Victoria Plaza
Gilroy,CA
Summary
My mission is to provide your organization with the dedication and positive work ethic necessary to succeed in today's fast paced business environment, utilizing my skills and abilities. Accounting skilled in problem solving and maintaining accuracy. Possessing an insatiable drive to achieve and exceed goals. Well-organized and efficient, dependable - can work without supervision. Trained in all areas of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bookkeeping and Payroll. Strong background in all phases of New Hires and Terminations, Drug and Background Screenings. I am skilled at organizing complex projects, defining project priorities, and delegating tasks.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll / HR Administrator
US Technical Ceramics Inc
Morgan Hill, CA
07.2025 - Current
- Managed employee onboarding process, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulations.
- Developed and maintained HR documentation systems for efficient record-keeping and retrieval.
- Coordinated employee performance evaluations, streamlining feedback processes and improving communication.
- Implemented benefits administration processes, enhancing employee satisfaction through effective program management.
- Managed employee data and privacy to keep employee data confidential per organizational privacy policies.
- Managed payroll and timekeeping to track hours and accurately pay employees.
- Handled on-boarding process for newly hired employees, which included distribution of all paperwork.
- Oversaw hiring, staffing, and labor law compliance.
- Conducted thorough exit interviews with departing employees to gather feedback on company culture and identify areas for improvement.
- Updated HR database with new employee information, changes in benefits, and other details.
- Answered employee inquiries regarding health benefits and 401k options.
Caregiver
IHSS
San Jose, CA
09.2024 - 07.2025
- Personal Care Assistance: Provide essential personal care services, including bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting, ensuring clients maintain hygiene and comfort levels.
- Mobility Support: Assist clients with mobility challenges, helping them move safely within their homes, including transferring from beds to wheelchairs and aiding in walking.
- Meal Preparation: Plan and prepare nutritious meals tailored to clients’ dietary needs and preferences, ensuring meals are healthy and appealing.
- Medication Management: Help clients manage their medication schedules by reminding them to take medications on time and monitoring for any side effects.
- Household Management: Perform light housekeeping duties to maintain a clean and safe living environment, including laundry, dishwashing, and general tidying up.
- Companionship: Provide emotional support and companionship, engaging clients in conversation and activities that promote mental well-being.
- Transportation Assistance: Assist clients with transportation to medical appointments or errands, ensuring their safety and comfort throughout the journey.
Payroll – AP/AR Specialist
Condex Corporation
San Jose, CA
01.2024 - 09.2024
- Invoice, Expense Reports, Payment Transactions, New vendor set up.
- Corporate Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounts Payable Process and Management.
- Records Organization and Management, Spreadsheets and Accounting reports.
- Weekly union and no-union payroll processing.
AR Specialist - EMEA Cash Application
Tesla / West Valley Staffing Group
Remote Position
11.2021 - 11.2023
- Cash application for high volume automobile accounts for EMEA (Canada).
- Cash application for Semi payments.
- Reconcile accounts, post payments and update customer records in the Accounting/Reporting systems.
- Identifying and resolving daily challenges with accounts.
- Investigate and resolve internal inquiries and process adjustment entries as needed.
- Process reclassifications, reversals and ensure timely month end completion.
- Case management and allocation of accounts receivable cases.
- Bounced payment reconciliation.
Accounts Payable
Santa Cruz Toyota / Santa Cruz Subaru
Capitola, CA
12.2019 - 04.2020
- Accounts Payable Coding, Approval, Input.
- Month End reconciliation.
- Accounts Receivable Statements.
- Handled Office Petty Cash Drawer, Check Request.
- Research and resolved account discrepancies.
Payroll / HR Administrator
Gill Auto Group
Gilroy, CA
08.2016 - 10.2019
- Collects and compiles payroll data, entering data or computing and posting wages, and reconciling errors to maintain accurate payroll records using ADP Payroll Plus for multiple dealerships.
- Maintain and records changes affecting net wages, such as exemptions, insurance coverage and 401k loan payments, employee records such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals and absentee reports for each employee, and keeping master payroll records updated.
