Angel Backes, Senior Account Technician

Angel Backes is a Senior Account Technician for the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees’ Retirement System (MPERS), where she works in the payroll unit of the benefits section. Angel reports directly to the Benefit Audit Specialist. With almost 20 years of experience, her key responsibilities include processing the monthly retirement payroll and performing detailed audit-related work examining state pay records and employment documents to determine eligibility for benefits.

Angel began her career at MPERS as a Senior Secretary in the fall of 1999. Over many of the past 20 years, she has been tasked with progressively challenging duties and assignments that prepared her for her current position. Angel is also responsible for generating a monthly newsletter for human resources and payroll personnel of MoDOT and the Highway Patrol, as well as assisting the Communications Specialist in maintaining a variety of MPERS’ publications and graphics.

Prior to working at MPERS, Angel worked part-time for the Department of Public Safety as a Personal Assistant, where she learned invaluable administrative and computer skills that helped prepare her for her long-term career with MPERS.