving documents
- Cut checks 3 times a week to maintain proper standing with vendors
- Verify UPC codes and update as needed for all products
- Maintain contract pricing files
- Develop spreadsheet reports for rebates
- Handle all billing, payables, and warranty information for large client
Accounts Receivable Specialist
DHI Group Inc
Urbandale, USA
12.2015 - 08.2016
- Accurately enter customer payments daily including international accounts
- Analyze accounts for discrepancies
- Post payments to general ledger
- Reconcile bank statements for several accounts-including international accounts
- Perform month end procedures in a timely fashion
- Continually update and create standard operating procedures
- Improve processes to save time
Payroll Specialist
Assurant, Inc
West Des Moines, USA
10.2014 - 12.2015
- Complete payroll for 5000 employees on a bi-monthly basis always meeting deadlines
- Accurately process garnishments, levies, bankruptcies, and student loans for each pay cycle
- Update and create procedures for many different tasks to improve efficiency
- Balance child support deductions and file electronic payments
- Maintain cash for manual payments daily
- Account for adjustments needed for deductions as well as ERISA
- Perform audits to verify accuracy of payroll
Loan Servicing Specialist
Wells Fargo
West Des Moines, USA
07.2014 - 09.2014
- Company Overview: Contract position
- Process claims exceeding company goals 20 to 25 loans per day
- Accuracy of claims at 98.7%
- Contract position
Payroll, AP & Billing Specialist/ Accounting Assistant
Wright Tree Services
West Des Moines, USA
02.2014 - 06.2014
- Company Overview: Contract Position
- Process an average of 75 invoices per week
- Cut checks once a week upon receiving approval for invoices
- Reconcile balances of accounts in a timely manner
- Balance batch summary reports for verification and approval
- Resolve billing and invoice problems by contacting vendors
- Process payroll, garnishments, and employee pay adjustments in a timely manner
- Contract Position
Assistant Manager/Bookkeeper
Christopher & Banks
West Des Moines, USA
06.2012 - 03.2014
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Iowa State University
Ames, IASkills
- General Ledger Accounting
- Journal Entries
- Sage
- ADP
- Bamboo
- Insperity
- Ceridian
- Kronos
- Workday
- CS
- Quickbooks
- Microsoft Excel
- Word
- Bank Reconciliation
- Account Reconciliation
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accounts Payable
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Payroll
Timeline
Accountant
The Vroman Group
03.2024 - 11.2024
Accountant
Tunink Murray Financial Group
08.2023 - 12.2023
Payroll Accountant
Robert Half – FTEP – Fullscripts
03.2023 - 08.2023
Payroll Specialist
Robert Half – FTEP – Telligen
09.2022 - 02.2023
Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Henning Companies
03.2022 - 07.2022
Payroll Specialist
Centene
09.2021 - 02.2022
Staff Accountant
Mercer
06.2021 - 09.2021
Payroll Specialist
The Stelter Company
08.2020 - 10.2020
Payroll Administrator II
Homemakers Furniture
05.2018 - 08.2020
Payroll Coordinator
Willis Auto
12.2016 - 05.2018
Staff Accountant
Capital Sanitary Supply
09.2016 - 11.2016
Accounts Receivable Specialist
DHI Group Inc
12.2015 - 08.2016
Payroll Specialist
Assurant, Inc
10.2014 - 12.2015
Loan Servicing Specialist
Wells Fargo
07.2014 - 09.2014
Payroll, AP & Billing Specialist/ Accounting Assistant
Wright Tree Services
02.2014 - 06.2014
Assistant Manager/Bookkeeper
Christopher & Banks
06.2012 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Iowa State University
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