Leondria Johnston - MBA

Experience

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  BP

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1996

  • Interpreted and administered company benefits and policies for employees within a specified client group. • Acted as primary customer service contact for benefits questions and issue resolution.• Developed process enhancements to benefit administration processes to increase team efficiency.o Created and implemented spreadsheet to explain the regulated before tax cutbacks. o Implemented the use of merge documents to reduce time spent preparing COBRA and other benefit letters.• Acted as a business analyst and provided testing support during PeopleSoft HRMS conversion.o Assisted in the requirements gathering, design analysis and testing of an interface to feed information to the legacy system for personnel not yet converted to the new payroll system. Show less • Acted as a business analyst on the development of Retail at Site Human Resource/Payroll Application which allowed the electronic processing of job logs, new employee set-up, personnel action processing and direct transmission of payroll data to the company's main payroll system.• Gathered and analyzed business requirements and participated in the feasibility study.• Acted as SME during the development of the career progression, job description and annual and periodic appraisal portions of the system.• Coordinated integrated and regression testing to ensure successful transfer of data.• Developed and conducted training for support staff responsible for HR and Payroll functions. Show less

  • Human Resources Representative

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  • Human Resource Analyst

    Jan 1988 - Jan 1994
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  TravelCenters of America

  May 1999 - May 2001

  Payroll Specialist

  • Coordinated the payroll process for 12,000 hourly and salary employees across 41 states.• Ensured the accurate and timely completion of wire transfers to fund payroll accounts and submission and reconciliation of the PeopleSoft payroll file to SAP general ledger.• Created, revised and implemented new and existing procedures to facilitate the accurate and timely completion of the payroll process. • Provided training and support to new employees related to payroll processing and pay card application.• Performed training for field bookkeepers on all aspects of the payroll process.• Performed company-wide on-site training and implementation of electronic payroll system.Provided support to general managers related to the P&L impact of payroll entries. Show less

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  Fresenius Medical Care North America

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2007

  • Performed detailed financial statement review and issue resolution during month end close for 30 facilities across 4 business groups.• Performed analysis and prepared calculation of minority interest, joint venture distributions and inter-company payments for eight joint ventures.• Prepared cost reports, audit packages and budgets for 74 facilities across 13 business groups.• Prepared journal entries and completed account reconciliations to ensure timely and accurate close and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations throughout entire audit process.• Performed analysis and ensured accurate recording of the accrued inventory, sale and use tax, capital and straight-line lease balance sheet accounts for $183 million region.• Assisted with financial transition for newly acquired dialysis units including standardization of financial statements and processes. • Coordinated project to automate and streamline the reconciliation process for the accrued inventory account that reduced time spent on manual matching and increasing time available for advance analysis by 90% while increasing the accuracy of the liability reported. Show less • Performed detailed financial statement review and issue resolution during month end close for five facilities in the Columbus area.• Assisted in the calculation of minority interest and inter-company payments for eight joint ventures.• Prepared cost reports, audit packages and budgets for 74 facilities across 13 business groups.• Reconciled and recorded transactions related to the administration of 19 bank (cash) accounts for company owned and joint venture entities.• Prepared journal entries and completed account reconciliations to ensure timely and accurate close and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations throughout entire audit process.• Performed analysis and ensured accurate recording of the accrued inventory account for $183 million region. • Eliminated cash posting variances by working extensively with the accounts receivable cash posting department to increase awareness and understanding of the reconciliation process. Show less

  • Senior Accountant

    Mar 2004 - Mar 2007

  • Staff Accountant

    Jan 2002 - Mar 2004
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  Eaton

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2015

  • Lead, coordinated and implemented assigned projects while ensuring alignment to company strategies, commitments and goals.o Used phase/gate methodology (PROLaunch) to manage and execute assigned projects.o Facilitated the identification of project scope, goals and deliverables to support the creation of project plan and budget.o Facilitated information gathering related to country statutory requirements and the current and future states of the travel expense (T&E, Concur) process in order to maintain the integrity of the global standardized solution while meeting the statutory needs of the implementation country. o Documented business and statutory requirements to support the creation of a feasible project design.o Managed resources, deliverables, budget and timeline while mitigating risks associated with legal and regulatory requirements of the implementation country. o Coordinated and supported in-country resources, analysts, developers and testing (QCOE) team members during all phases of project testing. o Provided analysis and reporting to stakeholders on a regular basis regarding project status, issues and issue resolution.o Provided support to resources within the implementation countries to increase understanding and comfort level with T&E tools and processes and support a seamless deployment of the Concur application.o Provided analysis and prepared documentation to management to support the development and maintenance of the annual schedule for T&E implementations.• Registered ideas to support and grow the T&E Center of Excellence to reduce or resolve issues that had an impact on customer satisfaction, delivery time and/or quality.• Further supported Operational Excellence objectives such as Health of Process, PROLaunch Self-Assessment, PROLaunch, and project support for the NAFSC (Eaton’s North American Financial Services Center). Show less • Prepared analysis for divisions and corporate senior management, including ad hoc reporting and metrics analysis to promote positive action on key metrics.• Prepared and analyzed Balanced Scorecard and Supplier Process Scorecard metrics on a monthly basis to identify trends in key operational metrics and formulated suggested action plans to improve unfavorable standings.• Prepared profit plan and billing rates on an annual basis, as well as monthly expense analysis review and forecasting.• Completed month end close activities for Accounts Payable within the Oracle Financials system to ensure accurate financial reporting. • Automated the Supplier Process Scorecard by implementing numerous organizational and reporting changes while creating metric templates for gathering individual metrics that incorporated current Oracle reporting methods, ensured reporting accuracy and reduced completion time. • Implemented process improvements by managing a team of peers to complete action items by assigned project deadlines. Show less

  • Business Analyst/Project Manager

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2015

  • Senior Analyst

    Mar 2007 - Jan 2012