Alisha Zaidi

Human Resources Specialist with 8+ years managing payroll, compliance, and immigration workflows to keep audit-ready employee records and reduce processing errors. Drives technical recruiting and coordinates benefits, I-9/E-Verify, and H-1B documentation while reconciling vendor and payroll transactions. Aims to improve HR reporting and operational controls for scalable, compliant growth.

HUMAN RESOURCES & FIANANCE EXECUTIVE - IStream Solutions Inc. - Ashburn, VA

(2025-10)

• Manage HR and finance operations including payroll, invoicing, timesheet validation, and employee onboarding.
• Process payroll, bonuses, and maintain accurate payroll records.
• Coordinate accounts payable workflows by reviewing invoices, tracking payments, and maintaining financial documentation.
• Maintain HR compliance through PAFs, I-9s, E-Verify, benefits administration, and employee records.
• Manage H-1B documentation and State Department correspondence.
• Recruit IT professionals and coordinate interviews.
• Respond to HR, payroll, and benefits inquiries.
• Support management with operational reporting and process improvements.
• Reconciled vendor invoices in QuickBooks, matched statements, and resolved payment variances with vendors.
• Prepared I-9 and E-Verify documentation for new hires, maintaining compliant employee files and audit readiness.
• Managed H-1B case documentation and prepared State Department correspondence for visa-related requests.
• Coordinated technical role recruiting, scheduled interviews, and collected structured feedback from hiring managers.
• Built monthly expense reports in Excel for leadership, categorizing costs and highlighting out-of-budget items.

HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR - St. Albans School - Washington, DC

(2024-10 - 2025-10)

• Coordinated onboarding, offboarding, benefits administration, and employee lifecycle activities.
• Assisted with payroll preparation, PTO tracking, and compliance reporting.
• Maintained employee records and audit-ready documentation.
• Coordinated benefits with external vendors.
• Supported recruiting, employee training, and HR reporting.
• Processed I-9 and E-Verify forms for new hires, achieving audit-ready documentation across files.
• Managed benefits enrollment changes with vendors, updating employee records for open enrollment.
• Built Excel trackers for PTO and leave balances that simplified manager approvals and visibility.

TAX PREPARER & HR ASSISTANT - Tax Wise Financial - Manassas, VA

(2018-01 - 2024-10)

• Prepared personal and business tax returns using Drake Software.
• Processed payroll and maintained payroll records.
• Managed invoice tracking and financial recordkeeping.
• Supported onboarding, benefits administration, and HR documentation.
• Prepared complex tax adjustments in Drake Tax Software for clients, reducing return rejections.
• Compiled monthly tax and payroll reports for leadership using Excel pivot tables and formulas

BACHELOR'S DEGREE - Human Relations and Business - Amberton University (2021 - 2023)