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.
