Kathy Pojar has over 17 years of experience in human resources and payroll processing. She has expertise in administering 401K plans, employee stock purchase plans, new hire onboarding, disability, and termination processes. Additionally, she has 13 years of experience administering a defined benefit retirement plan. She is described as detail-oriented, organized, resourceful, hardworking, and dependable.

1. Kathy Pojar
1510 Arundel Street ~ St. Paul, MN 55117 ~ Phone (H) (651) 489-3519 (C) 612-723-7759
SUMMARY Seventeen years experience in human resources and Twelve years of experience in
payroll processes. Primary areas of expertise include: administration of 401K,
Employee Stock Purchase Plans, New hire, disability and termination processes.
Additionally, I have 13 years of experience in retirement administration of a
defined Benefit Plan. I have been characterized as detail oriented, organized,
resourceful, hard working, and dependable.
EXPERIENCE Human Resource Benefits specialist, Ceridian. 1998- Present
• Assist in account reconciliation related to a multi payroll department.
• Audit all payroll transactions and reports. Update any discrepancies.
• Exported time cards from Time Pro into the company payroll system, ran all
imports and exports related to the biweekly payroll processing for the client.
• Ran and distributed all pre and post payroll reports.
• Prepared check requests for all wire transactions for the client.
• Manage the Ceridian Employee Stock Purchase and 401K Plans.
• Coordinate of termination processes and paperwork to ensure final payments
are accurate and promptly executed.
• Point person working with management and third-party disability vendors to
determine participant eligibility and ensure proper payments.
• Provide coordination to ensure new hires and associated managers have
completed new hire and benefit forms properly and in a timely manner.
• Maintain employee’s HR/PR records update all changes to salary, job titles,
managers and taxes.
• Part of a six sigma team that designed and implemented a process to collect
overpayments incurred by terminated employees.
• Owner of term and new hire processes, providing regular review and updates
as necessary to ensure alignment of policy, tools and process.
• Recommended and lead the implementation of a term process improvement
plan.
• Instrumental in implementing a New Human Resource System.
• Liaison to call center, participating in resolution of escalated and high priority
calls.
• Assist with administration of Employee Recognition program
• Liaison to the unemployment administrator ensuring they have appropriate
and sufficient information to support their efforts.
Senior Pension Specialist, Ceridian Corporation. 1985-1998
• Coordinate and support participant data for a Defined Benefit plan with assets
that exceed 650 million.
• Administrator of non-qualified Executive benefit plan.
• Daily administration of Defined Benefit plan.
• Update and maintain pension calculation system.
• Retirement plan statistical reporting using Microsoft Excel.
• Process and calculate qualified domestic relation orders.
• Process group life insurance plan claims.
• Process/Procedure review on all functions within department.
• Partnered with System departments to identify and address issues as well as
process updates.

2. • Manage relationship with pension system vendor and the plan actuaries.
Payroll Tax Technician, Ceridian Corporation. 1980-1985
• Provided customer service and processed payroll tax for the entire Company.
• Updated taxes for employees who transferred between cities and states.
• Researched and adjusted payroll for employee under taxed and refunded
employees who were over-taxed.
• Oversaw government compliance of payroll taxes and regulations.
Accountant/Admin. Assistant, Minnesota Truck Center. 1980
• Oversaw daily operation of privately owned trucking company.
• Responsible for customer service and satisfaction.
• Reconciled daily sales and credit accounts.
• Compiled and filed monthly tax reports to the state of Minnesota.
EDUCATION St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute, St. Paul, MN
2 year Certificate Program ~ Bookkeeping/Accounting.
St. Agnes High School, St Paul, MN
COMPUTER Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, WyPen, Microsoft XP, Microsoft Power Point
SKILLS
CURRENT
MEMBERSHIPS St Bernard’s Finance Committee – Member
• Advisory member to the pastor, providing budget development support, on-
going financial tracking as well as process refinement and internal controls
compliance audits.
REFERENCES Available upon request