Sample Resumes

Sample Payroll Administrator Resume

 

Career Objective

 

To obtain a challenging Payroll Manager position in a diverse and ethical company with the opportunity to grow and learn new skills.

 

Summary of Qualifications

 

• Expertise in Preview payroll software and worked with American Contractor payroll software.
• Worked with certified payroll.
• Familiar with ADP reports.
• Familiar with accounting.
• Well versed in payroll and tax laws, including multi state.
• Four and a half years experience with all aspects of payroll including attendance, garnishments, S125s, retirement plan, bank reconciliation, and more.
• Conducted company meetings, with and without PowerPoint presentations.
• Experienced with new hires, benefits orientations, and terminations.
• Responsible for COBRA and Worker’s Comp, including annual audits.
• Competent in MS Office including Word, Excel, Access, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• Trained in Time in a Box and Attendance Enterprise time clocks including setups.
• Strong researching skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Self-motivated.  Work well alone or part of a team.
• Analytical thinker and team player.
• Currently working on CPP certification.
• Customer service background.

 

Employment History

 

Non Profit Organization                                                                                2007 - present

Payroll Administrator/HR Assistant

• Responsible for running bi-weekly payroll for over 100 employees and multiple companies using Preview.
• Entered and kept up all employee changes for payroll, including new hires and terminations.
• Wrote a company specific quick start guide for the Preview software and Time in a Box time clock.
• Entered and balanced payroll GL in Financial Edge and Excel.
• Set up PC Entry time clocks (Time-in-a-Box), including training.
• Used both Time in a Box and Attendance Enterprise time clocks.
• Reconciled time off accrual and put it on the paychecks.
• Helped with fiscal year end audit of taxes and time off accruals.
• Calculated and made retirement, garnishments, and other deduction payments, including Worker’s Comp.
• Conducted New Hire Orientations and Terminations.
• Set up and conducted company bi-monthly meetings.
• Held Employee Benefits Orientations.
• Responsible for COBRA and Worker’s Comp, including annual audits.
• Requested, calculated, and wrote manual checks as necessary.
• Solely responsible for Petty Cash including audits.
• Entered donations into Raisers Edge software as needed.

 

Countywide, El Cajon, CA                                                                              2007

Payroll Administrator

• Ran weekly certified payroll for over 100 employees in a very fast paced environment.

• Fully responsible for calculating and entering payroll into two payroll software packages, Paychex’s Preview and American Contractor.
• Reconciled payrolls (payroll software packages were not bridged).
• Served as the primary HR contact for employees.
• Worked on reorganizing the entire payroll and HR department.
• Set up new insurance and new hire packages.
• Reconciled time off accrual and put it on the payroll checks.
• Responsible for the time clock (Time-in-a-Box).

 

Paychex Inc., Ventura, CA                                                                                    2003 – 2006                          

Senior Client Service Representative

• Resolved clients concerns relating to payroll (multi-state), payroll transmission, tax matters, and system support in a fast-paced environment.
• Frequently ran payrolls for clients when requested.  
• Trained clients in all aspects of payroll, especially payroll software.
• Communicated with the IRS and multi-state government agencies to research tax errors.
• Amended annual and quarterly returns when necessary. Kept abreast of changes in wage and tax laws as well as proprietary and major changes and trends in the PC industry.
• Participated in intensive, mandatory, ongoing training and quarterly testing.
• Conducted periodic team training.

 

Amgen, Newbury Park, CA (temporary position)                                               2002 - 2003                       

GMP Data Entry Coordinator

• Set up and conducted a File Maker Pro to Oracle migration in a quality controlled GMP environment. Used Web based proprietary software (LiveLink).
• Completed two projects on a compressed schedule ahead of time for rollout

 

Solus Micro Technology, Westlake Village, CA                                            2001 – 2002         

Administrative and Engineering Technician

• Provided engineering support plus set up administrative support for several engineers.
• Created and wrote user manuals with digital photos.
• Established new standards for user manuals.
• Analyzed and graphed data as necessary.
• Ordered inventory, researched and introduced new products when applicable.

 

Cogent Light Technology, Santa Clarita, CA                                                   1996 - 2001

Manufacturing Technician

• Worked in all aspects of electro-optics manufacturing in the medical optics industry helping to take projects from R & D through certification, production, quality assurance, and shipping, including inventory.
• Led a fiber optics project to completion.
• Wrote initial procedures for production for own project. 
• As a team completed the ISO 9001 certification.

 

Education

• University of Paychex, Cert. courses, Payroll, Payroll taxes, Payroll software.
• University of Phoenix, BS degree, Information Technology.
• Fleet's Business School, full Administrative Course inc. Bookkeeping.

 

Professional Affiliations

APA

IEEE Computer Society member (inc. full access to online computer courses)

Secretary for Home Owner’s Association.