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John Wu

Cherrybrook,NSW

Summary

Forward-thinking team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement.

Versatile Operations Supervisor successful at taking on routine and complex business challenges with resourceful and creative approach. Recognized as driven, dedicated and hardworking leader with history of streamlining operations and increasing results.

Love my work, passionate about change, compliance and improving in the payroll space. I am driven to get the best out of my people and helping them reach their goals, whatever they may be. I enjoy tackling problems, I always ensure there is continuous improvement in my teams and I enjoy coming to work so I try to make it the best environment I can. Its never my way or the high way, collaboration is how you achieve the best results and in a modern payroll environment I expect the best people, the best customer service & the brightest minds providing a service of excellence.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Payroll Subject Matter Expert/Operation Team Leader

Ceridian HCM (Ascender Before Acquisition)
10.2020 - Current
  • Support all team leaders. SME's and operation managers in case of any urgent payroll requests.
  • Motivated and trained employees to maximize team productivity.
  • Encouraged and promoted ideas aligned to business needs and benefits.
  • Developed and deepened relationships with customers, vendors and internal stakeholders.
  • Monitoring payroll process
  • Review all investigations and corrections associated with payroll data.
  • Create payroll related reports to internal and external parties.
  • Ensure that process documentations (desktop procedures, process maps) are up-to-date.
  • Act as subject matter expert in relation to payroll processes.

Team Leader/Test Automation Developer

Ceridian (Ascender HCM Before Acquisition)
Sydney
03.2019 - 09.2020
  • Worked with AI team to create BOT variance report.
  • Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties.
  • Conducted training and mentored team members to promote productivity, accuracy and commitment to friendly service.
  • Built strong relationships with customers through positive attitude and attentive response.
  • Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues.

Team Leader

Ceridian (Ascender HCM Before Acquisition)
Sydney, NSW
07.2016 - 06.2019
  • Ensure the operation aspects of payroll processing, month-end, year-end delivered within appropriate timeframes and comply with relevant legislation.
  • Ensure Payroll consultants are trained to run the full payroll process per above and SOC1 compliance. Ensure Team members acquire necessary skills and performance attributes, in line with business and personal development needs.
  • Provide guidance to and shares knowledge with team members relating to own specialization.
  • Ensure team is to accommodate daily workloads and delegations.
  • Identify process improvement initiatives and define standards for new processes, procedures and checklists.
  • • Run weekly/monthly team meetings, setting agenda, recording minutes and distributing and follow-up actions.
  • • Absence management.
  • • Participates in interview process for new hires into Payroll roles.
  • • Learning and development - take care of team performance, KPIs, targets as well as coordinate the team development (performance appraisal, individual development). Setting staff development objective participate in training and development activities.
  • • Ensure customer requests are attended to in agreed timeframes.
  • • Ensure bank files i.e payroll, PAYG, payroll tax, super, third party payments and NZ payments release on time.
  • • Monitor statistics of issues and address opportunities for change or development as a result of review.
  • • Provide a responsive, accurate client advisory service on payroll matters, resolve difficult queries and assist in identifying payroll errors and implementing corrective action to ensure employee payments done accurately and database integrity is maintained.
  • Provide excellence customer services to the clients and build a good relationship.
  • Contribute to process improvement by participating in a range of payroll and service delivery.

Payroll Consultant

Ceridian (NGA Human Resources Before Acquisition)
Sydney, NSW
06.2013 - 07.2016

Australian Payroll - Preceda master user

• Payroll processing >2000 employees – weekly, fortnightly & monthly payroll cycle.
• Administer ESS, MSS, maintain employee file, new hires, terminations, redundancy, bonuses, commissions, ex-patriots.
• End of month payroll reporting: GL interface, GL Reconciliations (super, group tax, payroll clearing, deductions, payroll tax). Payroll tax payments for all states, leave liability, third parties payments.
• End of year payroll reporting: all functions


New Zealand Payroll - Preceda master user
• Payroll processing for 300+ employees – weekly, fortnightly & monthly, payroll cycle.
• Administer ESS, MSS, maintain employee files, new hires, terminations, bonuses, commissions, backpay.
• End of month payroll reporting: IRD reports (filing IR 348 EMS and IR 345 EDF to IRD) GL interface, GL Reconciliations (super, PAYE, payroll clearing, deductions, student loan, staff purchases, Kiwisaver), leave liability, super payment, costing, allowance & deductions, third parties payments.
• End of year payroll reporting: all functions

Payroll Officer & Accountant

Mounties Group
Mount Pritchard , NSW
07.2007 - 04.2013
  • Processing weekly payroll for casual, part time and full time employees.
  • Uploaded time records into MYOB (Powerpay) and made adjustments to create accurate database for payroll processing functions.
  • Managed payroll data entry and processing for 100+ employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines and payroll legislation.
  • Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and Annual leave/Sick Leave/Long Service leave hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
  • Processing new hires, terminations, superannuation , PAYG & Payroll tax.
  • Interpretation and implementation of the Morden Award and the National Employment Standards.
  • P&L accounting, reconciliations, cash accounting, accounts payable/receivable.
  • Monthly Accounting Procedures.
  • Assisting in preparation of BAS & other returns.
  • Producing reports for management

Education

Master of Professional Accounting - Accounting

University of Canberra
Canberra, ACT
2007

BBA -

The Shanghai University of Engineering Science
Shanghai China

Skills

  • Worker Training
  • Records Organization and Management
  • Production and Time Sequencing
  • Payroll Preparation
  • Full knowledge of Australian payroll
  • Full knowledge of New Zealand payroll
  • Team management experience, able to give guidance and coaching to team members
  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in written and numerical skills
  • Highly proficient in use of Preceda
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and time management skills
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines to achieve goals
  • Confident and diligent at handling all extremely confidential material

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Ceridian Our Way Excellence Award through managing highly challenged clients.
  • Team members feel fully supported
  • Clients trust and rely on payroll service we have been provided.

Timeline

Payroll Subject Matter Expert/Operation Team Leader

Ceridian HCM (Ascender Before Acquisition)
10.2020 - Current

Team Leader/Test Automation Developer

Ceridian (Ascender HCM Before Acquisition)
03.2019 - 09.2020

Team Leader

Ceridian (Ascender HCM Before Acquisition)
07.2016 - 06.2019

Payroll Consultant

Ceridian (NGA Human Resources Before Acquisition)
06.2013 - 07.2016

Payroll Officer & Accountant

Mounties Group
07.2007 - 04.2013

Master of Professional Accounting - Accounting

University of Canberra

BBA -

The Shanghai University of Engineering Science
John Wu