Vivian Peterson

Consultant @VRP Consultant LLC.

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Payroll, Benefits, HRIS and Workday professional with over 20 years experience. A leader who has vast functional and technical knowledge, who supports and drives cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional service and design. A thought leader who encourages innovation, a strategic partner and an executor. Passionate about maximizing ROI on HRIS technology, ensuring compliance with all federal and state agencies as well as accurately processing payroll and benefits in a timely manner. Capable of providing strategic guidance and hands-on delivery. Skilled in collaborating with all members of the organization to achieve business and financial objectives.

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Work Background

ConfidentialDirector (HRIS, Payroll & Benefits)

Jan. 2022 - Apr. 2024• Supports the ongoing design, development, and incremental improvement of Workday • Leads the Workday Bi-Annual Release (WDBiARM) for functional design upgrades and enhancements • Responsible for administration and monitoring of payroll, payroll taxes, data updates and data integrity • Execution of deliverables and overall benefits strategy and day-to-day administration of benefit plans • Lead, manage, and scale our remote-first Payroll, Benefits & HRIS operations team and strategy

Uncommon SchoolsWorkday Payroll Lead

Feb. 2021 - Mar. 2022New York, United States• Lead conversion from ADP Workforce now to Workday HCM • Implementation support, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) optimization • Security, and data integrity for the Workday applications • Subject Matter Expert for Workday implementation for the payroll workstream • Participate in client design, testing and integration processes with external vendors

Mandarin Oriental Hotel GroupPayroll Manager

Jun. 2019 - Mar. 2021New York, United States• Process weekly payroll for union and nonunion employees using Ascentis payroll system • Timekeeping management for all management, union and nonunion employees • Generate reports for vacation, sick, and PTO accruals for all employees • Maintain accurate accounting records and provide related financial reports for accounting system • Monitor reporting to reflect accurate financial accounting information for P&L/Balance sheets • Prepare monthly payroll and accounting journal entries and reconciliations of payroll related GL accruals • Addressed discrepancies in employee pay statements and promptly resolved concerns

Thornton TomasettiPayroll Manager

Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2019New York, United States• Manage implementation of conversion from ADP to Workday • Implement Time Tracking and build the integration of timesheets to Workday • Manage integration of accounting system Deltek into Workday to improve time tracking issues • Assist with business process configurations and testing for payroll processes • Work with Workday to configure payroll calculations and eligibility rules • Partner with the People team to build business processes for both payroll, benefits and operations • Set up earning, deduction and tax codes to ensure accuracy of employee payroll data • Oversee system overtime calculation issues for multi-state employees and resolve discrepancies • Continue to improve Workday HCMS & payroll process by ensuring payroll business processes and controls are identified, configured, and tested appropriately