Dave Midgett

Portage IN
219-588-6103
Objective I seek a challenging career opportunity, which would allow my 15 yea
rs of experience to excel in a company by using my skills and work experience as
outlined below and to add a positive contribution to my employer. I welcome new
challenges and look forward to succeeding in a company as a team player.
Experience
4/2005 - Present Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc. Chicago IL
Payroll Manager (Staff 0) 600 US Employees, 50 UK Employees
*Complete processing of North American payroll for 600 employees semi-monthly
*Manage 41 state and unemployment tax returns
*Manage and process employee tax gross-ups for working out of home state
*Complete processing of UK payroll (London Office) for 50 employees monthly
*Book and analyze North America and UK payroll
*Account reconciliation of payroll accounts
*Process employee compensatory status and expense
*Book accruals for compensatory expense
*Amortize sign-on bonus accounts
*Forecast employer FICA expense
*Handle 401K audits - submit reports to 401K vendor for processing
*Process employee flex account reports for third party vendor
*Handle workers compensation Ins. audit
*Review employee Income tax returns for state tax gross-up
*Complete unclaimed property returns
*Complete and file corporate annual reports
9/2004 - 4/2005 Bankers Life & Casualty Chicago IL
Payroll Manger (Staff 8) 2,500 Employees, 5,000 Agents
*Saved the company 500K per year by consolidating my department to the parent's
payroll department which was located at Conseco in Carmel In.
5/2001 - 9/2004 Smith, Bucklin & Associates Inc. Chicago IL
Payroll Manager (Staff 1) 500 Employees
*Review and analysis 6 divisions financial statements, comparing actual expense
and revenues against their budget amounts
*Managed companies fixed assets
*Developed company's employee rates structure for billing clients
*Analyze employee actual cost to billed revenue
*Book all payroll expense
*Payroll bank reconciliations
*Develop budgets for overhead divisions
*Prepared and filed Sale/Use tax for IL & DC.
10/1995 - 5/2001 EDS - A.T. Kearney, Inc. Chicago, IL
Payroll Analyst (Staff 2)
*Responsible for completing and filing 20 State and Unemployment payroll Tax Ret
urns
*Responsible for completing and filing Federal 940 and 941 Payroll Tax Returns
*Responsible for completing and filing Company W2's for 2,500 employees
*Responsible for company officers' financial & tax allowances benefits and stock
 dividends
*Reconciled 29 countries payroll records
Payroll Supervisor (Staff 6) (2/98 - 8/99)
*Reconciled payroll accounts and payroll bank accounts
*Responsible for 29 different countries payrolls
*Approved all termed employees' final payouts
Corporate Tax Accountant (4/97 - 2/98)
*Responsible for preparing state and local tax returns
*Monthly/Annual corporate tax returns
*Responsible for company charitable contributions
Payroll Accountant (10/95 - 4/97)
*Merged 5000 Employees from ADP system to in house payroll system
*Developed in house payroll system with Tusk Consulting Team
oDeveloped taxing tables for all states
o Developed Gross to Net check processing
Skill: Excel pivot table and some macros, People Soft Financials, ADP & ADP Rep
ort Smith, In House Payroll System, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Wo
rd, Business Objects, Desktop Intelligence
Education: 5/1993 Purdue University Calumet Hammond Indiana
Bachelor's Degree - Major in Accounting and Financ
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