Payroll Clerk

Payroll Specialist — Beacon Health Solutions

Cincinnati, OH | November 2023 – Present

• Managed bi-weekly payroll cycles for 850+ multi-state employees using ADP Workforce Now, maintaining 99.9% accuracy across tax withholdings, garnishments, and benefit deductions.
• Automated manual timecard reconciliation workflows in Kronos for 300+ hourly staff, reducing payroll processing cycle time by 20% and saving 6 administrative hours weekly.
• Audited quarterly multi-state payroll tax filings and W-2 documentation, identifying tax code mismatches to save $14,500 in potential compliance penalties.
• Resolved an average of 45 payroll and benefit inquiries weekly, improving response time SLA by 35% through the implementation of a standardized Zendesk ticketing system.

Payroll Clerk — Midwest Manufacturing Group

Columbus, OH | June 2021 – October 2023

• Processed weekly payroll cycles for 450+ hourly union and non-union workers using Paychex Flex, resolving 98% of timesheet discrepancies before payment execution.
• Reconciled weekly payroll registers against the general ledger in QuickBooks Enterprise, correcting variance errors to achieve 100% reconciliation accuracy for year-end audits.
• Administered court-ordered garnishments, child support payments, and levies for 40+ active accounts, ensuring 100% compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Optimized digital employee payroll records and processed 120+ monthly onboarding filings, reducing new hire payroll setups errors by 40% using digital verification checklists.

Payroll processing, Multi-state payroll, Time and attendance tracking, General ledger reconciliation, Tax withholding, Benefit deductions, Garnishment processing, W-2 administration, FLSA compliance, ADP Workforce Now, Paychex Flex, Kronos, QuickBooks Enterprise, Microsoft Excel, VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables

ADP Integration Initiative

Role: Payroll Specialist

Tools: ADP Workforce Now, Kronos, Excel

Co-led the migration of legacy manual timekeeping databases to ADP Workforce Now, eliminating transcription errors by 100% and reducing manual data entry time by 15 hours per pay period.

Digital Document Archive Transition

Role: Payroll Clerk

Tools: Paychex Flex, Microsoft SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat

Digitized 5 years of physical payroll records into secure SharePoint repositories, improving document retrieval speeds by 70% and saving $4,200 annually in storage fees.

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) (2024)
• Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) (2022)
• Certified Bookkeeper (CB) (2021)

• Affiliations: Member of PayrollOrg (formerly American Payroll Association)
• Volunteer Work: Provided pro-bono tax preparation services for local low-income families via VITA (2022-present)
• Availability: Open to hybrid or remote roles with standard 2 weeks notice