Gustavo Padilla
I run multi-client U.S. payroll and make it faster and harder to get wrong.
Multi-state W-2 payroll in ADP Workforce Now, PrismHR and TriNet for Fourth PEO and Vensure (via Solvo Global), and at TMF Group. Bogotá, Colombia, on U.S. business hours.
Payroll cycle
W00 0000- Role
- U.S. Payroll Specialist
- Location
- Bogotá, Colombia (UTC−5)
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, PrismHR, TriNet
- Input
- Reconcile
- Validate
- Approve
- Pay
| Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Multi-client U.S. payroll | 3 yrs |
| Client accounts in my book (Vensure) | 100+ |
| Employees across client accounts supported | ~43,000 |
Experience
Career break
Jan 2026 to Present
Professional development: AI & workflow automation
Self-directed study and hands-on building in AI and workflow automation.
- From
- Jan 2026
- To
- Present
- Clients
- None
- Total employees
- None
- Systems
- None
Fourth PEO
Jan 2025 to Dec 2025
Payroll Specialist
- Clients
- 35+
- Total employees
- ~12,000
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, ADP Run, ADP SmartCompliance, PrismHR
Owned full-cycle W-2 payroll for 35+ multi-client accounts; primary contact for a 34-location restaurant group.
- 100% on-time submission on weekly and biweekly cycles; no client ever escalated a payroll to management.
- Improved standardized payroll SOPs: documented process gaps and enhancements to increase auditability.
- Audited wages, deductions, garnishments, tax withholding, and benefits pre- and post-payroll.
- From
- Jan 2025
- To
- Dec 2025
- Clients
- 35+
- Total employees
- ~12,000
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, ADP Run, ADP SmartCompliance, PrismHR
Vensure Employer Solutions
May 2024 to Jan 2025
Payroll Analyst
- Clients
- 100+
- Total employees
- ~30,000
- Systems
- PrismHR
Outsourced W-2 payroll and HCM consulting for 100+ clients across multiple U.S. states, with 100% on-time submission.
- Built Excel and Power Query automation to consolidate and standardize payroll data from multiple sources.
- Reconciled high-volume time and attendance data across Excel and HRIS tools, flagging discrepancies before processing.
- Acted as internal payroll SME, resolving complex multi-state tax and benefits issues under deadline.
- From
- May 2024
- To
- Jan 2025
- Clients
- 100+
- Total employees
- ~30,000
- Systems
- PrismHR
TMF Group
Jan 2023 to May 2024
Payroll Administrator
- Total employees
- ~1,000
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, ADP Run, ADP SmartCompliance, TriNet
End-to-end U.S. W-2 payroll for global clients: processing, reconciliation, GL reporting, 401(k) administration.
- Prepared payroll GL reports, mapping payroll costs to client-specific accounting structures.
- Administered 401(k) contributions with IRS-compliant processing.
- Maintained personnel records and ran onboarding/offboarding workflows in HRIS for global client teams.
- From
- Jan 2023
- To
- May 2024
- Clients
- None
- Total employees
- ~1,000
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, ADP Run, ADP SmartCompliance, TriNet
Capital One
Nov 2021 to Dec 2022
Fraud & Risk Analyst
Rule-based fraud detection across cardholder accounts; ATO, payment fraud, and mule activity pattern analysis.
- Analyzed fraud typologies (account takeover, payment fraud, mule activity) to support detection strategies.
- Identified anomalies in rule-based detection workflows and flagged detection signal gaps for senior review.
- Documented case findings to high-accuracy review standards; communicated cases cross-functionally in English and Spanish.
- From
- Nov 2021
- To
- Dec 2022
- Clients
- None
- Total employees
- None
- Systems
- None
| Row | From | To | Employer | Role | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | Present | Career break | Professional development: AI & workflow automation | Study and hands-on building in AI and automation | |
| Jan 2025 | Dec 2025 | Fourth PEOvia Solvo Global | Payroll Specialist | Full-cycle W-2 payroll for 35+ client accounts | |
| May 2024 | Jan 2025 | Vensure Employer Solutionsvia Solvo Global | Payroll Analyst | Outsourced W-2 payroll for 100+ clients | |
| Jan 2023 | May 2024 | TMF Group | Payroll Administrator | U.S. W-2 payroll for global clients | |
| Nov 2021 | Dec 2022 | Capital Onevia Concentrix | Fraud & Risk Analyst | Rule-based fraud detection on cardholder accounts |
Fourth PEO
Jan 2025 to Dec 2025
Payroll Specialist
- Clients
- 35+
- Total employees
- ~12,000
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, ADP Run, ADP SmartCompliance, PrismHR
Owned full-cycle W-2 payroll for 35+ multi-client accounts; primary contact for a 34-location restaurant group.
- 100% on-time submission on weekly and biweekly cycles; no client ever escalated a payroll to management.
- Improved standardized payroll SOPs: documented process gaps and enhancements to increase auditability.
- Audited wages, deductions, garnishments, tax withholding, and benefits pre- and post-payroll.
- From
- Jan 2025
- To
- Dec 2025
- Clients
- 35+
- Total employees
- ~12,000
- Systems
- ADP Workforce Now, ADP Run, ADP SmartCompliance, PrismHR
Client locations in 7 cities
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Naples, St. Petersburg, Atlanta, Montgomery
Projects
Excel + Power Query workflow that consolidates, cleans and validates payroll input from multiple sources into one refreshable, audit-ready dataset. Built and used in a live multi-client cycle at Vensure.
Power Query, Excel, Payroll, Validation
Open project and demoObsidian knowledge base with a Claude Code-built toolchain, a nightly cloud agent that ingests and reports, and nine custom skills that encode the rules.
Claude Code, Agent SDK, Obsidian, CI
View detailsClaude Code + MCP workspace where every workflow is validated and executed against a self-hosted n8n instance.
Claude Code, n8n, MCP, Validation
View detailsGet in touch
Open to Payroll Specialist, Payroll Analyst and Senior Payroll roles: U.S. or multi-country payroll. Remote, hybrid or on-site in Bogotá; employee or contractor. Available now.
Also open to risk and fraud analyst roles. English C2, Spanish native. Email is the fastest way to reach me.
- gustavoandps@gmail.com
- linkedin.com/in/gustavoandps (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub
- github.com/gustavoandps (opens in a new tab)