Experience

The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Payroll Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Manage payroll operations for the MetroHealth Systems maintaining quality and timeliness of employee payroll for approximately 8,000 employees, •Review, establish, and improve policies and procedures, document processes with Standard Operation Procedures,, streamline processes for efficiency, cross-training, streamline processes. •Manage a team of four employees in the Payroll department. Evaluation, coaching, cross-training. •Liaison between Payroll, HR, IT, Accounting, Finance, and other areas. Communicate with all levels of the organization, process improvements, projects, training and documentation, strong organizational and time management skills.



Case Western Reserve University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Controller for Payroll

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2020

• Assistant Conroller for Payroll

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2020



Recently retired physician

• Wholesale Import and Export
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Payroll Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2018

  •Manage and guarantee timely disbursement of multi-entity alternating bi-weekly payrolls, benefits and taxes to approximately 7,000 employee consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws, multi-state•Liaison between Payroll, HR, IT, Accounting, and other areas, cost benefit analysis and feasibility, strategic process improvements, establish policies and procedures, SOP's •Manage a team of three employees in the Payroll department, implemented many process improvements saving processing time, establishing standard operating procedures, technical tips training, cross-training, EFT Child Support, team meetings, improve morale, & various other enhancements for the Payroll department•Coordinate and reconcile ADP Smart Compliance Payroll tax filings, weekly, quarterly, and annual balancing.•Project Leader for Payroll system enhancements such as Bank Conversions, Kronos major upgrade, Lawson/Infor updates, BSI updates, EFT Child Support, Entity Conversions, and combining payroll process levels for efficiency. •Communicate with all levels of the organization, strategic business discussions with C-level executives, PowerPoint presentations for projects, training and documentation for major upgrades, work in cross-functional teams, strong organizational and time management skills.



Sterling Jewelers

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Payroll Info. Systems Analyst/Senior

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  • Research, analyze, and provide project leadership for system enhancements for the payroll department. Multi-state Payroll.• Project Leader of Paperless Payroll project that enabled savings of $500,000 year, interacting with all levels in the organization to coordinate and implement project, including vendor selection and contract review.• Lead and coordinate Lawson software upgrades with project timelines, schedules, resource management, defining scope and objectives, and communication with all levels in the organization.• Lead projects for Payroll including Lawson LSF9 Upgrade, Absence Management, Time and Attendance.• Supervised Business Analyst/Payroll Auditor.• Participated in the Connections program which is a voluntary program offering a mentoring curriculum of classes, reading, and working with a mentor in upper management to improve on communications, presentations, dealing effectively with all levels in an organization, and enhancing leadership skills.



ICI PAINTS

• Senior Information Systems Analyst

  • 2006 - 2007

  • Designed and implemented Return Goods Reporting system balancing customer order entry and manufacturing systems General Ledger information perfo• Designed and implemented Return Goods Reporting system balancing customer order entry and manufacturing systems General Ledger information performing needs analysis and recommendations.• Investigated and analyzed systems to provide new cash sales invoices to process through inventory system and post to General Ledger.rming needs analysis and recommendations.• Investigated and analyzed systems to provide new cash sales invoices to process through inventory system and post to General Ledger.



Sherwin-Williams

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant for Emerald Resource Group

  • 2005 - 2006

  • Lead Systems Analyst providing business analysis and development of new receipts reporting process for Stores and Consumer divisions, showing SKU matches and no-matches, and balancing amounts between two systems.• Project Lead for POS mainframe analysis and design of new POS messaging system to have messagessent to stores when consumers are purchasing VOC products and display message and action to stores.



American Greetings

• Senior Information Systems Analyst

  • 1997 - 2005

  Senior Information Systems AnalystHandled projects from design through implementation in mainframe applications including documentation and user training. Created and executed test scripts and test plans from enhancements to systems for Quality Assurance. • Served as Lead Systems Analyst gathering requirements providing system recommendations for Radio Frequency Indicator project for tracking packaging for inventory and order fulfillment purposes. • Analyzed, researched, problem-solved, and evaluated applications for manufacturing, distribution, financial accounting, and product marketing resulting in system enhancements and upgrades.• Improved performance for UPC applications by expanding code to 13 digits.• Developed training documentation and trained users for program enhancements and new functions.• Executed disaster recovery and created resolution documentation for manufacturing systems backup. • Created standards, documentation, restart manuals for new / enhanced programs and trained 30+ users.