Melissa Boone
Lakeland,FL
Summary
Dynamic professional with a strong background in business analysis and payroll management. Skilled in strategic thinking and stakeholder collaboration, contributing to successful project outcomes and process improvements that align with organizational goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
System Integration Business Analyst
Lockheed Martin
Lakeland, FL
11.2021 - Current
- Drive the creation of enterprise-wide business, organizational and information technology strategies
- Partner with stakeholders to conceptualize and leverage technology as a strategic asset
- Design and deliver integrated business and information solutions that align with and advance organizational goals
- Participate in the Human Capital Management system for Employee Central and Atlas Comp
- Support annual pay planning for merit awards. incentive payouts for broad base and executive compensation team
Scrum Master - Integrations Team
Lockheed Martin
Lakeland, FL
05.2025 - 08.2025
- Played key role in prioritizing backlog items and defects each sprint, ensuring alignment with project objectives, due dates and delivery milestones
- Coordintated daily scrum activities, facilitated sprint planning and authored Jira stories with linked Zephyr test cases
- Removed workflow impediments to improve team velocity and ART performance, contributing to the successful completion of 153 Jira stories and 57 defects
Payroll Assistant Sr. Specialist
Lockheed Martin
Lakeland, FL
10.2017 - 11.2021
- Prepared, compiled and maintained statistical and payroll records to ensure automated system calculations accurately processed all factors affecting employee pay and accounting distribution
- Maintained comprehensive records related to federal, state and local taxing withholdings, FICA, union deductions, garnishments, benefits, payroll deductions and SCA
- Responded to inquiries regarding employment and pay verification, legal and deduction questions and payroll issues
- Continued education for changes to federal and state laws for compliance
- Supported the successful deployment of first robotic process within payroll for termination pay. Performed analysis on exclusion criteria with process improvement from 32% to 67% final pay process through robot.
Education
SAFe Scrum Master - Agile Methodologies
Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise
Virtual05-2025
Certified Payroll Professional - Payroll
Payroll Org
Virtual08-2020
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Everest College
Lakeland, FL04-2002
Skills
- Compensation
- SAFe Scrum Master
- Certified Payroll Professional
- Jira
- Zephyr
- Success Factors EC, ECP and Comp
- Toad for Oracle
Timeline
Scrum Master - Integrations Team
Lockheed Martin
05.2025 - 08.2025
System Integration Business Analyst
Lockheed Martin
11.2021 - Current
Payroll Assistant Sr. Specialist
Lockheed Martin
10.2017 - 11.2021
SAFe Scrum Master - Agile Methodologies
Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise
Certified Payroll Professional - Payroll
Payroll Org
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Everest College