Claudia V. Pittard
Payroll Specialist, Commercial staffing
Denver, CO · (303) 555 0143 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/claudiavpittard
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in payroll, four focused on multistate tax
INDUSTRIES
Commercial staffing, light industrial placement
SPECIALTIES
Multistate withholding, state agency registration, reciprocity, tax notice resolution
SYSTEMS
ADP Workforce Now, ADP SmartCompliance, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Certified Payroll Professional through the American Payroll Association, certified 2022
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in accounting, University of Colorado Denver
Results at a Glance
3,100
Workers so withholding
260
Workers crossing state
47
State tax notices
941
State returns
Executive Summary
Payroll specialist for a staffing firm placing 3,100 workers across 14 states. Seven years in payroll with the last four spent on multistate withholding, agency registrations and reciprocity. Owns the tax setup in the system and every notice that arrives from a state revenue department.
Signature Achievements
- Registered the company for withholding and unemployment in nine new states without a late filing in any of them.
- Rebuilt the work state and resident state setup for 3,100 workers so withholding follows where the assignment actually is.
- Applied reciprocity agreements and certificates of nonresidence for 260 workers crossing state lines, ending the refund requests that had arrived every filing season.
- Closed 47 state tax notices in one year and recovered 88,000 dollars of penalty and interest that had been assessed in error.
- Reconciled four quarters of form 941 and state returns to the year end form W two file with no amended return.
- Wrote the multistate setup guide the recruiting branches follow when they place a worker in a new state.
Professional Experience
Payroll Specialist
Front Range Workforce Partners, Denver, CO 2022 to present
Payroll tax owner for a staffing firm with 3,100 placed workers, 14 states and weekly pay cycles.
- Maintains state and local tax codes in the payroll system and reviews every new jurisdiction before the first pay date.
- Applies reciprocity, nonresident certificates and local tax rules to assignments that cross state lines.
- Reconciles quarterly filings, resolves agency notices and manages amended returns when they are needed.
- Audits garnishment withholding against state limits and remits to each agency on schedule.
Payroll Administrator
Mile High Restoration Group, Aurora, CO 2019 to 2022
Biweekly payroll for a property restoration contractor with 420 employees in Colorado and Wyoming.
- Processed payroll, prevailing wage jobs and per diem for crews working away from home.
- Maintained the tax setup for two states and prepared quarterly returns.
- Handled the year end statement cycle and employee corrections.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Payroll Professional, American Payroll Association, certified 2022
Member, American Payroll Association, Denver chapter
Education
Bachelor of Science in accounting, University of Colorado Denver, 2019
Core Skills
Multistate withholding · State agency registration · Reciprocity agreements · Tax notice resolution · Quarterly return reconciliation · Amended returns · Garnishment limits · ADP SmartCompliance · Year end balancing · Written procedures