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SHARON LOCKHART

BELLEVUE,NE

Summary

Proficient Payroll Coordinator highly effective at managing multiple simultaneous areas in fast-paced environments. Strong research, math, and payroll software skills. Successful at overseeing payroll, documentation and reporting. Prepared to offer 17 years of Payroll experience and motivational leadership abilities to contribute to business success by delivering compliant and accurate payroll to employees.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Payroll Specialist

City+Ventures
Omaha, NE
08.2023 - Current
  • Researched and resolved employee payroll questions and issues via email, phone and in person.
  • Onboarded new employees in time reporting and payroll systems.
  • Processed employee rehires, transfers, terminations and withholdings.
  • Oversaw payroll processing to comply with tax laws and court-ordered wage assignments and garnishments.
  • Collaborated with employees and supervisors to immediately resolve discrepancies in timesheets.
  • Voided checks and issued stop payment orders to correct payroll discrepancies.
  • Prepared manual checks and submitted direct deposit through online banking.
  • Reviewed, investigated and corrected errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents and reports.
  • Managed payroll and time and attendance systems.
  • Processed and issued paychecks and earnings statements.
  • Prepared and balanced end-of-period reports and reconciled payroll issues.
  • Trained new employees on company timekeeping systems.
  • Accurately processed data, validation and transmission for weekly, semi-monthly and sales payrolls.
  • Administered payroll for large staff using various software programs.
  • Managed payroll for temporary, hourly and salaried employees.
  • Produced and filed payroll reports every week.
  • Managed payroll for employees at 35 different locations.
  • Calculated and applied wage garnishments.
  • Coordinated child support deductions and distributed wage assignments.

Payroll Specialist

Clarion HSG
Omaha, NE
02.2023 - 08.2023
  • Generated relevant paperwork and payroll reports.
  • Calculated overtime, vacation sick hours and other categories of time, including manually calculating time worked for various technical positions.
  • Managed payroll for temporary, hourly and salaried employees.
  • Prepared physical checks for employees and check stubs for those receiving direct deposits of funds.
  • Entered corrected records into ADP, Bamboo, and Service Titan and added additional adjustments as required.
  • Updated and reconciled retirement, tax and health care accounts.
  • Voided checks and issued stop payment orders to correct payroll discrepancies.
  • Maintained and updated database for invoicing and accounting reconciliation.
  • Audited time records submitted by clients to verify conformance with appropriate administrative policies and regulations.
  • Extracted information from ADP, Bamboo, and Service Titan and generated reports for various departments and vendors.
  • Managed bookkeeping and accounting systems and completed data entry with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Reconciled monthly statements and transactions to keep records accurate and current.
  • Assisted with month-end and year-end closings to support accounting system accuracy.
  • Problem-solved accounts payable questions on behalf of internal team members, management and vendors.
  • Prepared and updated vendor files, tax documents and insurance information.

Senior Payroll Specialist

Agemark Senior Living
Elkhorn, NE
11.2020 - 01.2023
  • Successful conversion of bookkeeper centric payroll process.
  • Process payroll for 24 locations, including Washington and California.
  • Ensure compliance with California employment law, including provisional COVID-19 employer obligations.
  • New Hire onboarding and employee termination.
  • Implementation of Paycom and ADP processing software.
  • Establishment of deadlines, workflows, and payroll best practices.
  • Bi-Weekly and Monthly analysis of payroll trends and inconsistencies.
  • General Ledger reconciliation as relates to payroll, employee deductions, and legal entity re-allocation.
  • Process all garnishments and withholding orders.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of Labor reporting.
  • Training and problem resolution.
  • Generated relevant paperwork and payroll reports.
  • Prepared physical checks for employees and check stubs for those receiving direct deposits of funds.
  • Responded to requests for information as company expert on payroll operations.
  • Corrected payroll transactions by voiding checks and issuing stop payment orders.
  • Enforced established payroll-related policies, procedures and regulations and adherence to company and governmental policies.
  • Reviewed, investigated and corrected errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents and reports.

Payroll Coordinator

Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority, Omaha
Omaha, NE
05.2020 - 11.2020
  • Collect and process payroll salaried and hourly employees.
  • Process all time off requests for hourly, as well as salary/salary non-exempt employees.
  • Work closely with other departments to process and reconcile enrollments for new hires, terminations, and open enrollment or status change as relates to voluntary deductions.
  • Process payroll distributions, direct deposits, rate changes, refunds, and retro-active payments for all employees.
  • Bank and General Ledger reconciliation as relates to both payroll and general business expenditures and responsibilities.
  • Payroll and employee auditing and reporting.
  • Accounts Payable lead-sheet process and reconciliation.
  • Implementation and Training.
  • Managed payroll for temporary, hourly, and salaried employees.
  • Assisted with audits by preparing accounts and providing information.

