Mack Davis
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Collaborative individual with expertise in providing exemplary service regarding benefits support. Multitasking Benefits Specialist knowledgeable in state and federal regulations and maintaining employee confidentiality.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Human Resources Benefits Specialist
Kewa Pueblo Health Corporation
01.2024 - Current
- Enhanced employee satisfaction by effectively managing benefits enrollment and addressing concerns in a timely manner.
- Streamlined benefits administration processes for increased efficiency and reduced errors.
- Assisted in the development of comprehensive benefits packages to attract top talent and retain existing employees.
- Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local regulations by maintaining accurate records of employee benefits plans.
- Conducted thorough audits of benefits programs to identify areas for improvement and cost savings opportunities.
- Educated employees on available benefits options through informative presentations, one-on-one consultations, and written communications.
- Supported HR team members with various tasks related to recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, and employee relations as needed.
People and Culture Specialist – Payroll
Nusenda Credit Union
06.2021 - 10.2023
- Responsible for bi-weekly payroll processing, tax report submission, and related reports
- Responsible for administering supplementary payroll, bonuses, merit increases as required
- Supports and tracks Personal Time Off (PTO), Wellness Time Off (WTO) balances per pay period
- Serve as primary contact for employee time tracking system and maintain functions of system
- Ensure proper payment to employees for all time worked in accordance with state and federal pay regulations
- Create and distribute all related bi-weekly/monthly/quarterly and annual reports
- Works directly with SR Management to create multiple compensation and personnel reports
- Serve as primary administrator for the HRIS system working with the vendor for improvements, custom enhancements and its integration with other internal systems and processes such as training system integration and performance review process
- Supports report generation within systems for all areas of department
- Support employee recruitment processes, through system job creation, reporting requirements, department realignment needs, and restructuring
- Serve as back up to supports leave, benefit, and Talent Acquisition Processes
- Serve as primary contact for Payroll audits, supports operational audits.
Payroll & Benefits Administrator
Brycon Corporation
04.2020 - 06.2021
- Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for 650+ employees
- Manual Calculate Certified Payroll for 40+ employees
- Work with multiple divisions throughout the US to gather all the payroll data
- Ensure each hour is accurately applied to the correct Job and Cost Code
- Working with more than a 100 jobs and Cost Codes
- Also Verifying which state each employee is working to accurately apply the appropriate state with holding is applied
- Manually Calculate Bonus, Incentive and Allowance check outside the normal payroll run
- Add & Terminate employees in HRIS software
- Process Verification of Employments for other Financial Institutions
- Process Child Support and Garnishment payments
- (ACH and Live Checks)
- Process all the Certified Payroll Documentation and Reports them to the Department of Labor
- Process all payroll tax liability payments, 401K uploads and Payments.
Human Resources Payroll & Benefits Specialist
New Mexico School for the Deaf
03.2018 - 02.2020
- Processes Personnel Action Notice forms (PANs) for new employment, reemployment, and other supplemental employment which includes verification of employee personal data, salary, salary account codes, W-4 form, calculation of payment amount either semi-monthly, hourly, confirms eligibility for ERA or PERA contribution and data entry
- Processes leave request forms confirming leave requests with employee time sheets, if appropriate
- Verifies leave balances, balances leave log and makes data entry
- Processes time sheets, verifies receipt of timesheets for hourly and full-time staff
- Calculates gross earning, crosschecks time sheets with PAN for verification of hours to be paid per pay period
- Processes and calculates salary adjustments, miscellaneous deductions, leave without pay, terminations, direct deposits, account code changes, insurance deductions, W-4 changes, and all other mandatory deductions
- Verifies data entries with payroll register, transmits direct deposit electronically, confirms transaction with banking institution, process payroll checks and checks vouchers for distribution
- Verifies all debits and credits to ensure that payroll matches, and all deduction made by employees and employer have been accounted for and charged correctly to the general ledger
- Maintains a series of reports, which include health insurance, tax deductions, credit union/bank deductions, ERA, Retiree Health Care, PERA, annuity deduction, garnishments, flexible benefits deductions, and other miscellaneous deductions
- Reports are submitted on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis depending on the required guidelines
- Prepare wage reports for administrative personnel as requested
- Maintain records for ACA end of year records, reporting to IRS, and individual employees as required by ACA laws and compliance
- Reconciles federal, state and FICA taxes at year-end for the preparation and remittance of the W-2 forms to employees and federal and state agencies as required by law
- Prepares an employee informational benefits package for all new employees, schedules employee orientation to review benefits package and answer questions
- Schedules flexible benefits plan meetings for employees and disseminates pertinent information from benefits plan administrators (health insurance, ERA, etc.)
- Assists school personnel with any payroll related problem
- Audits and maintains employee payroll file to ensure that PAN is filed, all federal and state required forms are updated as required by law and on file
- Also ensures that all required payroll deduction authorizations are documented and on file.
Client Service Coordinator (Implementation Specialist)
PaydayHCM
01.2015 - 03.2018
- Independently manage the setup of new clients into I solved Payroll Software as small as 2 Employees and as large as 500 employees
- Responsible for gathering all existing payroll information and creating excel spreadsheets for imports
- Timely and accurately manage all aspects of implementation from creation of the shell to successfully processing initial first payrolls
- Timely and accurately manage all aspects of payroll processing for multi-state payrolls
- Records changes for employee master payroll records
- Prepares GL/Ad Hoc reports upon request
- Enter and Manage PTO Policy
- Establishes Pay Guides for all new accounts
- Facilitates client and employee orientations with internal staff
- Responsible for working with the client to ensure successful client and employee onboarding
- Assist with the training of clients and its employees on New Software
- Provides support to client regarding payroll, and benefits issues
- Responsible for computing taxes, withholding and deductions associated with net earnings
- Knowledgeable with setting up and processing wage garnishments (i.e., child support, student loans, tax levy, etc.) Responsible for recording changes for employee master payroll records
- Maintains a wide variety of payroll information, files, and records in written and electronic format.
Education
B.A.S. - Telecommunications
Technical Career Institute
A.A.S. - Electromechanical Engineering
New York City Technical College
Skills
- Excel (V-Lookup, Pivot Tables, IFS, SUMIF)
- HR software knowledge
- Benefits Administration
- Retirement planning
- Payroll Processing
- Compensation analysis
- FMLA comprehension
- ADP Workforce Now
- Documentation And Reporting
- Human Resources Management
- Written and oral communication
- Team building
- Professionalism
Certification
SHRM - CP
Timeline
Human Resources Benefits Specialist
Kewa Pueblo Health Corporation
01.2024 - Current
People and Culture Specialist – Payroll
Nusenda Credit Union
06.2021 - 10.2023
Payroll & Benefits Administrator
Brycon Corporation
04.2020 - 06.2021
Human Resources Payroll & Benefits Specialist
New Mexico School for the Deaf
03.2018 - 02.2020
Client Service Coordinator (Implementation Specialist)
PaydayHCM
01.2015 - 03.2018
B.A.S. - Telecommunications
Technical Career Institute
A.A.S. - Electromechanical Engineering
New York City Technical College
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