● Consult with Spin’s key-stakeholders and COO on compliance, renewal and operational policy and procedures for all benefit related programs● Guide Total Rewards Team through RFP, budget and realignment process.● Partner with Benefit Analyst to ensure global plan designs and overall set up meet all country launchdue dates.● Strategize to outsource leave of absence program as well as re work templates and workflows● Work with legal to ensure all DOL, ERISA, FMLA, ADA and other regulatory concerns are updatedand in order by examining and stream-lining Spin’s current process.● Create and deliver communication documents for all benefit related activities and events.*Lead contact for Workday Implementation of Benefits, Absence and File Integration modules.

● Consult with Spin’s key-stakeholders and COO on compliance, renewal and operational policy and procedures for all benefit related programs● Guide Total Rewards Team through RFP, budget and realignment process.● Partner with Benefit Analyst to ensure global plan designs and overall set up meet all country launchdue dates.● Strategize to outsource leave of absence program as well as re work templates and workflows● Work with legal to ensure all DOL, ERISA, FMLA, ADA and other regulatory concerns are updatedand in order by examining and stream-lining Spin’s current process.● Create and deliver communication documents for all benefit related activities and events.*Lead contact for Workday Implementation of Benefits, Absence and File Integration modules.

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Assist the Benefits Manager with the benefits program renewal cycle. Data analysis in spotting industry trends and plan performance that align with Fisher's business strategy and overall objectives. Conduct RFP's and other plan evaluations to deliver solid recommendations to our Sr. Management team.Update Sr. Management approved program decisions via our on-line enrollment system (WorkDay). Work closely with all carriers to ensure plan updates are ready to go live January first of the following year. Create, update and present Open Enrollment (OE) changes to employee population, as well as web-sites such as Fisher's intranet (FIIRE), myfibenefits.com, etc. Post OE delivery of file specifications to carriers to ensure all elected member plan information is updated by start of the new plan year.

HR Solutions SF Consulting Services www.hrsolutionssf.com 1/15-Present 
Workforce Management Consulting San Francisco, CA
Accident & Health/Life Agent Broker’s License #0J03029 Consultant for various client groups in the interior design and high-tech start-up industry •Ensured proper required documentation and workplace compliance postings for Federal, state and local regulations. Developed appropriate company policies and delivered or posted required documentation to employees as well as properly informed all personnel.•Reviewed employee and contractor records to ensure correct documentation and required forms are up to date. Included all required signed documentation such as offer letters, termination letters, leave of absence, I9, W2 and other relevant employment forms.•Created internal written policy and procedural docs to adhere to Federal FMLA, FLSA, ERISA, HIPAA, State and Local Benefits and Employment legislation/regulations. Wrote company hand-books and trained all employees on these policies and procedures. •Developed modeling charts and standards for specific job tasks and responsibilities. Assisted with job descriptions based on employee actual skill-sets vs. organizational business objectives/needs.•Performed cost analysis on employee health and welfare benefit offerings. Measure cost against quality of benefit products to create and administer a solid employee benefits package/program offering.•Conducted surveys and assessments in support of workforce improvements. Workshops in training of staff motivation and development. Sensitivity Training and Compliance (e.g. sex, race, age, etc.) for a properly trained, respectful and courteous workforce.

Project Manager and Communications Expert for the Center of Excellence (COE)-Benefits Team •Benefits Team managed budget ranging from 10-20 million in conjunction with nation-wide executive business leaders and external consultants to deliver a competitive benefits package to a fortune 500 company with 90,000 world-wide employees. •Project managed and effectively communicated approved health and wellness initiatives to ensure operational, administrative and engagement success such as annual enrollment, new vendors (i.e. RFP process, file feed set-up) and other plan/programs.•Liability mitigation and savings 3.5 m+ on annual benefit costs by partnering with internal ERISA counsel to provide communication, guidance and training to business units on legislation such as the ACA, COBRA, HIPAA FMLA, ADA and other applicable laws. •Collaborated with the corporate communications team to conduct and facilitate benefit meetings and focus groups (improved benefits scores by 17%) to effectively solve for various business unit and employee concerns put forth by the HR Leadership Team.•Developed healthcare strategies alongside external consultant (AON/Hewitt) to align with business strategy of quality of care and cost mitigation. Maintained trend year to year of 3% cost increased well below national trend average of 7-11% •Managed the benefits piece of M&A work-preliminary due-diligence and side-by-side plan design/costs as well as asset vs stock deal/comparisons and fit-gap analysis to define new and improved business solutions to HR leadership.

Consultant and Sr. Analyst for the Benefits Team•Subject matter expert to provide communication and knowledge of all company policy as it related to FLSA, HIPAA, FMLA, COBRA, ADA and ERISA laws and regulations via open enrollment or employee escalated issues and concerns.•Advised managing partners on new legislation as it impacted costs and plan design for fully and self-funded plans to align business strategy with compliance legislation which generated $458,000 in compliance adjustment savings. •Conducted budget analysis and firm-wide survey information via reporting on Excel, Power Point Presentations as well as mandated updates to the firm-wide portal. •Formulated job analysis and core competency matrix to support all business recruiting needs as they relate to job grades, salary and benefit offerings for multiple recruiting candidate groups. •Project managed various departmental business goal and objective initiatives such as vendor carrier and plan design changes based on firm-wide managing partner recommendations to preserve a 10 million benefits firm-wide budget and -1.5% trend savings.

Internal Consultant for the Organizational Development and Global Policy Teams•Project manager of both teams to ensure that all Fortune 500 company-wide goals, objectives and deadlines were met by conducting a job needs analysis and creating a project plan for all work assigned.•Collected, archived, standardized and implemented global HR policies to ensure that both HR as well as line-of-business managers/directors easily accessed and efficiently implemented policy information on a company wide basis.•Created and revised Global HR policies by conducting investigations along-side Regional VP’s to target those policies that may be out of date within organization business practices to mitigate liability as well as improve cost-savings.•Consulted with the organizational development team via training, performance appraisals, investigation, employee relations and survey information, for 50 thousand plus US employees to stream-line and align our HR policy with overall business strategy. •Updated various Oracle web-sites such as the company handbook, employee new hire, and portal pages making benefits information easily accessible and legally compliant for all employees to be properly informed. •Managed the Global Compliance Program (3 required courses for all employees) to ensure organizational legal compliance expectations were met by developing and implementing an employee auditing and reporting tracking system. •Conducted training, presentations and implementation of various HR related programs to assure that all line-of-business departments maintained a firm grasp of overall company culture and cost saving initiatives set forth by our executive team.

Supervised a team of 6 benefits administrators•Formulated internal training manual for the successful integration of new team members, which help to lower attrition rates by 25% within our department.•Scheduled and distributed projects successfully within our team by conducting a quarterly job analysis and constructing a departmental project plan/chart planning and milestone tracking. •Strategized with the benefits manager and vice president on cost-saving initiatives by designing and conducting employee and vendor benefits survey information and increased saving to 9% by delivering a minus trend on Medical plan costs. •Member of the Annual Open Enrollment Steering Committee that designed and communicated the Oracle Flex benefits package for the calendar year both within our department and to the overall employee population.•Utilized employee relations skills essential for the daily trouble-shooting of all hot-spot benefits issues that escalated to our department such as urgent benefits information for mergers and acquisitions, vendor quality control, LTD, STD, ADA etc.•Created written communication on benefits literature that was distributed on various company-wide communication platforms such as mass e-mail send out, web-posting and postcard mailings and company benefits handbook.