Payroll Specialist

Intrado, West Corporation
Omaha, NE
01.2019 - 03.2020
  • Collect and process payroll for five companies on a bi-weekly pay cycle, up to and including, monthly bonus payouts.
  • Accurate import of all earnings, deductions, and additional payouts across 22 bi-weekly company codes.
  • Creation of ADP ALINE pay card requests and funding on a per pay period basis.
  • Process all time cards for hourly, as well as salary/salary non-exempt employees.
  • Work closely with other departments to process and reconcile enrollments for new hires, terminations, and open enrollment or status change as relates to voluntary deductions.
  • Process payroll distributions, direct deposits, rate changes, refunds, and retro-active payments for all employees of five respective company codes.
  • Audit payroll and reporting on a bi-weekly schedule to ensure accuracy.
  • Audit current company pay and earnings codes for relevancy.
  • Managed payroll and time and attendance systems.

Payroll Coordinator, Omaha

XO Group
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Completes payroll on a semi-monthly and bi-weekly calendar.
  • Ensures timely and accurate reporting, tax filing, and audit on a monthly and quarterly basis.
  • Business Process Improvement.
  • Conduct requirements analysis of existing procedures and fulfillment of structured developments for revision and implementation of streamlined operations, resulting in increased consistency and transparency.
  • Processes incumbent and outgoing employee file creation, compensation and enrollment.
  • Collaborate with accounting department to enhance data processing, analysis, and review controls.
  • Managed files and payroll for over 8000 employees.
  • Assisted with audits by preparing accounts and providing information.
  • Entered corrected records into ADP and added additional adjustments as required.
  • Updated and reconciled retirement, tax and health care accounts.
  • Onboarded new employees in time reporting and payroll systems.

Payroll Specialist

NorthStar Financial Group, Omaha
Omaha, NE
03.2016 - 12.2016
  • Completes payroll for 10 companies on a semi-monthly calendar, including monthly company wide bonus.
  • Manages all aspects of employee enrollment, attendance, and compensation history.
  • Semi-monthly audit of all payroll processes.
  • Review and coordinate with state/federal agencies to ensure accuracy and compliance.
  • Monthly audit of workers’ compensation claims and losses.
  • Resolution of outstanding payroll and tax discrepancies in collaborate with department head and accounting department.
  • Payroll Administration and Risk Management at Slosburg Corporation, Omaha October 2014 — March 2016.
  • Process confidential employee background checks, documents, enrollments, and disability claims.
  • Manage employee attendance, including daily hours and vacation.
  • Maintain scheduling for company wide inspections and corporate meetings.
  • Ensure prompt pre-employment screening, evaluation, and payment.
  • Manage on boarding/off boarding of all applicants.
  • Manage company wide commercial and residential certificates of insurance, and payment.
  • Process property and general liability claims and losses and maintain accurate documentation.
  • Provides assistance to legal in the assessment of property losses or non-compliance.
  • Solicit and administer insurance, property repair, and inspection contracts.
  • Office Management and Payroll Administration at Software Engineering Services, Omaha.

Payroll Administration and Risk Management

Slosburg Corporation
Omaha, NE
10.2014 - 03.2016
  • Process confidential background investigation and documentation.
  • Manage employee attendance, including daily hours and vacation.
  • Maintain scheduling for companywide inspections and Corporate meetings.
  • Ensure prompt pre-employment screening, evaluation, and payment.
  • New Hire onboarding and termination.
  • Process property and general liability claims and losses, and maintain accurate documentation.
  • Assist Legal in the assessment of property losses or non-compliance.
  • Solicit and administer insurance, property repair, and inspection contracts.
  • Reported findings on risk exposures to senior executives and board of directors.
  • Reviewed risk management database reports for compliance and fraud prevention.
  • Maintained risk identification programs to reduce potential losses from workers' compensation and general liability insurance issues.
  • Participated in division safety and security meetings and joint safety task force meetings.
  • Managed vendor relationships for workers' compensation and property and casualty insurance policy programs.

