T. Perkins
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Payroll & Human Resources Executive Profile Quality focused Senior Payroll Manager/ Human Resources/ Administrative/ Accountant Professional with 10+ years in multiple aspects of office management, financial reporting, analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and cash / account management in commercial and industrial environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Manager & Human Resources Generalist
MP Materials
08.2020 - Current
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.full-cycle bi-weekly multi-state payroll for 1600+ employees
- Compensation analyzes, designs, and administers employer compensation programs, including base pay, long and short-term incentives, spot bonuses, commissions, and stock that align with company objectives for recruiting, retention, and employee engagements
- Process company shares, RSUs, employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- Assist with internal/external payroll audits and compliance reporting including 401(k) and Workers Compensation
- Ensure the processing of off-cycle payments for terminations by timely preparing and administering final checks within state regulatory guidelines
- Process manual tax adjustments, quarter-end adjustments, and year-end adjustments
- Assists with reconciling W-2's, Form 3291, 1099, and other year-end activities
- File quarter Payroll Taxes (940, 941, FUTA SUTA) year-end tax preparation
- Oversight in payroll related input into month and quarter-end close activities; including but not limited to understanding payroll GL
- Reporting, journal entries and reconciliations
- Ensure payroll teams mitigate risks in a robust control environment and assist with various audits throughout the group
- Applied knowledge of regulations, employment law and tax code to keep operations in compliance with applicable standards.
Payroll Manager & HR Assistant
XL Companies
07.2017 - 08.2020
- Audit electronic timecards, reconcile data, and import bi-weekly for four companies and 1300+ employees
- Calculate weekly and bi-weekly deposit for the bank transfer for payroll and payroll liabilities
- Preparation and remittance of Certified Payroll Report for Union Payroll, Project Labor Agreement, Prevailing Wages/ Davis Bacon wages on a weekly basis and the minority report on a monthly basis
- Process garnishment, levy, child support withholding, process HSA, ACA and 401K contribution
- Processing of all payroll entries W4, state withholdings, direct deposit, and address changes
- File quarter Payroll Taxes (940, 941, FUTA SUTA) year-end tax preparation
- Enter journal entries for month end and reconciliation of attaches
- Reconcile general ledge accounts
- Meet with business leaders to understand, develop and deliver best in class payroll strategies, policies and procedures to add value and insights to the businesses
- Complete implementation from Kronos to ADP and Paycom to ADP
- Ensure payroll teams mitigate risks in a robust control environment and assist with various audits throughout the group
- Conduct business and personal references and make recommendations on employment applicants
- Serves as the liaison between Operations management team and employees by handling questions and assisting the resolution of employee related issues
- Provide effective guidance and coaching to the payroll and HR department
- Process new hire conduct new hire orientation for each company new hires
- Conduct New Hire Orientations, Benefit enrollment, 401K and Pension administrations
- Order and monitor drug and background results and advise managers of approval to hire.
Payroll Manager
Aristocrat Technologies
01.2015 - 07.2017
- Manage full-cycle US, Canada, and Puerto Rico payroll processing and assist with exempt and non-exempt payroll transactions on a bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and weekly bases for 14 locations
- Support and develop payroll leaders across Aristocrat group
- Ensure a culture of high performance and innovation is actively promoted within the group
- It is critical that this role is customer centric, has regular engagement with customers and listens and respond to feedback in a timely manner
- Develop, refine and monitor global payroll policies and procedures in line with statutory and company requirements to be best in class.Work closely with our various businesses and HR leadership team to aid daily operations and/or business transformation projects
- Oversee the end-to-end payroll process for multiple restaurant locations within the group Audit electronic Timecards and import bi-weekly pay period hours receiving manager and supervisor approval on employee time records and resolve all exceptions based on documented payroll processing guidelines
- Create department budgets for hiring, and budget forecasting
- Calculate and provide data to ADP for all employees for all regular, overtime retroactive pay calculations, split shift, break penalty, vacation accumulator, bereavement, LOA, and sick pay
- Conduct both pre-and post-audits of the payroll input file and correct any errors prior to file upload
- Assist in the processing of all payroll entries W4, state withholdings, direct deposit, and address changes
- Audit electronic Timecards and import weekly and bi-weekly pay period hours into payroll software, receiving manager and supervisor approval on employee time records and resolve all exceptions based on documented payroll processing guidelines
- Coordinate with ADP payroll staff, HR and senior staff members for all pertinent payroll issues
- Notify ADP of requirement for stop payments, off cycle payments and voids and provide data to identify specific payment(s) impacted
- Assist with annual audit preparation; workers comp, 401(k), financial, etc
- In providing the required reports or documentation as required.
