Melody Leafty
Taylorsville
Summary
Efficient Payroll Administrator knowledgeable about managing payroll for up to 1000 employees each period. Adept at reviewing and correcting records, processing payments and funding accounts. Ready to bring 10+ years of progressive experience to a new permanent role.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Administrator
Younique Products
03.2022 - Current
- Process bi-weekly multi-state payrolls for two companies using Paycom
- Complete 5500 401K Audit annually
- Work with accounting to balance GL entry for Netsuite
- Research and validate out of state taxes
- Process benefits with payroll and validate totals through a benefit reconciliation
- Verity Employment
- Review & Process annual W2
- Process Severance payments.
Sr. Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist
MasterControl
06.2021 - 03.2022
- Process all invoices through Coupa with PO's or management approvals
- Assist in setting up PO's for vendors to budget
- Weekly pay run processing
- Review semi-monthly payrolls for accuracy in pay and benefits.
Payroll Administrator
MasterControl
07.2018 - 06.2021
- Process Semi-Monthly payrolls for 700+ employees
- Process commissions and bonuses during scheduled payrolls for the month
- Process benefits and benefit recons
- GL uploads for pay processing into Netsuite
- Manage payroll inbox for all payroll changes required
- Review and pay quarterly taxes
- Add new state registrations
- Validate HSA and FSA per period
- Employment verifications
- Run reports as needed per request
- Pull reports for audits
- Validate and Issue W2's
- Send AP payroll batches to the bank
- Month end reconciliations report to BlackLine
- Process Garnishments.
Payroll Accountant
Myriad Genetics
07.2017 - 07.2018
- Process multi-state semi-monthly payroll for 1,800+ employees using ADP Workforce now platform
- Prepare and complete a post-payroll reconciliation file each cycle
- Reconcile and upload 401k, ESPP, and other voluntary deduction files to service providers
- Maintain ADP eTime-time and labor platform
- Calculate and withhold garnishment orders
- Process commissions and bonuses at various times throughout the year
- Track taxable relocation/travel/award expenses and record through Payroll
- Track employee tax jurisdiction changes and establish new tax accounts
- Process quarterly tax filings (for agencies outside of ADP's service)
- Assist employees with questions and resolve issues
- Ensure compliance with internal controls/SOX404.
Payroll Specialist III
ADP
06.2015 - 05.2017
- Process payroll for 12 international clients
- Serve as subject matter expert in handling routine client requests
- Resolve routine customer concerns with pre-defined solutions
- Lead workflows and determine procedures for the group as appropriate
- Develop and leverage a broad understanding of ADP products in support of client needs
- Provide consultation and help answer non-technical questions
- Mentor and lead less-experienced specialists on the team
- Learn and navigate ADP systems in order to resolve issue.
Payroll & HR Professional/Financial Analyst
CPF Recovery Ways
11.2014 - 02.2015
- Payroll Biweekly for 120-140 employees
- Allocating hours worked and sending in all State and Federal taxes
- Biweekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual balancing for financials
- Collecting documents and creating the HR files for employees
- Confirming background checks and qualifications for titles (Verifying Certification with DOPL)
- Notifying and adding Health Insurance or collecting waiver if declining as employees became eligible
- Reporting all outstanding balances for any PTO/Vacation/Holidays
- Tracking all required training certifications for files at job locations
- Billing and applying all payments for AR.
Payroll Management/Financial Executive Assistant
CPF Recovery Ways
02.2013 - 02.2015
- May 2013-October 2014 HR Administrator/Payroll specialist
- Processing biweekly payroll
- Accounts Payable
- Printing AP Checks
- Responsible for all HR files
- Billing Reconciliation
- Balancing General Ledger
- Adding health insurance for employees.
Accounting Assistant
RP Painting & Decorating
06.2012 - 12.2012
- Processing and printing biweekly payroll
- Collections on past due payments
- Obtaining all information for employee files
- Weekly payable processing and printing.
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Headwaters Resources Inc. /ISG Resources
10.2005 - 07.2011
- Managed 4-5 AP employees
- Managing hours and signing off on biweekly times sheets
- Reviewing and posting all batches before weekly payments were created
- Printing and distributing weekly checks
- Approving all payments over $50,000
- Implementing and maintaining AP access inbox for all incoming invoices to upload for imaging
- Distribution of incoming invoices
- Reconciling all month end and fiscal year end closings for AP and AR for General Ledger to Sub Ledger transactions
- Uploading and balancing monthly payroll transactions through ADP
- Creating and sending yearly 1099s
- Approving new customers after obtaining credit scores through DNB
- Managing biweekly meetings with employees
- Assisting with SOX audits.
Cash Posting Specialist
GE OEC Medical Systems
05.1999 - 10.2005
- Uploading lockbox transactions and posting payments
- Reviewing, tracking and reconciling all unapplied cash
- Vendor setups
- Assisting with collections
- Assisting with file maintenance assisting in training new employee's on the use of Oracle and Excel spreadsheets.
Education
High School -
Tooele High (South Campus)
Tooele, UT01.1995
Skills
- New Hire Processing
- HR Support
- Expense Reimbursements
- Resolving Discrepancies
- Payroll Auditing
- Data Review
Additional Information
Currently studying for CPP
Skills Program Experience
- WFN-ADP Workforce Now
- Microsoft Office
- Data Bridge
- Streamline SPM
- E-Verify
- I-9 certification
- Doclink
- NetSuite
- Coupa Certified
- Paylocity
- ADP Workforce Now
- Siebel
- Oracle
- Great Plains
- QuickBooks
- W2s, W9s and 1099s
- Paycom
Timeline
Payroll Administrator
Younique Products
03.2022 - Current
Sr. Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist
MasterControl
06.2021 - 03.2022
Payroll Administrator
MasterControl
07.2018 - 06.2021
Payroll Accountant
Myriad Genetics
07.2017 - 07.2018
Payroll Specialist III
ADP
06.2015 - 05.2017
Payroll & HR Professional/Financial Analyst
CPF Recovery Ways
11.2014 - 02.2015
Payroll Management/Financial Executive Assistant
CPF Recovery Ways
02.2013 - 02.2015
Accounting Assistant
RP Painting & Decorating
06.2012 - 12.2012
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Headwaters Resources Inc. /ISG Resources
10.2005 - 07.2011
Cash Posting Specialist
GE OEC Medical Systems
05.1999 - 10.2005
High School -
Tooele High (South Campus)