177 White Plains Road, Apt.

24E
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Home (914) 332-5209 Email: Cell (914) 629-4746
Objective
To obtain a challenging financial position requiring responsibility and diversit
y, with an opportunity for professional growth and
advancement.
Experience
Time Warner Inc. New York, NY
Manager, HRIS/Payroll 7/06 to 3/10
* Responsible for the integrity of HR/Payroll Data of Time Warner Corporate Dome
stic and International Employees.
* Manage PeopleSoft HR/Payroll System Upgrades including tax releases, table cha
nges, and creation of PS Queries.
* Coordinate employee HR/Payroll job data entries, special earning payouts, dire
ct deposit setups, and tax changes.
* Lead the annual compensation and bonus payout team to ensure accurate salary i
ncrease and promotion data update.
* Record Pension Payment checks to satisfy Social Security and Medicare Taxes on
life time annuities for retirees.
* Develop metrics to monitor corporate data integrity and timely feedback to ind
ividuals involved in each specific area.
* Create and deliver systems user training documentation for PeopleSoft Applicat
ions and all internal HR Systems.
* Provide system, process, reporting, and data support for the Corporate HR and
Global Compensation workforce.
* Manage all Deferred Compensation Plans for Corporate and Divisional Employees
via communication with Fidelity.
* Control all relocation expenses to ensure that the Corporate Departments adher
e to the various Relocation Policies.
* Review and validate all employee data entries maintained by International HR D
epartment in London England.
* Ensure that the Time Warner Corporate Website contains accurate and updated pa
yroll related information and forms.
* Prepare biweekly, monthly, and annual payroll documentation to ensure complian
ce with SOX requirements.
* Audit the HR Systems functionality to determine departmental and company needs
while recommending modifications.
* Calculate Gross Up Earnings Data for taxable gifts given to employees via Corp
orate American Express Gift Checks.
UBS Stamford, CT
Associate Director Financial Control 11/04 to 7/06
* Analyze, research, and resolve all compensation issues via HR/Payroll PeopleSo
ft Data for US based employees.
* Monthly Compensation Expense Trend analysis, research, and reporting on data v
ariances for management.
* Manage the timely update of all compensation related expenses and liabilities
to the general ledger for twelve entities.
* Coordinate all 401k contributions, employer match, and loan updates via monthl
y audit processes and adjustments.
* Record and reconcile all pension expense accounts, accruals, and medical claim
s for various types of plans.
* Comparison of Eligible Compensation Data updated on payroll to the data that i
s maintained with a third party vendor.
* Monitor International Assignee Expense data transmission to London for rebilli
ng process update to country of origin.
* Update all related data for monthly Shadow Payroll Process to record all poten
tial tax liabilities and/or shortfalls.
* Review and reconcile all tax liabilities to establish verification of refund p
ayments for Federal and State Agencies.
* Create Stock Option Data Upload to record taxable data for W2 reporting while
managing funding requirements.
* Responsible for Deferred Compensation funding verification while ensuring accu
rate update to payroll record.
* Control reconciliation and funding requirements for ten bank accounts used sol
ely for payroll purposes.
* Maintain Severance Payment Analysis for Global Human Resource management locat
ed in the London office.
* Review and update monthly Survivor Income Compensation Data used to monitor th
e remaining plan liability.
The Bank of New York Company, Inc New York, NY
AVP - Human Resource Operations Officer 3/03 to 11/04
* Responsible for testing of People Soft system enhancements, programming upgrad
es, tax releases, and reporting.
* Build custom and adhoc PeopleSoft Queries for management and support staff to
utilize in data verification processes.
* Manage six Payroll Tax Accountants with an employee base of 25,000 within 35 s
ubsidiaries located in 32 states
* Reviewed hundreds of tax returns and payments including forms 940, 941, and St
ate Unemployment Returns.
* Responsible for testing of system enhancements, programming upgrades, tax rele
ases, and reporting needs.
* Performed maintenance to all system tables to ensure accurate calculation of e
arnings, deduction, and taxes.
* Ensured compliance of Federal, State, and Local regulatory guidelines via rese
arch to rectify discrepancies.
