Sandi

Payroll leader with 25+ years of experience building teams, strengthening controls, and delivering accurate payroll across the Americas. Experienced in multi-country operations, payroll transformation, M&A harmonization, vendor management, and payroll integrity.

Americas Payroll Manager - Celanese Corp.

(2023 - 2025)

• Led a team of 4 in Dallas and a team of 4 in Mexico City
• Directed payroll operations across the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.
• Managed end-to-end payroll for 8,000+ employees across biweekly, semimonthly, and monthly cycles.
• Union processing
• Transitioned payroll from an in-house model to managed services to support scalable company growth.
• M&A Harmonization
• Vendor management
• Control management and documentation
• Partnered with HR, Operations, IT, Finance, and Internal Audit to deliver payroll operations and controls.
• Coordinated with EMEA and APAC payroll leaders to align global practices.
• Systems: SAP Payroll HR, SAP CATS, SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, iCIMS, BlackLine, ServiceNow, ADP, UKG Kronos, Pay@Work, WFM, and WFN.
• SLAs / KPIs

Payroll Manager - Celanese Corp.

(2020 - 2023)

• Led a team of 3 in Dallas
• Directed payroll operations for the United States and Canada.
• Managed end-to-end biweekly payroll for 3,800+ employees across multiple states and provinces.
• Union processing
• M&A Harmonization
• SOX Compliance and audits
• Team development and morale

Senior Payroll Specialist - Celanese Corp.

(2018 - 2020)

• Managed end-to-end payroll for 300+ employees in Alberta and Quebec.
• Union processing
• Year-end T4 processing and balancing
• Year-end reporting and filing
• Time management using UKG Kronos system
• Benefits administration for savings and pensions

Payroll Tax Specialist - Ericsson

(2010 - 2018)

• Reconciled payroll wages and taxes to ensure accurate reporting and filing.
• QTD/MTD/YTD balancing
• 941/940/FUTA/SUTA filing
• W-2/W-2c processing and management
• Training document creation and support staff training
• Assistance with global mobility, totalization agreements, visas
• Supported the payroll system migration from ADP to Ceridian.

Payroll Specialist - Dean Foods

(2006 - 2009)

• Multi-state payroll processing
• Payroll data maintenance
• Calculation of wages and adjustments
• Timesheet verification
• Preparing payroll reports
• Service requests

Payroll Administrator - CEC Entertainment, Inc.

(2001 - 2004)

• Multi-state payroll processing for 20,000+ employees in all 50 states
• Processed weekly, biweekly, and monthly payroll cycles.
• Tipped payroll
• Administered employee garnishments.
• Owned the annual W-2 process.

High School Diploma

CPP = in progress