- Administers benefits, new hire paperwork, drug tests, background checks, MVR checks, and corporate initiated programs or policies for multiple dealerships.
- Educates employees on benefits packages and assists with employee on-boarding and open enrollment processes for multiple dealerships.
- Manages employee 401(k) enrollment process and makes changes to payroll accordingly.
- Clean up schedules at every month end.
- Processes all employee insurance forms and insurance payments.
- Prepares/files all hiring and termination paperwork including COBRA letters for multiple dealerships.
- Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal and sick leave for employees.
- Conduct verification of employment.
Accounting/Office Admin
Kinetic Technologies
San Jose, CA
12.2015 - 08.2016
- Invoice /Expense Reports/ Payment Transactions, Petty Cash and New vendor set up.
- Corporate Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounts Payable Process and Management.
- Records Organization and Management, Spreadsheets and Accounting reports.
- Maintained front and back office, ordering supplies, travel arraignments and company transportation.
- Administered compensation, benefits and performance management systems and safety and recreation programs.
Accounting Clerk
Dole Berry Company (AppleOne Employment)
Watsonville, CA
11.2014 - 08.2015
- Responsible for providing accounting support to the Operations Manager and other management within the Finance Department.
- Maintained grower systems and calculations of budget and account payable for the Finance Dept.
- Daily data entry to ensure files are updated and maintained for all financial reconciliations.
- Set up of Farm Labor and H2A contracts and file maintenance for the Finance department.
- Composed effective accounting reports summarizing accounts payable data.
- Monitored payments due from clients and promptly contacted clients with past due payments.
Accounts Payables
Silicon Valley Glass
Morgan Hill, CA
10.2013 - 09.2014
- Distribute Charge-out, Input, Edit and Batch accounts payable invoices to ensure accounting requirements are met and accurate and timely payments are received using NetSuite.
- Process incoming invoices to ensure the correct departments/jobs are charged out and the vendors are paid accurately and in time.
- Conducted construction contracts, letters, proposals, maintain department filing and databases, direct telephone calls.
- Reconciled vendor statements and handled payment complaints or discrepancies.
- Composed effective accounting reports summarizing accounts payable data.
- Posted receipts to appropriate general ledger accounts.
- Coded and entered at least 80 invoices each day into the in-house accounting software.
- Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions.
Office Assistant I
City of Gilroy
Gilroy, CA
09.2012 - 06.2013
- Establish, administer and maintain a variety of files (sometimes confidential), official records and programs.
- Reconcile credit card statements, receipts and reports.
- Type letters, reports and other documents, proofread and compare records and reports, provide clerical support for department managers and supervisors.
- Designed, prepare and assemble a variety of forms, folders, agendas, packets, brochures, fliers and announcements and arrange for distribution.
- Answering, the telephone provides information in response to inquiries, directing calls as needed in a courteous and professional business manner.
- Operated a wide variety of common office machines including a telephone, typewriter, calculator, adding machine, postage meter, scale, copier, computer, laser jet printer, scanner and fax machine.
- Operated two-way radio and associated equipment.
- Made necessary arrangements for meetings and attend occasional evening meetings for Park commission/board/committee agendas following proper formal meeting procedures.
- Assisted in shipping and receiving activities that support City departments.
- Processed payroll records/timesheets for full-time and part-time/seasonal staff; maintain leave records for full-time staff.
- Prepare, tabulate, and evaluate forms and other data applicable to the Department.
- Perform related work as required.
Administrative Assistant
San Jose Construction
Santa Clara, CA
06.2011 - 08.2012
- Conducted construction contracts, letters, proposals, maintain department filing and databases, direct telephone calls.
- Assisted with job bids, scheduled meetings, sort/distribute mail, maintained and ordered office supplies, assisted with correspondence to contractors and tenants, and participated in all office related duties.
- Researched and resolved accounts payable discrepancies.
- Posted receipts to appropriate general ledger accounts.
