Precision in the details.
People at the center.

Payroll/Benefits Administrator · Safesite, Inc. | Austin, TX · August 2023 to Present

Manage in-house semi-monthly payroll and employee benefits across multiple company locations and related businesses.

Systems include 21st Century Accounting, jSams, Excel, VOYA, and benefits administration platforms.

• Process employee setup, earnings, payroll taxes, deductions, garnishments, compensation changes, corrections, and final pay; review payroll and timekeeping records and resolve discrepancies with employees and managers.
• Prepare, post, and self-audit payroll journal entries; reconcile payroll activity and benefit invoices to support accurate accounting and reporting.
• Administer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental benefits, including eligibility, open enrollment, carrier transitions, deduction setup, billing reconciliation, and employee support.
• Coordinate 401(k) eligibility, enrollment, contributions, and employer matching through VOYA; configure traditional and Roth deduction treatment.
• Established Oklahoma state withholding setup and support multi-state payroll tax administration.
• Allocate billable and non-billable labor between related businesses, calculate wages plus employer payroll taxes, and bill the entity receiving the services.
• Maintain timekeeping controls through punch reconciliation, exception research, and documentation of manual adjustments.
• Support ACA tracking, continuation coverage, new-hire and separation administration, unemployment matters, and payroll record retention.
• Prepare payroll records and policy documentation to support wage-claim responses.
• Contributed employee-benefits policy language adding bereavement pay.

Lead Delivery Driver / New Hire Trainer · L2E Industries (Amazon Delivery Service Partner) | Hutto, TX · August 2021 to August 2023

Delivered Amazon packages and served as a lead driver and new-hire trainer.

• Trained new employees on delivery responsibilities and use of the ADP Workforce timekeeping and attendance application, including clocking in and out and requesting time off.
• Created a video guide explaining punch corrections and timecard-edit procedures.
• Provided practical support to new team members while meeting daily delivery and customer-service commitments.

Controller / Accounting Manager / Payroll Administrator · Hospitality Management Corporation | Dallas, TX · October 2006 to January 2011

Held overlapping Controller, Accounting Manager, and Payroll Administrator responsibilities across multiple hotel properties, combining payroll administration and oversight, financial reporting, staff supervision, and transition-team support.

• Processed multi-state biweekly ADP payroll with multiple pay rates, variable compensation, departmental labor costs, and frequent employee changes; progressed into payroll review and approval.
• Supervised approximately twelve accounting employees cumulatively across rotating property assignments, typically two direct reports at each location, including income audit and accounts receivable staff.
• Trained payroll processors during property transitions. At the Oklahoma City property in 2009, provided comprehensive training when payroll transferred to HR and continued functional payroll oversight.
• Implemented ADP payroll and timekeeping systems at multiple hotels, including employee setup, record conversion, and transition of payroll information.
• Reviewed and reclassified departmental payroll allocations and analyzed acquired-property payroll and accounting information for company reporting.
• Prepared payroll and general accounting journal entries, financial statements, bank and balance-sheet reconciliations, and month-end payroll accruals and reversals.
• Managed accounts payable, accounts receivable, income audit, general cashiering, budgeting and forecasting, 1099 reporting, and year-end closing responsibilities.
• Served on property transition teams as a corporate representative, implemented company procedures, identified control weaknesses, and developed and implemented process improvements.

Payroll Processor/Income Auditor · Radisson DFW South / PBMC | Irving, TX · April 2004 to October 2006

Processed hotel payroll and developed the foundation for progressively broader payroll, accounting, supervisory, and management responsibilities. This role began my hands-on payroll career before moving into multi-property payroll and accounting work with Hospitality Management Corporation.