BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Confident, highly energized, and effective payroll manager with strong interpers onal skills.

Detail-oriented professional with experience and proven success in planning, implementing, and supporting payroll plans and strategies consistent w ith company values and policies in variety of industries. Practical experience i nstilling strategies to improve organizational relationships, cultural alignment / change, stakeholder management and leadership sponsorship. Known for strong c lient focus, high level of enthusiasm for effectuating business success, systemi c thinking, and strong relationship building, consistently demonstrating positiv e personal and professional image. Consistently recognized and recruited by exec utive management to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency through leadership that aligns business processes and HR infrastructure to realize cost savings, accelerate performance, and sustain strategic flexibility. Areas of exp ertise include: ________________________________________ Advanced Analysis Techniques Budget Analysis Effective Communicator Benefits Planning Employee Relations and Retention Employee Communication Education and Counseli ng Process Review and Improvement Process Analysis Team Development SOX/SAS 70 C ompliance ________________________________________ TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES PeopleSoft / Oracle Seagate Crystal Reporting (SQL) Ceridian Source 500 / HPW / TimePro Quest Advanced Query Tool Seagate Crystal Reporting (SQL) R&R Report Writing Enterprise eTime 6.0 Ceridian Source 500 HPW and Time Pro Kronos e-Time 6.0 Quest Central Query Too l BenefitSolver Microsoft Office Suite 2007 ADP EV4 PeopleSoft Oracle SAP ADP EV4 / Whitney ProBusiness Central Query Tool PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Houston, Texas 2010-Present Large manufacturing, electronics, and transportation company. Department Head: Manage five direct reports, overseeing end-to-end accounting, p ayroll, and tax reconciliations for multi-state weekly and semi-monthly payrolls consisting of over 2,000 exempt, non-exempt, and highly compensated employees. Coordinate and collaborate with corporate HR department to examine system data f or all employees, maintaining 401K deferrals, 401K Roth, catch-up and match cont ributions in collaboration with benefits. Construct departmental budget and lead creation of quarterly metrics. Manage performance evaluations, establish team a nd individual strategic objectives, and serve as project lead on ERP, benefits, and payroll implementations on several unique systems. Serve as work stream Lead for end-to-end design / implementation of ERP system and TimePro conversion for 130 Transdyn, Inc. employees in 10 states and New Zealand. Coordinate with bene fits / HRIS teams in system conversion of 2,000 employees from Stone Partners to Benefit Solver. Reduced employee workloads by 50% through new year-end benefits data import pro cess. Enhanced 401K administration between Schwab and Ceridian by acting as Project L ead with HRIS and Benefit teams. Automated 401K process with new interface / benefit calculation tools, reducing

employees workload by 70%. Produced payroll department metrics for end-to-end processing with 99-100% accu racy and cut operating costs by 15% by developing communication matrix to stream line exchange of critical data between Human Resources and Payroll Department. DENNIS P. BURKE Page 2 db13e09aa@westpost.net

HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC., Woodlands, Texas 2005-2010 Large, multinational human resources outsourcing and consulting firm. Payroll / Team Manager: Led seven direct reports and an off-site team of twenty, managing end-to-end bi-weekly payroll processing for over 17,000 Baylor HealthC are employees. Provided operational support including creation of internal / ext ernal audits, standard operating procedures, and management of specific work tas ks in support of payroll team. Executed performance reviews using 360 Degrees Pe rformance Management Tool and created service-level metrics for each payroll per iod for analysis. Led HRIS and payroll implementations on several systems in add ition to implementing time tracking for 3 major Baylor HealthCare hospitals usin g PeopleSoft, ADP Enterprise v4.0, and Kronos e-Time v6.0. Cut Baylor Healthcares quarterly operating costs by 15% through numerous extern al / internal system upgrades including conversion from Kronos e-Time v4.3 to v6 .0 for all employees. Increased team efficiencies by 20% over 5 year period through partnering with e xecutives on developing lean business practices. Additionally, decreased operati onal costs for Baylor Healthcare, Inc. by 15% over this same period, driving cro ss-training between departments. Team Lead on the management oversight committee ensuring Rockwell Automations W -2 mapping and wage/tax data coming out of SAP was 100% in compliance with the c lients expectations. DHL, INC., Houston, Texas 2003-2005 Large transportation and logistics company with over 300,000 employees. Lead Payroll Specialist: Led two direct reports in payroll implementation, train ed employees, and recommended new processes for improvement. Maintained and anal yzed human resource data for restructuring project, communicating all changes in Payroll and Human Resources processes to field personnel. Composed compensation reports and summaries while standardizing payroll processes. Developed detailed summaries of union contracts and ensured employee benefits for upper-level posi tions adhered to contractual plans. Managed and directed ADP / Whitney ProBusine ss HRIS implementation for over 3,000 DHL employees, as well as 10,000 Airborne Express employees. Finalized ADP / Whitney ProBusiness HRIS implementation one month ahead of set go-live date and under budget by 5% on projected control costs. Cut quarterly operating expenses by 5% through improved productivity and job pe rformance. BEHR AMERICA, INC., Troy, Michigan 2002-2003 Manufacturing and automotive company with over 16,000 employees. Human Resources Generalist / Payroll Specialist: Managed end to end payroll proc essing of 1,800 DaimlerChrysler union employees and monitored union contracts to ensure compliance. Implemented system upgrade / transition to Ceridian Source 5 00 Platform. Served as liaison between union and Behr Corporate payroll team, cr oss-training on role with colleague who ran South Carolina and Corporate payroll s. Created Seagate Crystal Reports within Ceridian Source 500 platform and recon

ciled payroll with accounting team using SAP and Ceridian. Led monthly reconciliations to ensure the figures from the Ceridian payroll sys tem aligned with the SAP accounting system with a zero tolerance for variances. THYSSENKRUPP STEEL, INC., Detroit, MI 1998-2002 Large steel manufacturing company with multiple divisions and international pres ence. Human Resources Generalist / Compensation Specialist: Performed multi-state payr oll entry, analysis, and distribution for 7 union divisions and 2 non-union divi sions. Implemented corporate policy, including restructuring from within. Proces sed the accounts payable of union dues, life insurance, medical / dental insuran ce, and pension benefits, while reconciling Ceridian records to ADP registers. Managed hiring and placement of new hires into corporate environment. Developed annual open enrollment benefits data and audited deductions in Benesoft. Prepare d annual EEO report and served as liaison for employee concerns between parent c ompany and nine divisions. Maintained data for Department of Labor quarterly wa ge statements for two union divisions, managed monthly 401K spreadsheets to audi t employee contributions, and authored employment verifications using automated Crystal reports. DENNIS P. BURKE Page 3 db13e09aa@westpost.net

EDUCATION Master of Science - Business Administration Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan Bachelor of Arts - Human Resource Management Michigan State University, Eli Broad School of Business, East Lansing, Michigan PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2010 American Payroll Associations Annual Meeting Society for Human Resource Management Ceridian HPW / Source 500 & Time Pro Oracle and PeopleSoft Six Sigma Training ADP Enterprise v4.0, Kronos e-Time v6.0, & Report Smith Training Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification pending (90% complete)