Experience

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  EXPRESS

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • Sr. Payroll Accountant

    • May 2008 - Present
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    Responsible for reconciling and reporting to senior management 31 GL accounts for US, Canada, & Puerto Rico operations on a monthly basis. These accounts include all levels of Payroll taxation, Payroll deductions for United Way, 401k, garnishments, overpayments, NQ retirement plans and Escheat liability. Responsible for Weekly & Bi-weekly Payroll GL interfaces as well as accruals for US, Canada & Puerto Rico operations. Was instrumental in transitioning Payroll GL activity to a new GL platform. Manage all aspects of Payroll Escheat processing through a third party provider on a 346K liability with approx. 6 thousand checks outstanding. Manage the payment & filing of all Payroll taxes for 48 states and 106 localities through a third party provider. Also manage 48 state unemployment contribution rates through a third party provider. Responsible for calculating and processing SIFL valuations for personal use of employer provided aircraft. Responsible for auditing senior management W-2s for accuracy as well as being a member of the year end/year begin team. Was instrumental in facilitating payroll tax changes necessary for a mid-year, mid-quarter business restructure for US & Puerto Rico store operations. Manage pay card inventory levels for 600+ stores and home office to ensure an adequate supply of cards for an almost 100% electronic payment platform.

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  Worthington Industries

  • Worthington, Ohio

  • Sr. Payroll Coordinator

    • Nov 2005 - May 2008
    • Worthington, Ohio

    Responsible for customer service and training support for 5 decentralized facilities with approximately 860 employees while ensuring compliance with benefit plan guidelines. Also processed manual time sheets and maintained employee master files for 4 centralized facilities with approximately 110 employees. Additional responsibilities include the processing of Payroll taxes for 14 companies as identified below:- Initiate Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly tax interfaces to third party tax processor. - Reconcile all tax interfaces and request funding through Treasury.- Reconcile QTD and YTD tax balances.- Manage tracer activity. - Audit W-2s via testing and validation protocols.- Setup any new taxing jurisdictions a company is subject to.- Process all tax adjustments/refunds.

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  ViaQuest, Inc.

  • United States
  • Individual and Family Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Payroll Manager

    • Mar 2004 - Nov 2005

    Responsible for the oversight of Payroll and Tax processing operations with the support of a Supervisor and Administrator for 19 Bi-weekly payrolls across 11 FEINs encompassing more than 1,800 employees. Other areas of responsibility include: 401(k) data transmission conversion to a PDI platform, conduct internal QA audits, payroll budget uploads for reporting, coordinated and implemented two Payroll bank conversions (5/3rd, Huntington), configured the Payroll system for 2 new businesses, coordinated with software provider to enhance systems capabilities, provided Payroll training to new business leaders, converted Payroll reporting to an intranet based distribution process.

  • Payroll Assistant Manager

    • Jun 2003 - Mar 2004

    Responsible for all levels of Payroll taxation for an employee base of 1,600 across 17 Bi-weekly payrolls and 11 FEINs. Also, assisted Payroll Manager in streamlining Payroll operations by: enhancing accounting support, implement expense reimbursement upload processing, coordinated and implemented a bank conversion (National City), converted the hand check stuffing process to a machine assisted function, aided in a Payroll system configuration for a new business, created Payroll policy around the pay period close process, created a pivot table in Excel to track more than 200 taxing jurisdictions remittance and filings, developed taxable wage spreadsheets, created a spreadsheet to track garnishment and tax changes by updating tax tables and notifying employees.

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  Limited Brands

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • Payroll Supervisor

    • Oct 2000 - Mar 2003
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    Responsible for Payroll Accounting operations for 10 divisions. I trained and supervised 2 Payroll accountants to perform weekly Payroll auditing functions for disbursement, expense and liability activity as well as the posting of these transactions to 4 general ledger systems. I was also given supervisory responsibility for Payroll tax compliance, which ensured disbursements and tax filings for Federal, State, and local taxing agencies are timely and accurate. I ensured that 83 monthly Payroll account reconciliations are completed timely and accurately.

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  Limited Stores, Inc.

  • Senior Payroll Auditor

    • Sep 1998 - Oct 2000

    Responsible for Payroll Accounting integrity and accountability for all Payroll transactions. I prepared weekly disbursement, expense, and liability reconciliations for 10 companies and corrected variances through the Payroll system. I initiated all general ledger Payroll activity through interfaces or journal entries for 4 general ledger systems. I was responsible for approx. 80 monthly account reconciliations and verbally presented them to senior finance members. I also aided in the reconciliation of Payroll bank accounts by researching exceptions.

  • Payroll Auditor

    • May 1994 - Sep 1998

    Responsible for auditing pay records against company policy for approx. 3,000 associates across 48 states. I communicated regularly with Regional and District Managers to resolve issues and process exception transactions. I also coordinated with Human Resource representatives to administer the payment of short-term disability payments.

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  US Air Force Reserve

  • Wright-Patterson AFB -Dayton, OH

  • Aircraft Armament System Specialist

    • Feb 1990 - Feb 1994
    • Wright-Patterson AFB -Dayton, OH

    Responsible for loading and unloading of armament and maintaining weapons systems on the F-16 Fighting Falcon to ensure mission capability for training or wartime missions.

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  United States Air Force

  • Bitburg, Germany & Hurlbert Field, FL

  • Aircraft Armament System Specialist

    • Sep 1986 - Jan 1990
    • Bitburg, Germany & Hurlbert Field, FL

    Responsible for the loading and unloading of armament and maintaining weapons systems on the F-15 Eagle to ensure mission capability for training or wartime missions. Coordinated armament system maintenance schedules for MH-53 and AC-130 aircraft through a dispatch center.