Kazia O'Brien

Kazia O'Brien, CPP, SHRM-CP, is a Human Capital Management and Payroll technology expert with over a decade of experience in Accounting, HR, and Payroll across industry and consulting. She has extensive experience in both private and public sector high-growth global companies with complex regulatory compliance needs. Kazia is a multi-certified HR and Payroll professional, including PHR, SHRM-CP, HRIP, and CPP. Her HR/Payroll technology competencies include experience managing Workday Payroll (US, UK, CA, FR), Workday HCM, UltiPro, Paylocity, NovaTime, Kronos, ADP Workforce Now, ADP HRB, ADP Pay eXpert, ADP Reporting, ADP NetSecure, ADP ETIME Professional, BetterWorks, Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Word, and PowerPoint - VBA), Project, Access, AX, SAP, Salesforce, Netsuite, Taleo, QuickBooks Pro, Adobe Acrobat, and basic SQL. Furthermore, she has leadership experience over Payroll, Accounting, and HRIS implementations and integrations.

Kazia's educational background includes a Bachelor of Accountancy from Loyola University New Orleans. In the past, she has worked at KPMG, Glassdoor, Tesla, RPX, and Prosper Marketplace, among others. Kazia has overseen multi-state and global Payroll in public and private sectors, and she has experience working with small, mid-market, and large enterprise companies (10 to 80,000 employees). Her expertise in HR/Payroll covers Payroll Accounting, Garnishment Processing, Third-Party Sick Payments, Tax Compliance, Month-End Close, Report Writing, Audit PCBs, Benefits, Leave of Absence, PTO, Compensation, Commissions, Incentives, Bonuses, FLSA Overtime, Imputed Income, Workers’ Compensation, 401(k) Plans, Hiring & Onboarding.