Marique Leadon
Houston,Texas
Summary
To provide excellent, professional administrative experience, demonstrating good attention to detail and a great team player attitude, while maintaining company procedures and policies along with effectively displaying a trustworthy, ethical and tactful quality while servicing internal and external customers and employees at all corporate levels.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
HR/Payroll Specialist
LaTrelle's Management Corporation
11.2019 - Current
- Verified and submitted timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
- Offered payroll-related subject matter expertise to management and employees to resolve payroll discrepancies.
- Generated paper checks for employees and printed stubs for associates who received direct deposits to complete payroll distribution.
- Applied knowledge of regulations, employment law and tax code to keep operations in compliance with applicable standards.
- Documented and processed all garnishments for bankruptcies, student loans and child support orders.
- Assisted accountant with both internal and external audits relating to processing of payroll.
- Developed and maintained internal control processes, document procedures, identification of areas to improve internal controls and implementation of policy change.
- Processed voids and reissues, created non-sufficient funds (NSF) list for Human Resources and made salary changes in payroll and monthly leave accruals.
- Investigated payroll variances and employee claims to resolve discrepancies and balance financial records.
Payroll Specialist/Human Resources Coordinator
Advance Diagnostic Hospital/Landmark Hospitality
07.2016 - 11.2019
- Assisted with recruitment process by posting job ads, filtering applications, scheduling interviews, assisting in interview process and drafting offer letters.
- Captured key feedback from employees during exit interviews.
- Evaluated timecards for accuracy on regular and overtime hours.
- Maintained human resources information system and kept employee files up to date and accurate.
- Reviewed human resources paperwork for accuracy and completeness.
- Completed employee employment verifications and unemployment paperwork prior to hire or termination.
- Completed background and reference checks to facilitate hiring and onboarding of employees.
- Explained employee compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions and promotion opportunities.
- Processed bi-weekly payroll for healthcare and hospitality.
- Documented and processed all garnishments for bankruptcies, student loans and child support orders.
- Generated paper checks for employees and printed stubs for associates who received direct deposits to complete payroll distribution.
- Uploaded time records into computer system and made adjustments to create accurate database for payroll processing functions.
Payroll and Billing Coordinator
03.2013 - 09.2016
- Airswift
- Processed bi-weekly payroll and billing for 200 contactor employees
- Responsible for make sure that new hire, termination and pay rate are complete in the ADP System and SPA for billing purposes
- Worked closely with the Payroll Tax Manger to make all employees are tax correctly
- Worked closely with the collection team to make sure all invoices are paid in a timely manner
- Assisted employees and clients with questions regarding pay, deduction, billing and any other questions
- Coordinates the billing functions of each geographic location by communicating regularly with each sites’ sales, management and billing coordinators, if present at that location
- Review computed wages and corrects errors to ensure the accuracy of earnings
- Ensure that all changes to payroll are processed correctly
- Ensure bi-weekly payrolls are processed in a timely and accurate manner
- Review and audit master file and pay data entries, YTD totals, and file amendments
Payroll Specialist
Charming Charlie
07.2011 - 12.2012
- Processed employee personal data, compensation and employment status changes
- Responsible for inputting new hires, terminations and leave of absences for all locations
- Processed all voluntary and involuntary deductions such as garnishments, support orders, 401K and insurance for employees in all locations
- Worked closely with timekeepers and supervisors using Kronos software
- Reconcile trial payroll reports from ADP PayExpert to pinpoint errors in data entry for all locations
- Processed, Sorted and disbursed payroll manual checks and reports to all departments
- Verify with government agencies employee information withholding of monetary orders
- Responsible for employment verification when necessary
- Assisted employees with questions regarding pay, deduction, benefits and other withholdings
Benefits and Payroll Coordinator
Omega Protein Incorporated
07.2008 - 12.2010
- Processed employee personal data, compensation, benefits and employment status changes
- Responsible for inputting new hires, terminations and leave of absences for all locations
- Processed all voluntary and involuntary deductions such as garnishments, support orders, 401K, insurance, union dues and premiums for employees in all locations
- Calculated and entered data for both plant employees and vessel fishermen into ADP
- Worked closely with timekeepers and supervisors to resolve issues and ensure a timely and correct payroll
- Reconcile trial payroll reports from ADP to pinpoint errors in data entry from the plants and vessels
- Processed, Sorted and disbursed payroll manual checks and reports to all departments
- Verify with government agencies employee information withholding of monetary orders
- Responsible for employment verification when necessary
- Assisted employees with questions regarding pay, deduction, benefits and other withholdings
- Compiled and maintained eligibility records for use in employee insurance administration
Senior Payroll Processor
Stewart Title
05.2005 - 07.2008
- Responsible for inputting data for all new hires, terminations, raises and bonuses for 3 regions
- Maintains a timely audit and batch of all checks to meet the couriers deadlines
- Maintains an electronic filing system by scanning and sorting all employee personnel documents
- Transmits payroll for all regions to ADP on a scheduled rotation with other senior processors
- Assembles and distributes quarterly taxes and annual employee W-2’s
- Serves as contact liaison between Stewart and JP Morgan Chase
- Responsible for maintaining all banking paperwork and entering all manual check data and processing stop payments through JP Morgan’s web access
- Handles the interviewing and training of new payroll processors, including contacting agencies, reviewing and sorting resumes and scheduling interviews
- Answers general payroll related inquiries and prepares several reports each pay period
Accounting Data Entry Clerk / Admissions Clerk
Modern Temps
11.2001 - 05.2005
- Received and applied payments for student tuition (Texas Southern University)
- Researched and answered questions about student financial status (Texas Southern University)
- Processed credit card payments (Texas Southern University)
- Data entry of oil rig material and created packing lists for material to ship (Morgan Systems)
- Send daily Electronic Data Information reports and handled discrepancies on material before shipment (Morgan Systems)
- Received and processed large quantities of accounts payable and receivables
Education
Certificate of Completion, Medical Billing and Coding -
Houston Community College
Houston, TXDiploma - undefined
Kashmere Senior High School
Houston, TXAssociate of Science - Business Management
College of Healthcare Professional
Houston, TX05.2019
Skills
- Benefits Administration
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Customer Service
- ADP Workforce Now
- Employment Verification
- Pay Adjustments
- Wages and Deduction Calculation
- Kronos Workforce Payroll
- Vacation and Sick Leave Tracking
- Typing and 10-Key Entry
- Time Tracking and Review
- Tax Law Compliance
- Discrepancy Reconciliation
- Employee File Maintenance
- Microsoft Office
- Problem Detection
- Clerical Support
- Automated and Manual Check Processing
- Data Compiling and Verification
- Remote Conferencing
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Employee Training
Timeline
HR/Payroll Specialist
LaTrelle's Management Corporation
11.2019 - Current
Payroll Specialist/Human Resources Coordinator
Advance Diagnostic Hospital/Landmark Hospitality
07.2016 - 11.2019
Payroll and Billing Coordinator
03.2013 - 09.2016
Payroll Specialist
Charming Charlie
07.2011 - 12.2012
Benefits and Payroll Coordinator
Omega Protein Incorporated
07.2008 - 12.2010
Senior Payroll Processor
Stewart Title
05.2005 - 07.2008
Accounting Data Entry Clerk / Admissions Clerk
Modern Temps
11.2001 - 05.2005
Certificate of Completion, Medical Billing and Coding -
Houston Community College
Diploma - undefined
Kashmere Senior High School
Associate of Science - Business Management
College of Healthcare Professional
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