Renee Jones
Newport News,VA
Summary
Experienced payroll and human resource manager seeking opportunities to share my knowledge and skills while increasing proficiency.
Payroll professional with extensive experience in payroll processing and compliance. Known for improving payroll accuracy and streamlining processes, consistently ensuring timely and accurate payroll management. Strong collaborator with focus on team synergy and adaptability to changing needs, bringing analytical skills and attention to detail.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Payroll Specialist
Hampton City Schools
08.2020 - Current
- Initiate and process semi-monthly payrolls
- Process and manage FMLA cases and short term disability claims
- Enrollment of employees in VA Retirement System (VRS) as well as monthly account reconciliation
- Mentoring employees on payroll and leave policies and procedures
- Participating in policy implementation in conjunction with Human Resources
- Assisting employees with leave, disability, and retirement inquiries
- Resolving complex payroll issues
Payroll and Human Resources Manager
KINGSMILL RESORT
03.2017 - 04.2020
- Responsibilities include bi-weekly processing hourly and exempt timecards, commissions, tips, service charges, garnishments, payroll deductions, payroll general ledger reconciliations, as well as, troubleshooting timeclock system issues and implementing training materials for new managers
- Duties also include onboarding new applicants, assisting with employee relations, and benefits management
- Managed employee relations issues professionally, resolving conflicts efficiently while maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Payroll Administrator
Kingsmill Resort
04.2014 - 03.2017
- Solely responsible for interfacing and processing hourly employee's hours, commissions and incentives from Kronos to Lawson, uploading salary time bi-weekly, processing new-hire tax paperwork, processing garnishments and initiating employee direct deposits
- Bi-weekly processing of payroll to include account balancing for Accounting, processing and printing checks and direct deposits as well as distributing paychecks
- Duties also includes training new managers in Kronos
Accounts Payable Clerk
Kingsmill Resort
06.2011 - 04.2014
- Reviewed vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.
Education
Some college - Business Administration Human Resources Management
Southern New Hampshire University
12.2024
Skills
- Payroll
- Time Management
- Records Management
- Accounting Software
- Payroll Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Office
- Human Resources Management
- New hire onboarding
- Background checks
- I-9 Verification
- Drug screenings
- Job fairs
Certification
- KRONOS Navigator, Present
- Human Resources Management, Present
- Fundamentals of Payroll (FPC), Present
- Project Management Essentials Certified, 04/01/20 to Present
- Hospitality and Tourism Management, 04/01/20 to Present
- Employee Engagement Management Workplace, 05/01/20 to Present
- Notary Public, 03/01/20 to 11/01/24
Awards
- Employee Of The Month, 02/01/13
- Employee Of The Month, 12/01/17
Additionalinformation - Keyskills
- Payroll, Accounts Payable Processes & Management
- Invoices/Expense Reports/Payment Transactions
- Corporate Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Vendor Statements Reconciliation
- Darwinet D2, TimeClock Plus, Kronos, SAP, Trilogie, Stratton Warren MMS400 and Lawson systems
- Spreadsheets & Accounting Reports
- New hire onboarding
- Background checks
- I-9 Verification
- Drug screenings
- Recruitment
- Benefit hours administration
Timeline
Senior Payroll Specialist
Hampton City Schools
08.2020 - Current
Payroll and Human Resources Manager
KINGSMILL RESORT
03.2017 - 04.2020
Payroll Administrator
Kingsmill Resort
04.2014 - 03.2017
Accounts Payable Clerk
Kingsmill Resort
06.2011 - 04.2014
- KRONOS Navigator, Present
- Human Resources Management, Present
- Fundamentals of Payroll (FPC), Present
- Project Management Essentials Certified, 04/01/20 to Present
- Hospitality and Tourism Management, 04/01/20 to Present
- Employee Engagement Management Workplace, 05/01/20 to Present
- Notary Public, 03/01/20 to 11/01/24
Some college - Business Administration Human Resources Management
Southern New Hampshire University
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