Valerie Sweet
Elsinboro,NJ
Summary
Results-driven HR professional with 20+ years of experience, adept at aligning departmental goals with organizational vision. Skilled in executive leadership, business development, and project management for enhanced employee satisfaction and company profitability. Known for strong organizational, relationship building, and time management skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Payroll Manager
R.E. Pierson Construction Co
Pilesgrove, NJ
10.2023 - Current
- Supervise and ensure accuracy of weekly multi-state payroll and union payments – hourly and salaried employees
- Assist with audits, quarter, and year-end reconciliations
- Ensured precise input of payroll transactions and deductions/allowances
- Developed and prepared weekly, monthly, and quarterly management reports
- Managed all union, local, state, federal, tax accounts for the company; including new setup
- Ensured accuracy and compliance with payroll regulations at the state, local, and federal levels
HR Consultant/Implementation Specialist (Contract)
UKG
Montgomery County, PA
05.2023 - 10.2023
- Administered payroll for assigned clients
- Advised clients on HR policies and procedures
- Provided advice to comply with employment law
- Facilitated trainings and troubleshooting as needed for each client
- Analyzed and developed clients suggested programs by collaborating with the HR department and assessing reports
- Created training guides, strategies and solutions.
- Performed quality assurance checks throughout the implementation process to verify accuracy of data entries.
- Implemented customizations according to customer specifications while adhering to established coding standards.
Payroll Manager/Tax Manager/HR
Hatzel and Buehler
Wilmington, DE
11.2022 - 05.2023
- Oversaw weekly multi-state payroll – Including hourly, salaried, commission, and any bonuses, incentives, retroactive pay, or overpayments
- Analyzed earnings and deduction totals, and corrected out of balances
- Managed all in-house tax processes for seven states, ensuring accurate filing of daily 941's, FUTA payments, and local tax obligations.
- Produced timely quarterly and annual tax reconciliations
- Processed year-end payroll, including W-2 preparation and accurate reporting
- Completed month-end and year-end closings, kept records audit-ready and monitored timely recording of accounting transactions.
- Managed all union, state, federal, local, tax accounts for the company, including new setup
Regional Corporate Workforce Manager (20 Facilities – union and non union)
Bedrock Care
Royersford, PA
01.2022 - 11.2022
- Responsible for education and training on Payroll, HR and Scheduling software
- Oversee payroll including: OT, Agency usage, Bonuses, PTO, Garnishments
- Analyzed key performance indicators related to staffing, scheduling, and forecasting.
- Conducted training, education, and goals to the management team, Staffing Managers and HR at each facility on budgets, staffing budget and recruitment objectives
- Compiled compensation analysis for all departments
- Negotiated 150 agency contracts and eliminated the high cost agencies company wide
- Constructed a recruitment strategy, interview module, and strengthened the job ads which resulted in 20% successful hiring in one month.
HR, Payroll, & Benefits Administrator Manager
Merion Cricket Club
Haverford, PA
03.2019 - 01.2022
- Responsible for processing a weekly $350k - $450k payroll for 250-450 employees
- Verified accuracy of employee hours worked, pay rate changes, deductions, bonuses, and other payroll data.
- Assisted management team with disciplinary procedures and tracking system that insulated company from legal risk and ensured consistent and fair discipline
- Launched the recruitment, introduced interview system, and orientation program
- Managed employee benefits administration, Worker’s compensation, FSA, HSA, COBRA and 401K (met with board members)
- Negotiated revisions, increased benefit options and enhanced existing plans at no cost increase
- Developed onboarding process, implemented paperless onboarding, and reduced the new hire processing time by 30%
- Implemented a new payroll system which saved the company $15,000 a year
- Created employee recognition, incentives, reward programs, and a wellness program
- Organized team activities to build camaraderie and foster pleasant workplace culture.
Director of Human Resources & Payroll – 2 Unions
Laurel Brook Rehab
Mount Laurel, NJ
05.2017 - 03.2019
- Calculated and processed payroll for over 200 employees on a bi-weekly basis.
- Verified accuracy of employee hours worked, pay rate changes, deductions, bonuses, and other payroll data.
- Developed and implemented human resources policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Ensured compliance with federal, state and local employment laws.
- Created and reviewed job descriptions regularly to ensure accuracy of duties assigned to each position.
- Collaborated with the regional team to design a large-scale reorganization that aligned with the business operating model
- Managed all aspects of HR functions including talent acquisition, onboarding, benefits administration, staff coordination, disciplinary actions, employee relations, personnel records, payroll management, and scheduling
- Facilitated and led recruitment and retention meetings to identify issues and develop corrective actions
- Lowered turnover by 25% and agency by 20%
- Devised employee incentives to increase employee morale and focus on retention
- Analyzed opportunities for improvement and formulated solutions to significantly reduce costs throughout the organization.
Education
Associate of Science -
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ04-2002
Skills
- Payroll Processing
- Executive leadership
- Business development
- Organizational skills
- Relationship building
- Interpersonal skills
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Payroll management
- Confidentiality
- Reconciliation
- HR policies and procedures
- Employment law compliance
- Tax management
- W-2 preparation
- VOE's
- Garnishments/Levies
- Benefits administration
- Union Remittances and Reports
- 401K administration
- Payroll system implementation
- Multi-state payroll
- Payroll Auditing
- Tax law knowledge
Certifications Trainings Affiliations
- HR Business Consultant – IAP College
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Member of SHRM
Software systems
- ADP
- UKG
- Paylocity
- Paycom
- Kronos
- GenStar
- Genserv
- Smartlinx
- SBV
- Viventium
- On Shift
- Microsoft Office
- Grey Mar
- Hosted
- Predictive Index
- Spectrum
- ViewPoint
- E360
Awards
Virtua STAR Award
Volunteer Experience
- Savage Sisters – Kensington, PA
- Half Mad Honey – Philadelphia, PA
Timeline
Assistant Payroll Manager
R.E. Pierson Construction Co
10.2023 - Current
HR Consultant/Implementation Specialist (Contract)
UKG
05.2023 - 10.2023
Payroll Manager/Tax Manager/HR
Hatzel and Buehler
11.2022 - 05.2023
Regional Corporate Workforce Manager (20 Facilities – union and non union)
Bedrock Care
01.2022 - 11.2022
HR, Payroll, & Benefits Administrator Manager
Merion Cricket Club
03.2019 - 01.2022
Director of Human Resources & Payroll – 2 Unions
Laurel Brook Rehab
05.2017 - 03.2019
Associate of Science -
Camden County College
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