Human Resource / Office Administrator
Dasan Networks
Santa Clara, CA
10.2009 - 06.2011
- Accounts payable and Trade show coordinator.
- Maintained and audited expense reports, prepared daily, monthly and yearly balance sheets for bookkeeping and auditing purposes.
- Maintained all employees FMLA, benefits and all corporate travel arraignments.
- Composed effective accounting reports summarizing accounts payable data.
- Posted receipts to appropriate general ledger accounts.
- Monitored payments due from clients and promptly contacted clients with past due payments.
- Reconciled discrepancies between accounts receivable general ledger accounts and accounts receivable trial balance account.
- Reviewed all expense reports for accuracy and proper expense disclosure.
- Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions.
- Conducted new hires, payroll processing for in state and out-of-state employees on a semi-monthly pay schedule.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Granite Construction Inc.
Watsonville, CA
08.2008 - 10.2009
- Distribute Charge-out, Input, Edit and Batch accounts payable invoices to ensure accounting requirements are met and accurate and timely payments are received.
- Process incoming invoices to ensure the correct departments/jobs are charged out and the vendors are paid accurately and in time.
- Print and distribute weekly and monthly cost reports both from the EDJ accounting system.
- Processed weekly payroll taxes on-line and on-line payroll bank wire transfers.
- Reconciled vendor statements and handled payment complaints or discrepancies.
- Posted receipts to appropriate general ledger accounts.
- Composed effective accounting reports summarizing accounts payable data.
- Coded and entered at least 100 invoices each day into the in-house accounting software.
Human Resource / Benefits Administrator
Sonic Automotive
San Jose, CA
10.2006 - 01.2008
- Conducted drug and background screenings for new hires with new hire setup and orientations.
- Processed payroll for 150 employees on a semi-monthly pay schedule.
- Maintained and audited expense reports, prepared daily, monthly and yearly balance sheets for bookkeeping and auditing purposes.
- Maintained employee FMLA and benefits.
- Resolved employment-related disputes through proactive communication.
- Administered compensation, benefits and performance management systems and safety and recreation programs.
- Coordinated work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations and employee relations.
- Handled understaffing, disputes, terminating employees and administering disciplinary procedures.
Education
Gavilan College
Gilroy, CAundefined
Bryman College
San Jose, CASkills
- Compensation and Benefits
- Spreadsheet Management
- Account Reconciliation
- Payroll
- 10-key
- Travel administration
- Filing and data archiving
- Automotive Dealership Experience
- HR Management
- Payroll Management
- QuickBooks Pro
- MS Access
- Excel
- Pivot Tables
- AR/AP - Collections
- ADP - Payroll Plus
- AS/400 HRIS
- NetSuite
- Sage
- Lawson
- CDK
- Employee relations
- New employee training
- Employee onboarding
- Personnel file management
Timeline
Payroll / HR Administrator
US Technical Ceramics Inc
07.2025 - Current
Caregiver
IHSS
09.2024 - 07.2025
Payroll – AP/AR Specialist
Condex Corporation
01.2024 - 09.2024
AR Specialist - EMEA Cash Application
Tesla / West Valley Staffing Group
11.2021 - 11.2023
Accounts Payable
Santa Cruz Toyota / Santa Cruz Subaru
12.2019 - 04.2020
Payroll / HR Administrator
Gill Auto Group
08.2016 - 10.2019
Accounting/Office Admin
Kinetic Technologies
12.2015 - 08.2016
Accounting Clerk
Dole Berry Company (AppleOne Employment)
11.2014 - 08.2015
Accounts Payables
Silicon Valley Glass
10.2013 - 09.2014
Office Assistant I
City of Gilroy
09.2012 - 06.2013
Administrative Assistant
San Jose Construction
06.2011 - 08.2012
Human Resource / Office Administrator
Dasan Networks
10.2009 - 06.2011
Accounts Payable Specialist
Granite Construction Inc.
08.2008 - 10.2009
Human Resource / Benefits Administrator
Sonic Automotive
10.2006 - 01.2008
undefined
Bryman College
Gavilan College