Payroll Specialist/Benefit Administrator
Aristocrat Technologies
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Entering payroll transaction in ADP (Americas, Puerto Rico & Canada)
- Verifies and/or establishes tax exemptions, benefit deductions, leave accrual, banking 401(k) information
- Generates & Uploads Clarity hours into e-Time Generates & Uploads Masterfile from PeopleSoft to ADP with Weekly Changes Generates check request for 529 & RSP
- Process employee’s termination and stop deductions
- Calculate final paycheck including and owed time or money to the company
- Enter Garnishments
- Ensuring earning and deduction code are correctly set up and maintained in ADP programs
- Runs audit reports before and after transmission to verify the correctness of the payroll, reviewing data entry and overall totals before issuing payroll checks to employees
- Back up Accounts Payable and Travel
Payroll Accountant/HR Admin Assistant
Avis Rent –A-Car
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Process weekly payroll for non-union employees including entering timecards, calculating payroll, processing direct deposit and printing checks
- Process all termination paperwork per Company policies and procedures
- Process Payroll for over 1500 employees Weekly & Biweekly
- Calculate weekly payroll deposit for bank transfers
- Process all new hire paperwork and perform new hire orientation items per Company policies and procedures
- Create and maintain employee file folders
- Setup benefits and direct deposit for new hires
- Prepare weekly employee master reports
- Assist CFO as needed and other duties may be assigned, if deemed necessary, by the Company
- Prepare Quarterly payroll taxes (FUTA, SUTA, Unemployment Taxes) & 401(k) reports and support
- Reconcile payroll tax withholding for General Ledger accounts Process Worker Comp Claims/ OSHA 300 Log
- Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policies and procedures, Stay current on all employment law changes
- Monthly bank reconciliations for multiple bank accounts, Bank Reconciliation for all payroll accounts
- Regulate A/P postings, A/P collections, purchase order entry and processing for all customer inventories.
Executive Assistant/ HR Assistant
Avis Rent-A-Car
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Direct report, executive administrator to District Manager, HR Director
- Coordinate new hire orientations, medical benefits packs, Person employee files, medical file
- Processed payroll via ADP for 650+ employees, maintained attendance/vacation logs and OSHA 300 log
- Oversaw A/P, A/R and Medical Billing for Management teams
- Coordinated events, projects, timelines, and procedures implementing and improvising to meet demanding deadlines and generate improvement of customer service
- Liaison between key departments ensured open-line communication and diligent reporting practices
- Managed capital purchasing, vendor relations, and equipment tracking reports.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Skills
- Payroll, Human Resources, Benefits Admin
- New Hire Orientation/On-bordering
- G/L Account
- Journal Entries
- Compensation Analyst & Forecasting
- Account Reconciliation
- Fixed Asset Depreciation
- Meeting Deadlines
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Employee Relations
- Human Resources Department Processes
- Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
Timeline
Payroll Manager & Human Resources Generalist
MP Materials
08.2020 - Current
Payroll Manager & HR Assistant
XL Companies
07.2017 - 08.2020
Payroll Manager
Aristocrat Technologies
01.2015 - 07.2017
Payroll Specialist/Benefit Administrator
Aristocrat Technologies
01.2013 - 01.2015
Payroll Accountant/HR Admin Assistant
Avis Rent –A-Car
01.2010 - 01.2013
Executive Assistant/ HR Assistant
Avis Rent-A-Car
01.2007 - 01.2010
Bachelor of Science -
University of Nevada Las Vegas