Office Management and Payroll Administration

Software Engineering Services
Bellevue, NE
01.2013 - 10.2014
  • Manages both account payable and receivable.
  • Provide incumbent on boarding, company wide training, and employee departure and debrief.
  • Process company wide travel, expense reimbursement, and general office management.
  • Utilization of active federal security clearance as the security management officer.
  • Maintain the influx of government contracts in collaboration with the proposal department.
  • Managed office inventory and placed new supply orders.
  • Oversaw day-to-day office operations, including receiving and organizing correspondence, answering and forwarding calls and creating business letters and records.
  • Handled scheduling and managed timely and effective allocation of resources and calendars.
  • Coordinated office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance with company policies.
  • Directed and oversaw office personnel activities.
  • Coordinated travel arrangements by booking hotel rooms, car rentals and flights for staff.

Dispute Resolutions and Risk Analysis

PayPal
La Vista, NE
09.2011 - 11.2012
  • Evaluate account holders for authenticity, potential fraudulent behavior, and adherence to company guidelines and act as necessary.
  • Complete outbound calls to account holders to ensure account and payment validity.
  • Act as a third-party arbiter when resolving complaints between buyers and sellers.
  • Resolve inbound buyer and seller disputes, claims, and general account inquiries.
  • Assessed conflicts by analyzing all aspects and sides of situations with impartial viewpoint and consideration of applicable laws.
  • Utilized proven methods of dispute resolution by fostering understanding of opposing party's perspective.
  • Gathered information about disputes by interviewing individuals, witnesses and other involved parties.

Administration and Production

Surplus Sales of Nebraska
Omaha, NE
08.2004 - 09.2011
  • Ensure all customer requests and orders are processed with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Assist Human Resources, Accounting, and Senior management and Tech solutions as necessary.
  • Manage customer account status and order payment.
  • Accurately resolve inbound customer service concerns, order placement, and general questions.
  • Perform varied tasks, up to and including, the process of confidential and time sensitive documents, training, returns/refunds, and system implementation.
  • Set up and operated production equipment according to daily work orders and safety procedures.
  • Unloaded incoming products off trucks, sorted items in staging area and transported items to final storage locations.
  • Oversaw inventory and physical counts and performed periodic cycle counts to verify outgoing orders.
  • Sorted and packaged products to prepare for processing or shipment.

Education

Psychology

University of Nebraska at Omaha
2012

Skills

  • Documentation requirements
  • Reporting, Documentation, and Recordkeeping expertise
  • Bi-weekly payroll management
  • Strength in research
  • I-9 documentation
  • New employee processing
  • Department Head/Manager
  • Multi-state payroll
  • Garnishment processing
  • Payroll policies and procedures
  • Training and development
  • Daily payroll activities
  • Federal and state tax regulations
  • Internal controls
  • Analytical skills
  • Financial Auditing
  • Account reconciliation
  • Month-end documentation
  • GL reconciliation
  • Payroll operation(s) and full cycle processing
  • Accounts payable
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Managing commission structures
  • Skilled in ADP WFN, Bamboo, Service Titan, Workday, Sage Intacct, Paycom, Paycor, KRONOS, Oracle HCM, SalesForce, Great Plains Accounting Software, EBMS, Quickbooks
  • Internal controls and audits
  • Bookkeeping operations
  • Account evaluation
  • Payment processing
  • Payroll Policies and Procedures
  • Tax Law Compliance
  • Benefits Administration
  • Bi-Weekly Payroll Management
  • Submitting Tax Payments
  • Check Processing
  • Staff Recruitment and Hiring
  • Operational Reporting
  • Advanced Mathematics
  • Cost Data Analysis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Employee Training Oversight
  • Strategy Development
  • Time Management

References

References available upon request

Timeline

Senior Payroll Specialist

City+Ventures
08.2023 - Current

Payroll Specialist

Clarion HSG
02.2023 - 08.2023

Senior Payroll Specialist

Agemark Senior Living
11.2020 - 01.2023

Payroll Coordinator

Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority, Omaha
05.2020 - 11.2020

Payroll Specialist

Intrado, West Corporation
01.2019 - 03.2020

Payroll Coordinator, Omaha

XO Group
01.2017 - 01.2019

Payroll Specialist

NorthStar Financial Group, Omaha
03.2016 - 12.2016

Payroll Administration and Risk Management

Slosburg Corporation
10.2014 - 03.2016

Office Management and Payroll Administration

Software Engineering Services
01.2013 - 10.2014

Dispute Resolutions and Risk Analysis

PayPal
09.2011 - 11.2012

Administration and Production

Surplus Sales of Nebraska
08.2004 - 09.2011

Psychology

University of Nebraska at Omaha

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