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Tariq Ishkaer
Mississauga,Canada
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Summary
Results-driven Payroll & Financial Operations professional with 5+ years of experience supporting global payroll, financial operations, reconciliations, AP/AR, commissions, and payment workflows. Experienced managing high-volume, multi-country payroll operations, resolving complex payment and billing discrepancies, and partnering cross-functionally with Finance, HR, Customer Success, and Operations. Proven track record of developing Advanced Excel reports, financial trackers, and standardized workflows that improved reporting efficiency by approximately 30% and operational efficiency by 25%. I combine strong financial and analytical capabilities with a technical background in SQL, data validation, reporting, and process optimization, supported by a Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems. Known for accuracy, analytical problem-solving, process improvement, and managing sensitive financial data in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
Overview
2
2
Languages
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Payroll
SIMERA
Irvine, California
07.2024 - Current
- Lead global payroll and payment operations for 700+ employees across 20+ countries, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant transaction processing.
- Partner with HR, Finance, Customer Success, and Operations to resolve complex payroll, contract, reimbursement, and payment inquiries.
- Review reconciliations, approvals, payroll documentation, contractor records, and compliance requirements to support accurate operational execution.
- Manage commissions, bonuses, reimbursements, contractor payments, and banking updates, applying strong judgment to resolve exceptions and escalations.
- Build Advanced Excel reports and operational trackers that improved reporting efficiency by approximately 30% and increased visibility into payment and approval workflows.
- Standardized documentation, approval steps, and workflows, improving operational efficiency by approximately 25% and supporting stronger process compliance.
Financial & Business Operations Analyst
SIMERA
Irvine, California
01.2024 - Current
- Support AP/AR, reimbursements, reconciliations, financial reporting, and operational documentation in a fast-paced business operations environment.
- Investigate discrepancies across payments, invoices, reimbursements, and internal records, coordinating with stakeholders to identify root causes and resolve billing/payment issues.
- Prepare detailed operational reports using Advanced Excel to support decision-making, audit readiness, and process visibility.
- Contribute to cross-functional process improvement initiatives by documenting workflows, identifying recurring issues, and recommending practical solutions.
- Developed reports using advanced Excel functions to support decision-making processes.
Payroll Specialist
Alia Services
Port St Lucie, Florida
01.2021 - 12.2023
- Manage end-to-end payroll processing for 200+ employees across Latin America and Asia, ensuring accurate and timely multi-country payments while maintaining strict payroll deadlines and data integrity.
- Prepare, audit, and reconcile high-volume payroll files, validating hours worked, compensation adjustments, deductions, bonuses, new hires, and terminations to ensure accuracy prior to payment processing.
- Leverage Insightful workforce analytics and time-tracking data to verify employee hours, investigate discrepancies, and reconcile timekeeping records against payroll files, strengthening payroll controls and reducing payment errors.
- Develop and optimize Excel-based payroll trackers, reconciliation tools, and standardized workflows, improving reporting visibility, data accuracy, and operational efficiency.
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance, HR, Operations, and leadership across multiple countries and time zones to resolve payroll discrepancies, maintain accurate employee records, and support payroll reconciliation, financial reporting, audit readiness, and process improvement.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
ACACUS GROUP
Amman, Jordan
05.2020 - 12.2020
- Executed SQL queries to validate data accuracy, investigate discrepancies, and support reporting quality.
- Performed functional and regression testing to verify system behavior, document defects, and support issue resolution.
- Improved data quality through clear documentation, structured analysis, and collaboration with technical and business stakeholders.
- Identified, documented, and tracked defects in software products.
- Monitored all stages of the software development cycle from initial planning through post-release support.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Information Systems
California University of Management and Sciences
California, USA12.2023
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Applied Science University
Amman, Jordan12.2020
Skills
- Quote-to-cash support
- Compliance management
- Payroll administration
- Advanced Excel
- Contract operations
- Order and contract documentation
- Deal and commission calculations
- Billing issue resolution
- Revenue operations support
- Sales operations support
- Policy compliance and approval documentation
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Reconciliations
- Advanced Excel and SQL
- Reporting and analytics
- Process improvement strategies
- Cross-functional stakeholder management
- Customer support
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Arabic
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Head of Payroll
SIMERA
07.2024 - Current
Financial & Business Operations Analyst
SIMERA
01.2024 - Current
Payroll Specialist
Alia Services
01.2021 - 12.2023
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
ACACUS GROUP
05.2020 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Computer Information Systems
California University of Management and Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Applied Science University