Richard Miller
Northridge
Summary
Dynamic Senior Payroll Manager with extensive experience at Banijay Americas, adept in ADP Workforce Now and Workday. Proven track record in leading payroll implementations and enhancing accuracy, while demonstrating exceptional problem-solving skills. Committed to optimizing processes and ensuring compliance, driving efficiency in payroll operations for diverse employee groups.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR PAYROLL MANAGER
Banijay Americas
North Hollywood
05.2016 - 02.2026
- I started as a Senior Payroll Specialist and got promoted to Payroll Manager in January 2018 and promoted again to Senior Payroll Manager in March 2022.
- Full-Cycle Payroll Processing for 180 Corporate employees in ADP WFN while using Workday on semi-monthly basis.
- Full-Cycle Payroll Processing for 10 Freelancers on a weekly basis, non-union using Trinet, Cast & Crew and Greenslate.
- Led implementation projects including Workday to ADP, EZ Labor, ADP Streamline, and payroll systems for corporate and freelance employees.
- Handle payroll tasks daily to ensure Integration files from Workday import to ADP with no errors. Contact Human Resources with any errors.
- Collaborated with human resources and accounting to audit payroll information, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Updates payroll records by reviewing and approving changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job titles, and department/ division transfers.
- Audit quarterly reports, SODs, W-2s. Along with benefit invoices on a monthly basis.
- Helped manage audits for our W/C, 401k, FSA/DCSA and Payroll.
- Built GLI’s for various Company Codes. Build Custom Reporting reports in ADP.
- Provide and reconcile ACA Reports to our vendor and various reports to accounting.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills by resolving payroll issues efficiently and accurately.
- Facilitated transition to digital payroll processes, significantly reducing paper usage in the department.
PAYROLL/BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR
1105 Media, Inc
Chatsworth
09.2008 - 04.2016
- Prepare and reconcile semi-monthly multi-state payroll for 300 employees using ADP (PCPW & WFN).
- Enter and process new hires, taxes, salary changes, direct deposits and all benefits.
- Auditing payroll reports before and after payroll is transmitted. Reconcile and create various payroll reports using Report Smith/Custom Reporting and download them into excel spreadsheets.
- Calculate gross-up wages, termination and bonus checks. Adjust vacation and sick accruals in ADP.
- Collect time sheets using EZ Labor and importing into ADP Payroll system.
- Prepared and printed manual check requests, voided paychecks, processed stop payments, and managed direct deposit reversals.
- Updated validation tables to ensure accurate payroll processing.
- Researched and resolved payroll inquiries from employees and upper management to ensure accurate information dissemination.
- Verified weekly feedback files from carriers when errors occurred.
- Monthly audits on our benefit statements to ensure accuracy.
- Reconcile Quarterly Wage and Tax Registers. Format and transmit 401k files each pay period. Reconcile W-2s.
- Transmitted 401k to our carrier.
- Annual audit of employees’ benefits/dependents in carriers matches what is in ADP.
- Assisted in payroll, 401(k), and workers' compensation audits to maintain compliance and accuracy.
- ACA coding and reconciliation.
- Provide various spreadsheets to finance for month-end.
SENIOR PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Harman International Industries
Northridge
08.2005 - 09.2008
- Prepared and reconciled semi-monthly and bi-weekly multi-state payrolls for 1000 employees across multiple company codes in ADP (EV3-Enterprise), ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing.
- Calculate gross-up wages, termination and bonus checks. Adjust vacation and sick accruals in ADP.
- Reconciled and generated various payroll reports using Report Smith, efficiently downloading data into Excel for analysis and reporting.
- Reconcile Quarter Wage and Tax Registers/Workers Comp for all my company codes by quarter and for the year.
- Verify and reconcile W-2 forms for accuracy and compliance.
- Researched and resolved payroll inquiries from employees and division representatives, providing accurate information and enhancing payroll support.
- Prepared and printed manual check requests, voided paychecks, stopped payments, and processed direct deposit reversals.
- Enter all types of garnishments in ADP and also reconcile garnishments on a per period basis.
- Process paperwork to do transfers and input wages/accumulators in ADP.
- Reconcile spreadsheets for various items such as 401k, FSA accounts and Def’d Comp by pay period, monthly and for the year.
