This proven and versatile Payroll Manager/Analyst has 25 years of experience within the areas of payroll processing and financial reporting, benefits administration and accounting. Recent experience includes leading and liaising the payroll, benefits and accounting functions. Systems experience includes PeopleSoft, WorkDay, Ceridian, ADP Workforce NOW, PeopleSoft and Excel (v-lookups and pivots).

Additional qualifications include:

• Processed payroll, updated and maintained payroll in ADP Workforce Now
• Was part of the WorkDay payroll system implementation team and assisted with parallel testing, compiling and consolidating data and running reports
• Remained on the team after go-live to process both bi-weekly and semi-monthly US multistate and Canadian payroll for 1,000 employees using WorkDay Now
• Prepared earnings analysis—compared current pay period earnings to prior pay period earnings to identify over/underpayments
• Distributed relevant reports with financial analysis and recommended resolution to mitigate issues
• Reported account reconciliations in payroll vendor reporting tool
• Entered payroll data for off-cycle on-demand and manual tax adjustments within Workday
• Experienced with multi-state payrolls for exempt and nonexempt employees in the U.S. and PR with payroll size up to 20,000 employees
• Experienced with establishing organization-wide payroll standards and best practices including developing and updating policies, procedures and workflows
• Updated on payroll industry trends and best practices, applying this knowledge to processes and identifying areas of efficiency
• Has working knowledge of payroll tax reporting and funding