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Cheri Joseph BlydenCJ

Cheri Joseph Blyden

Payroll Operations Consultant

€420/day
Houston, US
15+ years
Payroll Operations Strategy
Root Cause Analysis & Organizational Diagnostics
Payroll Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Payroll System Implementation Oversight
Payroll Tax & Compliance Remediation

Average response time: 1 hour

About Cheri

Payroll problems rarely start in payroll. As a Payroll Operations Consultant, I help organizations uncover the root causes behind payroll risk, compliance failures, implementation challenges, and operational breakdowns. Working across HR, Benefits, Legal, Finance, and Operations, I identify what others overlook, create clarity where there is uncertainty, and help organizations build payroll operations that support the business, not disrupt it.
Construction
Private Equity
Hotel industry
Healthcare Providers
IoT (Internet of Things)

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Houston (up to 50km)

Experience

  • SOCIÉL MUET ATELIER,
    Payroll Operations Consultant
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
    Houston, TX, USA
    Traced unresolved penalty notices to a failed payroll system implementation across Vista, UKG, and Atrix, reconciled benefits dating to 2021, surfaced non-compliant per diem treatment across 38 states, and directed the internal payroll tax specialist through the payments, amendments, and W-2Cs required to bring the entity current.
    Payroll Tax & Compliance Remediation Payroll System Implementation Oversight Payroll Risk Assessment & Mitigation Payroll-to-GL Reconciliation Payroll Operations Strategy
  • SIGNAL ENERGY, (CONTRACT)
    Payroll Tax Specialist
    January 2026 - January 2026
    Houston, TX, USA
    Surfaced benefits that had not been reconciled since 2021 and identified per diems being paid in four flat amounts across 38 states with no written policy and no caps.
    Payroll-to-GL Reconciliation Payroll Tax & Compliance Remediation Payroll System Implementation Oversight Payroll Tax Recovery & Resolution Cross-Functional Operational Alignment
  • BLUEGREEN VACATIONS CORPORATION
    Payroll Tax & GL Specialist
    January 2022 - January 2025 (3 years)
    Boca Raton, FL, USA
    Recovered $100K in prior-period payroll tax overpayments across multiple states and jurisdictions within the first nine months, then identified and positioned an additional $500K refund for capture, leaving the VP with the documented instructions required to preserve it through the Hilton Grand Vacations acquisition.
    Payroll Tax Recovery & Resolution Payroll System Implementation Oversight Root Cause Analysis & Organizational Diagnostics Multi-State Payroll Operations Payroll-to-GL Reconciliation
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Education

  • Bachelor Degree
    MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Bachelor Degree
  • Payroll Imports; Restaurant Payroll; Advanced General Ledger
    Payroll Imports; Restaurant Payroll; Advanced General Ledger

Skill set

Compliance
Controlling and Performance Management Systems
Due Diligence
Internal Audits
M&A
Risk Management
Accounting
Branding
Marketing and Communications Planning
System Integration
Company Culture Management
Post-Merger Integration
Organizational Design
Business Plan Development
Growth Strategy
Innovation Management
Process Management
Product Development
Quality Management

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