* Reconciled, analyzed, and compared all salary expense and liability general le
dger accounts to the payroll system.
* Created and monitored general ledger interface uploads, rejects, expense alloc
ations, and liability reclassifications.
* Coordination of acquisitions to ensure that all phases of payroll processing a
re established during the transition.
* Reviewed payroll earnings and tax reports to ensure the accuracy of all employ
ee payments prior to disbursement.
* Authorized employee payments and multi-million dollar tax liabilities via an i
nternal Cash Management System.
* Controlled Payroll System Adjustment Runs for update of manual checks, reversa
ls, and earning reclassifications.
Town Sports International New York, NY
Director of Payroll 5/02 to 3/03
* Managed fifteen employees including a Payroll Manager, Payroll Supervisor, and
thirteen administrators.
* Successful operation of a fifty company payroll for eight-thousand employees l
ocated in twenty states.
* Reviewed multi tax jurisdiction policies to ensure compliance with Federal, St
ate, and Local tax regulations.
* Reduced data entry errors via software and procedural training while increasin
g staff knowledge of compensation.
* Coordination of Kronos time tracking system to decentralize and streamline the
online approval process.
* Developed procedures and review software applications to reduce paper flow thr
ough automation of data entry.
* Maintained compensation policies to ensure compliance with all functional and
technical areas of the company.
* Negotiated all contracts and upgrades for payroll system vendor services, upgr
ades, and enhancements.
Conde' Nast Publications, Inc New York, NY
Payroll Manager 6/97 to 5/02
* Managed daily activities of a six person payroll staff for four-thousand emplo
yees located in thirty states.
* PeopleSoft implementation project leader: Converted from Mainframe to ERP vers
ions 6, 7.5 and Web 8.3.
* Responsible for testing of all People Soft system enhancements, upgrades, tax
releases, and table maintenance.
* Expertise in PeopleSoft Query creation assisted in data validation and the res
olution of compensation issues.
* Developed a semi-annual departmental payroll budget for multiple companies whi
le researching variances.
* Administered Federal, State, and Local tax payments including preparation of f
orms 940, 941, and multiple Sui's.
* Oversee processing of relocation and bonus compensation payments for senior ma
nagement and executives.
* Reconciled all payroll General Ledger Expense, Liability and Accrual Account a
ctivity and balances.
* Created payroll checks, direct deposit advices, W-2 forms and ad-hoc reports f
or senior management.
Avon Products, Inc. Rye, NY
Payroll Supervisor 7/95 to 6/97
* Supervised the day-to-day activities of a six person staff to ensure the accur
acy of salary payments and updates.
* Oversee the processing of a ten-thousand employee multi-state payroll includin
g International employees.
* Conducted Compensation Data Analysis to create financial departmental expense
budget guidelines for executives.
* Responsible for timely payment of federal, state, and local taxes on a biweekl
y, monthly, and quarterly basis.
* Managed the monthly reconciliation of all payroll related General Ledger Expen
se and Liability accounts
Ciba-Geigy Corporation Ardsley, NY
Payroll Accountant 1/88 to 7/95
* Lead Functional Project Manager in the conversion from a main frame based syst
em to PeopleSoft HRMS.
* Reconciled more than one-hundred tax liability, deduction, pre-tax benefit, di
sbursement, and cash accounts.
* Processed multiple weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly union and non-u
nion payrolls for various locations.
* Managed a seven person staff responsible for payroll processing for twenty-tho
usand employees in fifty states.
* Oversee the preparation and processing of tax payments, tax form filings, garn
ishments, and bank reconciliations.
Computer Software Proficiency
PeopleSoft HRMS v8.9, PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft Query and SQR, ADP, SAP
Financials, Business Warehouse, UBS Cash
System, MSA Payroll and G/L, Windows XP/2000, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, MS O
utlook, Lotus Notes, TS Link Cash,
Management System
Education
Iona College New Rochelle, NY
M.B.A. Program - Finance Major 6/88 to 2/91
B.A. Degree - Mathematics Major 9/83 to 6/87
References are available upon request