Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Key Skillset And Competencies
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Karen Tselepis

Keilor East,Vic

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Payroll Manager

GJK Facility Services
08.2019 - Current
  • Managing and mentoring 3 Payroll Officers
  • Overseeing fortnightly & monthly payrolls for 2000+ employees throughout Australia
  • Reviewing, updating and improving HR3 (payroll system) and Templa (time & attendance system)
  • Reviewing and streamlining all process and procedures for maximum efficiency
  • All EOM duties
  • Maintaining Portable Long Service Leave for Vic, NSW, ACT, QLD
  • Management Monthly reports
  • STP lodgement
  • Adhoc project work and reporting as required
  • Kronos Workforce ready project, setting up of rates, counters, schedules, EA etc and maintaining the system
  • Kronos reporting
  • All audit requirements
  • End of Year duties.

Payroll Projects/Implementations

PayplusHR
02.2017 - 07.2019
  • Implementing new clients into the payroll system (EBA and Award based clients) within the required timeframe
  • This includes interpreting the Awards and EBA’s and setting up all parameters within the payroll system
  • Understanding what the client requires and delivering these requirements
  • Documenting Payroll Procedures for the Operation team to process payroll and EOM efficiently
  • Reviewing all current client procedures and making recommendations for greater efficiency and accuracy
  • Implementing and testing these changes and documenting the efficiencies by the changes
  • Eg creating uploading templates into the payroll system rather than manually entering data, which reduces errors and processing time
  • Reviewing the system’s capabilities and making sure all clients are benefiting from the system
  • Such as supplying clients with Payroll Tax Reports, setting up the General Ledger module in the Payroll system and providing the clients with weekly/fortnightly/monthly journals
  • EOY – reviewing all reports, creating Payment Summaries for employees to access via their portal and lodging the returns to the ATO
  • Lodgement of Payroll Tax returns
  • Using KeyPay payroll and time & attendance system.

Group Payroll/HR Manager

Morris Group (CLG)
02.2011 - 01.2017
  • Maintaining and processing the payroll for 10 Companies, up to 1500 employees (seasonal)
  • A number of businesses where acquired during this period
  • Training and developing staff in Micropay and Time Target
  • Training and supporting 15 Venue Managers in the Time and Attendance system
  • Interpreting EA’s, AWA’s and Awards for all companies
  • Project Work – implementing Payroll and Time and system into the newly acquired companies and training the staff
  • Managing staff 2 employees
  • Training staff on EOM and EOY – Payroll tax returns, creating and posting of journals, reconciliation of all payroll related GL accounts, superannuation, PAYG, payment summaries etc
  • Liasing with Auditors for all payroll requirements
  • Processing of 457 and PR Visas
  • Adhoc reporting and budgeting
  • Workcover
  • Staff recruitment
  • OH&S
  • Staff Contracts
  • Dealing with escalated staff issues
  • Using Micropay, Time Target (Human Force), Great Plains, Connx, Employment Hero and MYOB.

Payroll Manager

Cornerstone Hotels
07.2007 - 10.2009
  • Maintaining and processing the payroll 500-600 employees
  • Training Venue Managers in the Time and Attendance system
  • Setting up newly acquired Venues in the limited time frame on settlement in both the Payroll and Time and Attendance systems
  • All EOM and EOY processes.

Payroll Supervisor

Lonely Planet Publications
02.2000 - 07.2007
  • Management account reporting for 2 business units, includes monthly reporting, budgeting and reforecasting
  • Processing and maintaining fortnightly payroll for 450 fulltime, part time and casual staff, includes VIC, NSW and Singapore staff
  • Liaising with payroll outsourcing company for Singapore employee
  • Processing and maintaining weekly payroll for 40 casual staff
  • Preparation of termination and redundancy payments
  • Preparation of all returns for group tax, payroll tax, superannuation and other deductions each month and end of year
  • Salary Packaging for cars, laptops, and superannuation
  • FBT calculations
  • Preparation and posting of all monthly payroll journals
  • Reconciliation of all payroll related account in the general ledger
  • Reconciliation of yearly payment summaries
  • Handling of staff queries
  • Preparation of payroll budgets/reforecasting for AUST, UK & USA
  • Maintaining in house timekeeping system (SAP)
  • Reconciliation of bank accounts AUD and Foreign
  • Maintaining and reconciliation of Petty Cash
  • Transferring of funds using ANZ online both direct and global payments
  • Major involvement of SAP implementation, writing test scripts, testing and training of staff.

Education

Version 4.01.22 SP2 -

Micropay Meridian

Time & Attendance System -

Time Target

Timekeeping and Scheduling -

Kronos

Taxation Seminar & Workshop -

Australian Wide Taxation & Payroll Training

Diploma of Management -

William Angliss Institute
01.2011

Diploma of Business HR -

TAFE NSW
01.2010

GP10.0 Accounting package -

Microsoft Dynamics
01.2008

Timesheets & reporting -

SAP
01.2006

General ledger & reporting -

SAP
01.2006

Payroll Management Certificate -

The Ass. for Payroll Specialists: (Deakin University N.S.W.)
01.2002

Certificate II In Accounting -

Para Institute of TAFE
01.1997

Associate Diploma In Applied Biology -

Tertiary Institution: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
01.1993

Skills

  • Managing Employees
  • Implementing payroll and time & attendance systems
  • Stream lining process to maximise efficiencies

Key Skillset And Competencies

Effective communication, leadership and people skills, assertive, motivated, analytical, time management and problem solving skills. Exposure to a number of Payroll systems (HR3, Micropay, KeyPay, Green Tree, MYOB) Time and Attendance systems (Kronos/UKG, Templa, KeyPay, Time Target/Human Force) and Accounting systems (Dimensions, Green Tree, MYOB, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP). Project Managed a number of Payroll and Time and Attendance implementations and achieved implementation within the required timeframe. Managed upto 3 direct and 15 indirect employees.

Availability

4 Weeks notice

Timeline

Payroll Manager

GJK Facility Services
08.2019 - Current

Payroll Projects/Implementations

PayplusHR
02.2017 - 07.2019

Group Payroll/HR Manager

Morris Group (CLG)
02.2011 - 01.2017

Payroll Manager

Cornerstone Hotels
07.2007 - 10.2009

Payroll Supervisor

Lonely Planet Publications
02.2000 - 07.2007

Version 4.01.22 SP2 -

Micropay Meridian

Time & Attendance System -

Time Target

Timekeeping and Scheduling -

Kronos

Taxation Seminar & Workshop -

Australian Wide Taxation & Payroll Training

Diploma of Management -

William Angliss Institute

Diploma of Business HR -

TAFE NSW

GP10.0 Accounting package -

Microsoft Dynamics

Timesheets & reporting -

SAP

General ledger & reporting -

SAP

Payroll Management Certificate -

The Ass. for Payroll Specialists: (Deakin University N.S.W.)

Certificate II In Accounting -

Para Institute of TAFE

Associate Diploma In Applied Biology -

Tertiary Institution: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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