Workflow & Payroll

Meet the dedicated team behind all your transactions and payroll processing. The team serves as the core unit that manages workflow. They ensures policy compliance and safeguards the integrity of campus payroll operations.

 

Academic Payroll Workflow Staff & Student Payroll Workflow
The Academic Payroll Workflow team supports faculty, lecturers, researchers, and academic appointees. Support includes managing appointment processing, compensation changes, and contract administration. The team ensures compliance with Academic Personnel policies. The team works to deliver accurate and efficient payroll services to UC Merced teaching and research community. The Staff & Student Payroll Workflow team supports career, limited, contract, and student employees. Support includes hiring, pay adjustments, position changes, and leave processing. The team ensures compliance with UC policy and collective bargaining agreements. The team works to deliver accurate and efficient payroll services to UC Merced staff.

Andrea Smothers
Academic Payroll Supervisor
amcdowell@ucmerced.edu
(209) 205-6287

Rachel Maldonado
Academic Payroll Analyst
rmaldonado27@ucmerced.edu

Chelsea Pedretti
Academic Payroll Analyst
cpedretti@ucmerced.edu

Nastassja Pizanis
Academic Payroll Analyst
npizanis@ucmerced.edu

Annette Castillo
Academic Payroll Analyst
acastillo119@ucmerced.edu

Cristyn Aquino
Staff & Student Payroll Supervisor
caquino2@ucmerced.edu
(209) 756-5094

Taylor Trevino
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
ttrevino3@ucmerced.edu

Courtney Sanchez
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
courtneysanchez@ucmerced.edu

Andy Guzman
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
aguzman111@ucmerced.edu

Brittany Holmes
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
bholmes@ucmerced.edu

Diego Jimenez
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
djimenez51@ucmerced.edu