Muhammad Aziz
Astoria,NY
Summary
Dynamic HR Generalist and Senior Tax Analyst with extensive experience in payroll processing and tax preparation, complemented by strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, SAP, and Oracle Database. Proven ability to optimize HR functions while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Committed to applying analytical skills and innovative solutions to enhance organizational efficiency and foster a collaborative workplace culture. Recognized for a results-oriented approach that aligns HR strategies with overall business objectives.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Generalist
Coalition
10.2023 - Current
- Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements, manage recruitment, reduce time to hire by 20%
- Streamline exit interviews, collect 25% more actionable feedback
- Foster a culture of open communication, facilitating employee feedback sessions that contributed to a more inclusive workplace environment.
- Implement structured recruitment processes, enhancing candidate quality and reducing time to hire while ensuring compliance with legal standards.
- Maintain the work structure by processing team member status changes and corrective action forms, updating job requirements and job descriptions, executing new hire offers, overseeing the background check process, and ensuring onboarding activities are completed.
- Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the organization's Human Resource function by overseeing employee relations and supporting and coordinating HR policies, programs, and practices.
- Provide current and prospective team members with information about policies, practices, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.
- In conjunction with the Head of HR, develop and execute communication strategies to share information about the business, HR programs and offerings, and other relevant information.
Senior Tax Analyst
Morgan Stanley
04.2020 - 10.2023
- Ensured tax data accuracy and compliance, reducing discrepancies and enhancing reporting precision.
- Collaborated with Tax Manager, improving documentation and achieving efficient tax workflows.
- Analyzed W2 corrections, guiding team for timely multi-jurisdiction tax payments.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams, refining tax filing practices and boosting submissions accuracy.
- Implemented new tax procedures, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and processing speed.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams, refining tax filing practices and boosting submission accuracy.
- Adhered to the rules and criteria for processing tax info and establishing great deal of ideas and schemes in perplexing tasks for Jiras and Quest applications for validations.
- Worked on IRS tax files monthly and created reports for the Accrued interest,Etrade sample and K1 tax reporting files that were validated and reported to the Tax Operations team for tax purposes.
- Worked with the Tax Manager and Service Center Documentation team to organize and facilitate ongoing development, evaluation and maintenance of documentation to ensure complete, accurate, and up-to-date depiction of processes.
- Performed W2 corrections and reissued as well as supported the preparation and processing of accurate and timely federal, multi-state and multi-jurisdiction withholding tax payments.
Payroll Analyst
Tourneau|Bucherer
02.2017 - 04.2020
- Processed multi-state payroll for over 1000+ employees, including data preparation, biweekly payroll processing, and garnishment processing.
- Ensured Accuracy of biweekly timesheet submissions and review for any discrepancies.
- Utilized VLOOKUP and pivot tables via Excel to crosscheck timesheets and hours worked.
- Recorded Macros in excel to automate payroll reports for new hires summarizing hours worked.
- Uploaded payroll files into ADP software and analyze payroll batches including compensation, deductions, and miscellaneous entries.
- Maintained system backups after each payroll processing and coordinate with HR about changes.
- Analyzed and reconcile payroll taxes.
- Prepared payroll audits and Calculated on any earning, deduction, or accumulation for any time period.
- Assisted staff with questions related to wage deductions and other payroll-related issues.
- From time to time helped the payroll manager with any customized payroll reports for the pay period.
- Maintained HRIS System data,ensuring employee information is up-to-date and accurate,Defined criteria for specific earnings, deductions and managed each pay cycle from preprocessing to post-processing activities with the pay cycle command center including gross-up calculations.
- Performed a full range of audits to ensure payroll and systems accuracy as well as Processed Salary changes, bonus payments, and other related changes to employee records.
Accountant Specialist
iPark
04.2015 - 02.2017
- Assisted with the month-end close such as processing accounts payable, accounts receivables, credit card transactions, account reconciliations and any adjusting journal entries.
- Oversaw and managed a portfolio of 10+ garages allocating costs and reconciling customer accounts and responsible for executing technology solutions tasks within the monthly update process.
- Created business and technical documentation – customizations, workflows, and business processes, and keeping all documentation up to date.
- Performed monthly variance analysis for each garage and reported findings to the Controller.
- Utilized VLOOKUPs and pivot tables through excel to track incoming and outgoing payments.
- Performed full cycle accounts payable, processing over 30+ invoices on a daily basis and allocating expenses to the correct GL account, Assisted with data analysis, business process mapping, reporting needs, and improvement/simplification initiatives.
- Contacted customers for outstanding payments and prepared an aging schedule as well as work with end-users to understand business needs to identify best solutions as well as provided internal NetSuite Cases support (new saved searches, reports, KPI’s, and dashboards, user roles, etc.)
- Posted journal entries into the general ledger as well as supported the configuration, development, and NetSuite SME for managing NetSuite updates, troubleshooting of system errors and resolution and maintain up-to-date knowledge of NetSuite functionality, customization and integrations.
- Developed, tested and deployed customizations, custom objects, third-party tools / applications and new NetSuite modules based on evolving business needs and served as the go-to person for the NetSuite platform.
Sales Specialist
Luxe Phone Company
01.2014 - 04.2015
- Dedicated to providing customers with excellent service while making their business our top priority.
- Build immediate rapport with clients through a friendly and engaging attitude to sell phones.
- Supply management with reports on customer needs, problems, interests, competitive activities, and potential for new products and services.
- Keep abreast of best practices, promotional trends and monitored competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing of the phones being sold.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY05.2021
Associates - Accounting
LaGuardia Community College
New York, NY06.2017
Skills
- Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Macros), SAP, Workday, ADP Workforce Now, Cash Flow, Netsuite Administrator, Oracle Database, Quickbooks,Tax Preparations,Tax return preparation and review for 1099’s & 1042’s
Timeline
HR Generalist
Coalition
10.2023 - Current
Senior Tax Analyst
Morgan Stanley
04.2020 - 10.2023
Payroll Analyst
Tourneau|Bucherer
02.2017 - 04.2020
Accountant Specialist
iPark
04.2015 - 02.2017
Sales Specialist
Luxe Phone Company
01.2014 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Associates - Accounting
LaGuardia Community College
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