Renee Burger

Talent Relations

• Provide one-on-one support to employees on various issues, including career development, work-life balance, and job satisfaction.
• Serve as a point of contact for employee concerns, questions, or grievances, offering advice and solutions when necessary.
• Promote a positive and inclusive work culture that fosters employee engagement, well-being, and job satisfaction
• Develop and implement programs to increase employee morale, recognition, and retention.
• Analyze feedback from employee surveys and exit interviews to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Track key metrics related to employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention, and report findings to senior leadership.
• Collaborated with managers to identify and address employee relations issues
• Generated and analyzed reports to monitor employee engagement and attrition trends.

Payroll Compliance

• Developed and enforced policies and procedures in compliance with local and federal regulations.
• Maintained compliance with local, national and federal requirements for staff education and certifications.
• Maintained digital and paper and contractual files, ensuring compliance with regulatory mandates and company policies.
• Practiced company policies to promote safety and compliance.
• Approved timecards and time-off requests and submitted payroll for direct reports.
• Tracked and documented employee sick, vacation and personal time and submitted invoices for disbursement to payroll.
• Managed payroll processes by collecting staff time sheets, checking accuracy, correcting hours, tracking in database and approving routing.
• Conducted regulatory compliance inspections.
• Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.

• Responsible for processing and compliance of home equity applications
• Ensure correct documentation is obtained to include ordering title and appraisal
• Prioritizing and/or managing assigned pipeline to meet anticipated closing dates
• Maintain strong multi-tasking and prioritizing skills to ensure all applications are processed in a timely and efficient manner
• Ability to manage work load in a timely manner as to meet customer deadlines and performance metrics
• Provide timely and clear communication to clients as needed
• Ensure all compliance and underwriting guidelines are met

• Oversaw the day-to-day processing of multi-state payroll including review of timesheets and computing pay in accordance with FLSA
• Managed and remained up-to-date on multi-state sales and use tax filings and set up new states as needed
• Ensured that payroll taxes were submitted on time and within the constraints of the Internal Revenue Service
• Documented and processed all garnishments for bankruptcies, student loans and child support orders
• Maintained a consistent knowledge of multi-state and local tax regulations
• Monitored and tracked all employees' leave time
• Processed gross pay, state and federal tax withholding, social security, Medicare and other deductions for all employees
• Entering accurate employee data into HRIS system
• Benefit Administration to include assisting employers with benefits enrollment

• Supported Chief Operating Officer with daily operational functions
• Process payroll within a call center for 400 to 500 employees
• Assisted with employee evaluations to monitor associate performance goals
• Liaison between vendors and management
• Record and monitor PTO/Sick/Disability for exempt and non-exempt associates
• Maintain company expenses to include p-card tracker and reporting
• Assist in processing accounts receivable/payable for each department manager
• Assist in hiring and new hire orientation to include drug testing and background checks
• Review all new hire documents to ensure accuracy
• Assisting employees with benefits enrollment as needed