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I consider those individuals from that time lifelong friends and I’m very grateful Michelle really opened the door for me. It gave me opportunities that I don’t think I could have had without her. So, instead of working for the UN for world peace, I say I now help keep world peace by getting the world paid. GPA: After Celergo, then what did you do? Kira Rubiano: I actually left payroll for a time and worked for an accounting firm and that had a great opportunity in their international services division. That role gave me a different perspective on how organizations work and helped me really understand how clients need to be supported internationally. Then, another opportunity came up to be the head of operations for the U.S. as well as payroll internationally, and I couldn’t say no. Ironically, after a time in that role, I had a client who I had built a good relationship with who was with a global service payroll provider, and I got an offer to work for them.
So, instead of working for the UN for world peace, I say I now help keep world peace by getting the world paid.
join her company, and it involved international work. I interviewed with a global payroll company called Celergo, and the next thing I knew, I had a job straight out of college. I walked in the door on my first day and was handed a Nigeria payroll and I was scared out of my mind. But, at the same time, I was thinking, “Yes! I get to work with people around the world and learn!” Once I was able to do Nigeria, I knew global payroll was my calling, even though I never thought it was going to be my future. For the next several years, others that started near the same time as me, and me were nutured by the owner, Michelle Honomichl, and the operation transformed from a boutique service provider to one of the best-known global payroll operations in the U.S.
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