- Prepare payroll journals by pay period and monthly accruals.
- Format and transmit 401k files.
- Process Monthly billing for benefits using pivot tables.
- Train new payroll reps for EV3, processing payroll, reconciling payroll and 401k.
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Hathaway Children & Family Services
Lake View Terrace
10.1999 - 08.2005
- Prepare semi-monthly payroll for 400 employees on ADP (Citrix Program) Internet.
- Resolved payroll discrepancies to ensure accurate employee compensation.
- Reconcile payroll reports.
- Processed manual paychecks for employees.
- Create various reports in Report Smith and download them into excel spreadsheets.
- Verifying employment, SDI’s, garnishments, tax levies and student loans.
- Reconcile 401k before transmitting.
- Assist in year-end 401k testing.
- Reviewed and corrected W-2 forms to maintain compliance and accuracy in reporting.
ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATOR
Rockscapes, Inc.
Canoga Park
02.1998 - 10.1999
- Executed month-end closing procedures, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting.
- Generated weekly check runs, prepared manual checks, processed purchase orders in accounting system, and managed daily deposits and vendor communications.
- Processed payroll in ADP on a weekly basis, handled employee benefits.
- Updated cash log account, organized filing, audited vendors, and managed inventory.
- Physical counts on inventory, cost analysis on our products, customer service, and maintained our employee files.
- Conduct safety meetings and new hire orientations.
SENIOR PAYROLL CLERK
Blue Cross of California
Woodland Hills
07.1997 - 02.1998
- Processed bi-weekly payroll for 1700 employees, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Issued manual checks, cross-referenced payroll registers, managed VOEs and SDI integration, resolved time sheet discrepancies, provided customer service, and researched payroll issues.
- Process payroll for diverse employee groups efficiently and accurately.
- Review and verify timecards and attendance records for compliance.
- Maintain employee records in payroll system with attention to detail.
ACCOUNT PAYABLE/PAYROLL CLERK
CHS Management, Inc.
Los Angeles
01.1996 - 05.1996
- Processed payroll for 200 employees using ADP and issued manual checks as needed.
- Processed payroll for employees using automated payroll software.
- Ensured accurate timekeeping records through regular audits and adjustments.
- Maintained employee records and updated payroll information promptly.
- Generated weekly check runs, logged deposits, performed journal entries and adjustments, managed vendor relations, provided customer service, and balanced month-end cash account.
ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER
Community Medical Group
Calabasas
09.1993 - 01.1996
- Promoted to-Assistant Bookkeeper: Processed monthly/weekly deposits, issued manual checks, bank reconciliation.
- Executed weekly check runs for invoices and processed vendor payments to maintain timely cash flow.
- Logged patients into systems, batched claims, audited patient accounts, provided customer service, and researched issues to ensure accurate billing.
- Managed employee benefits enrollment and administration to ensure compliance and support employee satisfaction.
Education
Computerized Accounting -
Van Nuys College of Business
Van Nuys01.1992
College - accounting
Pierce College
Woodland HillsSkills
- ADP Run payroll
- ADP Workforce Now
- ADP TotalSource
- ADP Total Resource
- ADP 401(k) management
- Great Plains
- Workday software
- Modern ERP systems
- E-Time system
- EZ Labor system
- WEX
- EASE
- Cast and Crew system
- EV3 Enterprise
- Trinet
- DocuSign platform
- Intermediate Excel
- Report Writer Smith
- PCPW
- Advantage Armor
- Word
- WordPerfect
- Greenslate
Timeline
SENIOR PAYROLL MANAGER
Banijay Americas
05.2016 - 02.2026
PAYROLL/BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR
1105 Media, Inc
09.2008 - 04.2016
SENIOR PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Harman International Industries
08.2005 - 09.2008
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Hathaway Children & Family Services
10.1999 - 08.2005
ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATOR
Rockscapes, Inc.
02.1998 - 10.1999
SENIOR PAYROLL CLERK
Blue Cross of California
07.1997 - 02.1998
ACCOUNT PAYABLE/PAYROLL CLERK
CHS Management, Inc.
01.1996 - 05.1996
ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER
Community Medical Group
09.1993 - 01.1996
Computerized Accounting -
Van Nuys College of Business
College - accounting
Pierce College