Jan Marrs, SHRM-SCP

Jan focuses on leveraging and growing the firm’s payroll services business. She is a former Missouri CPA and investment industry license holder. She brings a professional background with experience in public accounting with KPMG and corporate finance with Sprint. Jan spent 10 years at H&R Block where she held a variety of positions including Director of Tax Professional Experience where she was responsible for HR functions for 100,000 tax professionals.  As H&R Block’s Director of Learning, Marrs was responsible for training and hiring up to 20,000 new tax professionals each year. Following her career at H&R Block, Marrs transitioned to Black & Veatch as Director of Global Compensation and Retirement where she was part of the senior HR leadership team. At Mize, she was the head of HR in our Topeka and Overland Park offices for 6 years. Given the addition of our employee onboarding line of business and continued growth in payroll, she now concentrates on working more closely with our clients and partners and enhancing the firm’s payroll and onboarding services.

Professional:

The Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Senior Certified Professional

Education:

BASc Accounting

Community:

Speak Up – Suicide Prevention Education Awareness for Kids (Board member)

Former inaugural member of the Overland Park Mental Health Task Force

Blue Valley School District: Health and Wellness Services Committee

Personal:

As a community activist, Jan supports many organizations that focus on mental health issues for children and family. She enjoys the outdoors with her husband and their two dogs, visiting her daughter in Florida, and traveling with her mom and two sisters.