Open To Work
Camesha Jones
Tucker
Summary
Senior payroll compliance and operations professional with a strong track record in managing multi-state payroll environments for diverse workforces. Expertise in reducing payroll errors by 15%, ensuring audit readiness, and maintaining SOX-aligned controls. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams on payroll governance and compliance initiatives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Payroll Specialist (Operating at Payroll Operations Level)
Smurfit-Westrock
Atlanta
2023.03 - Current
- Support payroll operations for a 1,200+ employee, multi-state workforce across union and non-union populations.
- Reconcile payroll results to the General Ledger each pay cycle, maintaining audit-ready documentation and SOX-aligned controls.
- Reduced payroll errors by approximately 15% through enhanced audits, validation checkpoints, and root-cause remediation.
- Acted as escalation point for complex payroll and tax discrepancies, resolving issues prior to audit or employee impact.
- Collaborated with HR, IT, and Finance on payroll system enhancements and integrations (ADP, PeopleSoft, UKG) to ensure compliance and maintain accurate data flow and control integrity.
- Tested payroll systems, validated updates, and ensured compliance with regulatory and internal control requirements.
- Interprets payroll tax and labor regulation changes and applied requirements to payroll processes.
- Investigated agency notices and payroll discrepancies, implementing corrective actions to address compliance gaps.
Senior Payroll Specialist (Contract)
IHG
Atlanta
2022.11 - 2023.03
- Acted as payroll Subject Matter Expert, resolving escalated issues and conducting root-cause analysis to improve process efficiency.
- Processed payroll and vendor payments for hotel and corporate teams, ensuring timely and accurate payment of leave-of-absence pay and union dues.
- Ensured compliance of payroll processes with internal audit and SSAE standards, facilitating smooth audit requests.
- Developed ad-hoc reporting to support leadership decision-making and process improvement initiatives.
Senior Payroll Specialist (Contract)
Goodwill
Decatur
2022.05 - 2022.10
- Generated payroll audits and reconciliation reports utilizing advanced Excel functions (VLOOKUP, PivotTables) to maintain payroll accuracy.
- Oversaw payroll inquiries, onboarding setup, direct deposit changes, off-cycle checks, bonuses, and payroll loans to ensure smooth payroll operations.
- Supported weekly and biweekly payroll processing using UKG/UltiPro for a multi-location workforce.
Payroll Customer Care Specialist
RDA
Canton
2020.03 - 2022.04
- Logged, tracked, escalated, and resolved payroll system issues to enhance user experience; collaborated with IT for effective solutions.
- Provided payroll system and technical support in a high-volume, SLA-driven environment.
- Updated training materials and conducted user training on payroll system functionality to ensure proper utilization.
Regulatory Compliance Analyst II (Contract)
ADP
Alpharetta
2019.07 - 2020.03
- Partnered with Legal, Audit, IT, and regulatory agencies to identify and mitigate compliance risks.
- Analyzed payroll data trends and recommended control and process improvements to enhance compliance integrity.
- Monitored payroll compliance processes and implemented corrective actions, ensuring adherence across multiple jurisdictions.
Senior Payroll Processor
EPI-USE
Dunwoody
2018.07 - 2019.07
- Managed U.S. and Canadian full-cycle payroll across weekly, biweekly, monthly, and retiree payrolls in SAP.
- Executed payroll reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Processed garnishments, benefits, union dues, manual checks, reversals, and stop payments.
- Coordinated year-end payroll activities, including W-2 and W-2C processing and reconciliation, resolving agency discrepancies.
- Compiled quarterly and monthly BLS and mandatory compliance reports to meet regulatory requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Human Resources Management
American InterContinental University
2012-04
Skills
- Payroll management
- Payroll integrity
- Payroll Tax Compliance
- FLSA Compliance
- Audit Readiness
- Month-End Close
- Year-End Processing
- Controls & Reconciliation
- Process Improvement
- Attendance systems
- Excel
- SAP
- ADP
- PeopleSoft
- Workday
- UKG
- UltiPro
- Kronos
- Workforce
- Fieldglass
- Beeline
- Tax Factory
- PowerPoint
- PowerPoint
Earlier Experience
Payroll Tax Consultant, ADP, BSI, METASYS Technology, Hughes Network Systems, Progressive experience in payroll tax compliance, multi-state payroll support, GL coding, agency resolution, client training, and payroll systems support.
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
RemoteHybridSalary Range
$110000/yr - $200000/yrTimeline
Senior Payroll Specialist (Operating at Payroll Operations Level)
Smurfit-Westrock
2023.03 - Current
Senior Payroll Specialist (Contract)
IHG
2022.11 - 2023.03
Senior Payroll Specialist (Contract)
Goodwill
2022.05 - 2022.10
Payroll Customer Care Specialist
RDA
2020.03 - 2022.04
Regulatory Compliance Analyst II (Contract)
ADP
2019.07 - 2020.03
Senior Payroll Processor
EPI-USE
2018.07 - 2019.07
Bachelor of Business Administration - Human Resources Management
American InterContinental University