Willow Bennett

Subject matter expert for all issues surrounding payroll, taxes, and benefits for internal and external stakeholders. Payroll Manager is responsible for the execution, coordination, and oversight of payroll operations.

• Multi-Company, Multi-State bi-weekly full cycle payroll processing of ~300 exempt and non-exempt employees
• Monitor and maintain payroll, taxes, and benefit data to ensure current and accurate information for payroll processing
• Coordinates all payroll tax, insurance, and benefit audits
• Ensures all compliance is met with 401(k) reporting. Annual ERISA audit coordination
• 401k administration and enrollment
• Establishes and enforces internal controls, workflows and policies for tracking, reconciling and reporting on accounting activities.
• Extensive ADP WorkforceNow training

Owned and operated a successful consignment and resale storefront in historic Downtown Livingston, Montana.

• Employee recruiting and management
• General bookkeeping and tax preparation for S-corporation
• Inventory, purchasing, merchandising, community engagement.
• Independent marketing of business

• Set clear expectations and created positive working environment for 30 employees.
• Effectively managed payroll and timekeeping, and paperwork for new hires and terminations
• Oversaw balancing of cash registers, reconciled transactions and deposited establishment's earnings to bank
• Conducted health, safety and sanitation process evaluations to identify and remedy any violations immediately
• Recruited, interviewed and hired all employment personnel.
• Achieved 97% or greater on all corporate QA Inspections
• Verified accurate records and sufficient supplies by conducting regular inventories of food, beverages, glassware and other materials
• Reviewed pricing and ordered food ingredients, kitchen appliances and supplies