Backup Payroll Tax Clerk Resume
St Louis, MO
SUMMARY:
Dependable, hardworking professional with 8+ years’ experience in Accounts Payable. Proven abilities in supervision, training, and process improvements. Excellent computer skills with APM certification. Strong interpersonal and problem solving skills with the ability to learn quickly and work with minimal or no supervision. As a bonus, 5+ years of payroll experience, including garnishments and taxes.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Microsoft Office - 2003-201 0-Excel & Word
- Kronos Workforce
- Ultipro
- Workbrain
- Infinium AS400 / Payables
- Ceridian
- Cognos Impromtu
- PeopleSoft
- SAP
- Timberline
- Lt Tax
- Deacom
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, St Louis, MO
Backup Payroll Tax ClerkResponsibilities:
- Coding invoices and expenses to various grants for non - profit organization.
- Analyzing invoices for payment schedule.
- Reconcile expense accounts.
- Track grant budgets.
- Actively involved in creating and implementing process improvements.
- Create journal entries and schedules for month end close.
- Reconcile benefits and 401K before payment is made.
- Cash analysis
- Ran various reports from Timberline
Confidential, St. Louis, MO
Accounts Payable Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Stepped into an accounts payable position that had been vacant for 4 weeks.
- Organized and processed past due payments as well as current invoices.
- Learned their software (Deacom) in days.
- Worked closely with purchasing and receiving to trouble shoot purchase order and receiving issues and errors. This is a busy manufacturing company with various aspects of purchasing to be considered when keying invoices for payment.
Confidential, St Louis, MO
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Responsibilities:
- Completed accounts payable processing (Infinium) including accruing tax on invoices, significantly reducing additional payments and fines during state tax audits.
- Generated checks and direct deposit payments for corporate office. Improved processes for new vendor setup satisfying IRS and SOX guidelines to prevent future fines or penalties.
- Developed process for reporting dollar amounts spent with vendors utilized by Pennsylvania casino to prevent penalties for exceeding maximum spend for particular vendor, according to Pennsylvania laws.
- Maintained Confidential purchasing card system, requested new cards, canceled accounts, ran reports, uploaded files to payables, audited individual statements for receipts and valid charges according to IRS guidelines and company policy.
- Worked hand-in-hand with other departments maintaining accurate files and information. Researched and problem solved issues using payables software, excel, reports, and additional tools available.
- Effectively, trained and coached 3 clerks and 2 interns to assist with Accounts Payable processes.
Confidential, Granite City, IL
Payroll Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Processed payroll with accuracy, meeting all deadlines.
Confidential, Alton, IL
Payroll Department Floater
Responsibilities:
- Provided coverage for employees on vacation and medical leave, as needed, in the areas of hourly payroll, salary payroll, payroll tax, Travel and Entertainment expense processing, and Local area Network Coordinator duties. Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to multi - task, sometimes doing 2 or 3 of the areas mentioned above in 1 day.
- Made adjustments to employee earning’s records, entered garnishments, monitored, and processed payroll in Peoplesoft. Transmitted paycheck files to over 200 plants for printing on site. Sent direct deposit files to bank for distribution and performed troubleshooting of direct deposit rejects and lost and stolen paychecks. Worked closely with accounting and Accounts Payable. Updated manuals, contact lists and other lists pertinent to keeping department organized. Gave guidance and direction to plant payroll clerks in a help desk type capacity.
- Calculated amount for federal and multiple state taxes in preparation for wiring money to federal and state agencies.
- Installed programs and performed troubleshooting for PCs within payroll department. Monitored and changed backup tapes for server for windows based server.
Confidential, Alton, IL
Payroll Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Aided in implementation of Ultipro personnel management system.
- Monitored hourly employees for 11 departments, provided guidance for administrative assistants in charge of Confidential on how to handle out of the ordinary situations.
- Calculated wage garnishments, forwarded check requests to Accounts Payable for payment of garnishments and other paycheck deductions.
- Tracked payments using Excel.
- Worked with human resource department, providing payroll information for workmen’s compensation issues, lawsuits, and union issues.
Confidential
Accounts Payable Assistant
Responsibilities:
- Entered invoices into Infinium / payables, ensuring each invoice had proper backup and signatures to meet Illinois Gaming Board regulations.
- Printed checks, obtained proper signatures for checks and mailed payment to vendors.
