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Sara G. Penilla Vega
Lawyer
Summary
Adept at navigating complex payroll tax issues and enhancing compliance.
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Payroll Services Expert
Sandoz Inc.
04.2023 - Current
- Prepare and review weekly, biweekly and monthly payroll, (Reconcile payroll registers to validate accuracy of taxes for on cycles and off cycles)
- Validate employees tax balances every on cycle to avoid W2 corrections.
- Tax quarter and Year end reconciliations.
- Complete online surveys regarding Tax obligations.
- Research and resolve tax notices from state and local tax agencies.
- Setup SIT, SUI and CIT tax accounts.
- Process W2 corrections.
- Reconcile reports requested by other areas regarding payroll.
- Payroll Auditing and processing International Assignees (Outbound and Inbound employees).
- Equity Off cycles Auditing and processing (EY Vendor).
- Relocation auditing and processing (Sirva/Topia Vendor).
- Process stocks on Benefits plans (Fidelity Vendor).
- Funding Benefits plans (Fidelity Vendor).
- Funding taxes and Garnishments (CITI Direct Vendor).
- Assist employees with tax-related questions and corrections.
- Provided training to junior staff members on payroll tax concepts.
- Supported internal audit teams during regulatory examinations by providing requested documentation related to payroll taxes within stipulated timeframes.
US Payroll Tax Analyst
DXC TECHNOLOGY
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Resolved complex payroll tax issues promptly, mitigating potential penalties or fines.
- Process tax corrections for federal, state and local taxes.
- Enhanced payroll tax compliance by implementing updated policies and procedures.
- Give support to employees regarding tax discrepancies or questions.
- Create actions plans to resolve high backlog cases.
- Setup employer accounts numbers with local tax departments. (Implementation on strategies to setup huge amounts of accounts)
- Prepare and review weekly, biweekly payroll.
- Review FICA discrepancies on high level employees.
US Payroll Tax Analyst
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE
12.2022 - 02.2023
- Resolved complex payroll tax issues promptly, mitigating potential penalties or fines.
- Process tax corrections for federal, state and local taxes.
- Enhanced payroll tax compliance by implementing updated policies and procedures.
- Give support to employees regarding tax discrepancies or questions.
- On cycle and off cycle reconciliation for preparation on funding taxes (Wire process)
Director´s Legal Assistant
Hy Cite Enterprises
04.2018 - 07.2020
- Preparation of the annual and monthly budget of the department and preparation of corporate expense reports.
- Monitoring national and international projects.
- Coordinate national and international trips, agenda and reception of visits from Executives and business partners in México.
- Organize meetings, national and international videoconferences, having the responsibility of preparing the agenda, invitations and ensuring a successful connection.
- Make appointments and control Director´s agenda.
- Maintained strict confidentiality, protecting sensitive client information as required by legal ethics and regulations.
- Improved communication between attorneys and clients by scheduling meetings, providing status updates, and relaying critical information promptly.
- Managed high-volume workload while maintaining strict attention to detail on every task such as drafting pleadings or summarizing depositions accurately.
- Enhanced office productivity by implementing efficient document management systems for easy retrieval and storage.
US Payroll Tax Analyst
Hewlett Packard Enterprises, DXC Technologies
03.2015 - 03.2018
- Locality Setup specialist. Restructure (simplification) of locality setup process and validation. Processor and auditor of requests to setup Account numbers for Tax agencies.
- Stock Options Tax specialist: Restricted Stock Options, Non Qualifying Stocks Options process and conciliation. Tax reporting of Disqualifying disposition of ESPP Shares.
- Involved in the activities for the separations (split) of companies from HPE to DXC.
- Participate in the migration of payroll system from People soft to Global view (SAP) - Workshop (Audit and Reconcile tax records between both payroll systems)
- Research and resolution to Federal, state and local tax discrepancies.
- Support to queries from employees and front offices.
- Tax auditor for transactions of tax corrections. (current and past years)
- Record Management specialist - strict control and access to all HP company records. Track the location of paper records and unstructured, user-controlled electronic records. In addition, on-boarded and stored in “Enterprise Records Management System” (ERMS) all records generated in HP applications.
- Managed the life cycle of all paper and electronic records from creation to destruction. Enforces record retention and destruction in accordance with the HPE Records Retention Schedule.
- Assisted in placing legal holds on responsive records.
- Involved in the activities of the separations (split) of companies from HP to HPE and review that the process was migrated correctly.
Education
Bachelor´s - Law
UVM - Campus Zapopan - Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 05.2001 -
Skills
Friendly, Positive Attitude
Software
GLOBAL VIEW (SAP)
ADP Interface
WORKDAY
SALESFORCE
AGRESSO
CONCUR
LEGAL TRACKING
MICROSOFT: Excel, Word, Power Point, Nitro
Timeline
Payroll Services Expert
Sandoz Inc.
04.2023 - Current
US Payroll Tax Analyst
DXC TECHNOLOGY
02.2023 - 04.2023
US Payroll Tax Analyst
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE
12.2022 - 02.2023
Director´s Legal Assistant
Hy Cite Enterprises
04.2018 - 07.2020
US Payroll Tax Analyst
Hewlett Packard Enterprises, DXC Technologies
03.2015 - 03.2018
Bachelor´s - Law
UVM - Campus Zapopan - Guadalajara
05.2001 -
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