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VIRGINIA SEWELL
1748 Wedgewood Overlook 678-615-3231 Home
Stone Mountain, Georgia 30088 Virginia.Sewell@bellsouth.net 404-791-2051 Cell
HUMA N R ES O UR C ES / P A YR O L L P R O F ES S IO N A L
Payroll Preparation  Labor Relations  Account Reconciliation
New Hire Orientation  Benefits Administration
Project Management  COBRA  Problem Resolution
Competent diversified HR /Payroll Professional with strong organizational and administrative skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
HR Coordinator – Business Software Inc. 2007 - Current
 Accurate payroll preparation utilizing web based software to process Semi-monthly payroll for 125 employees
 First point of contact for employee benefit questions
 Timely resolution of employee payroll and benefit issues
 Responsible for Payroll management reports
 HR/Payroll Data Maintenance
 All phases of the recruitment process; inclusive of completing job requisitions, posting positions to external
websites, pre-employment screening, on site interviewing, testing and performing reference checks
 Responsible for processing all employee related insurance enrollments and applications
 Insure compliance with government regulations in regards to New Hires
 Assist HR Manager with New Hire orientation, employee retention, training and development planning
 Reconciliation of vendor invoices and the resolution of billing errors
 Assist HR Manager with yearly open enrollment preparation and planning
 Preparation of internal and external communications
 Assist Office Manager with special events planning
HR Generalist – Flag Bank 2005 – 2007
 Performed Generalist duties inclusive of: Payroll & Benefits Administration, Account Management, Vendor
Account Maintenance
 Facilitated benefit plan enrollment for all new hires upon eligibility and during the annual open enrollment
period
 Responsible for the reconciliation and verification of payment of invoices from the Major benefit carriers on a
monthly basis
 Informed and counseled employees on the various benefit plans such as Family Medial Leave, Short Termand
Long Term Disability benefit plans with regard to eligibility and compliance with governmental regulations
 Reviewed and entered new hire information, tax data changes and employee transfers into the HR and Payroll
systems. Also responsible for entering all employee rate increases, bonus payments and calculating retro pay
adjustments.
Payroll Specialist – First Capital Bank 2004 – 2005
 Solely responsible for processing payroll for a small community bank of 100 employees; Entered new hires and
set up benefit enrollment information. Prepared payroll reports and posted journal entries to general ledger.
Processed quarterly bonuses and assisted with special projects as assigned
 Designed payroll reports utilizing Report Smith for Management reporting
 Reconciled 401(k), Insurance Premiums and Flexible Spending Accounts on a monthly basis; Prepared Journal
entries and keyed into General ledger System

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H R Benefits Administrator/Payroll Processor – InterContinental Hotels Group 2000 – 2004
 Accurate input and balancing of payroll transactions for a global hotel corporation
 Issuance of bonuses, severance pay and additional special payments for 1500 Corporate employees
 Communicated with respective field HR Managers to ensure accuracy of data submitted for entry into
HR and payroll system
 Processed job data changes inclusive of new hires, pay rate changes, employee life status changes, terminations
and transfers
 Facilitate benefit elections for eligible employees for open enrollment
 Eligibility analysis and compliance with government regulations
Human Resource Assistant – Hussmann Corporation 1996 – 2000
 Processed multiple State Payroll and interacted with local management regarding labor relations or pay
grievances
 Conducted new hire group orientation and explanation of benefits to employees and oversaw the administration
of employee benefits. Maintained confidential employee records. Processed employee wage assessments from
Federal and State agencies and submitted for payment
Senior Recruiter – Metro Staffers of Atlanta 1995 – 1996
 Recruited and interviewed applicants for employment
 Processed worker’s compensation claims and represented the company on unemployment claims
 Developed marketing strategies and techniques inclusive of writing job descriptions for advertisements as well
as cold call selling
 Staffed Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and Proctor and Gamble
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Atlanta Personnel
 Office Manager / Recruiter for 7 years - Reported directly to the owner of the company in regards to Monthly
Earnings, Commissions, Collection activities, Marketing, Sales and all other day to day activities. Maintained
24 hour availability to clients in the event of urgent or emergency employment needs.
Pepsi Cola Bottlers of Atlanta
 9 years of Accounting experience preparing monthly financial reports. Supported and assisted the Controller on
various projects. Designed and implemented process improvements for the department. Hand picked by the
Controller to provide training to junior level accounting staff. Promoted from Billing clerk and Accounting
Clerk I to Senior Level Accounting clerk.
EDUCATION:
2 years Business Major - University of Wisconsin
Certificate of completion of the Payroll Certification Course
Member of the American Payroll Association
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Payroll Systems: Ceridian HRW, People Soft 7.0, ADP PC /Payroll, Millennium
Microsoft Office: Visio, Access, Word, Excel, and Outlook
References Available Upon Request.