Kinsey Harema
Auckland,New Zealand
Summary
Professional payroll specialist with strong background in payroll management, compliance, and financial reporting. Skilled in using advanced payroll software, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of tax regulations. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to changing needs to achieve outstanding results. Highly reliable with focus on precision and efficiency.
Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Payroll Officer
Hirepool Ltd
02.2020 - Current
- Manage complex payroll tasks for over 500 employees, including all deductions, e.g. MOJ, IRD WINZ, etc..
- Collaborate with HR team to maintain current employee information and facilitate smooth onboarding for new hires.
- Liaise with external auditors to provide necessary documentation and ensure seamless financial reviews.
- Troubleshot and resolved any software-related issues that arose during the payroll processing cycle, ensuring minimal disruptions.
- Assist all employees with payroll-related inquiries, ensuring their concerns were addressed promptly and professionally.
- Contribute to developing standard operating procedures for the payroll department to promote continuity and structure across the organization.
- Complete payroll accurately and timely to meet employee expectations.
- Audit timesheets and payroll records for accuracy.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee records and payroll information.
- Respond to employee questions and requests for information in timely and knowledgeable fashion.
- Calculated wages, deductions and bonuses in accordance with company policies.
- Updated employee files with new details such as changes in address or salary levels.
Transactions Manager
Māori Television
02.2017 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: Māori Television is New Zealand’s indigenous broadcaster, providing a wide range of local and international programmes for audiences across the country and online
- Responsible for new project from previous roles:
- Project lead and responsible owner in changeover of payroll provider
- Liaison between current provider and new provider – including input to parallel testing and go live date
- Currently responsible for fortnightly payroll for170 staff and50-150 freelancers/contractors (numbers currently reduced due to restructure) - payroll accounts for ~40% of my time
- IRD PAYE filing and WHT filing
- Most senior role within Accounts Payable including account queries, credit card reconciliations and payments, approval of payments, supervision of Accounts Payable Officer
- Accounts Receivable including liaison with sales staff and clients, credit checks, manual invoices
- Continuing on with varied role within Corporate Services from travel management to building contracts – maintenance, security, utilities, consumables, liaison with property owners regarding any issues
- Number of direct reports from1 –6 including accounts and reception staff
Accounts Supervisor
Māori Television
02.2005 - 01.2017
- Managed two new areas from previous role:
- Company travel – liaised with travel company, project managed the installation of a new travel management tool, checked on accommodation recommendations for preferred options, negotiated best rates, organised monthly billing
- Supervised Corporate Services – tenders for cleaning contracts, mobile phones, consumables purchases
- Payroll – general ledger via journal entry; casual contractors/freelancers
- Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
Payroll Administrator
Māori Television
12.2003 - 01.2005
- Brought in as an independent expert initially to administer payroll and recommend changes if needed – possible change of system, processes and procedures for payroll and/or possible total outsourcing
- Lead change from in-house payroll to outsource provider after analysis of existing systems
- Implemented procedures and methods for handover to new provider
- Co-ordinated parallel testing and go-live dates
- Trained payroll support staff on new system
- Liaised with new provider for continuous improvements
- Employed by Maori Television following on from success of change programme in February2005
Education
NZ Payroll Practitioners
AucklandSkills
- Strong attention to detail – particularly in regards to payroll
- Payroll management
- Problem-solving aptitude
- HR collaboration
- Multitasking Abilities
- Reliability
- Verbal and written communication
- Customer service
- Data entry
- Adaptability
- Legal compliance
Hobbies and Interests
Family, Netball, Travel, Socialising with friends
Affiliations
- Experience in a variety of software programmes including:
- Datacom – Peoples Manager
- PayGlobal
- Greentree – Payroll
- Greentree – Accounts Payable/Cash management
- Member of the New Zealand Payroll Practitioners Association2008 -2021
- Attendee at annual conference2008 –2017
- NZPPA Payroll Update workshop2015
- Payroll Skills refresher2014
- Payroll Foundation Skills2009
- Payroll Leave Calculations (Level3)
- NZPPA Annual Leaders' Summit
- NZPPA Payroll Audit Seminar
- NZPPA Team Leader Payroll skills seminar
- Member of Employers and Manufactures Association
- Regular attendee at national annual payroll conference
- Regular attendee at Auckland member briefing conferences
- Attended various courses including:
- Tailored – Bullying and Harassment
- Taking Charge of Bullying and Harassment
- Taking Charge of Contractors and Casuals
Timeline
Senior Payroll Officer
Hirepool Ltd
02.2020 - Current
Transactions Manager
Māori Television
02.2017 - 01.2020
Accounts Supervisor
Māori Television
02.2005 - 01.2017
Payroll Administrator
Māori Television
12.2003 - 01.2005
NZ Payroll Practitioners
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