Ann Meredith Email & Phone Number

La Mesa, CA, US

San Diego, CA

San Diego, California, United States

Oversaw the Human Resources function of a mature organization, including in-housing the HR function, developing SOPs for staff safety in the rapidly changing regulatory environment of the COVID pandemic (including vaccine tracking and workplace exposure), and recruitment. I oversaw a staff of three.

San Diego, CA

I was brought on board to re-start a centralized HR department in a mature company. Some of my key achievements in this role: Worked with benefits broker to shop plans and implement expanded tiers of benefits options with a year-over-year savings in company benefit costs of 28%; re-designed benefit offerings to ensure compliance with ACA. Created a.

Coronado, CA

• Managed Human Resources and Payroll process in compliance with Federal, State, and local laws for a company with over 70% annual turnover. Served as point of contact for Workers Compensation insurance and claims as.
• Employee Relations: Conducted investigations in response to employee complaints and mediated between employee/manager disputes.
• Recruitment: Reviewed job posting marketplace to advise on best websites for cost-effectiveness of hires; developed behavioral and situational interview questions to be used by hiring managers for management positions.
• Policy Design & Articulation: Updated Paid Time Off policy to be legally complaint with California laws; Implemented sick time policy to reduce potential costs by switching to an annual accrual from front-loading.
• HRIS Implementation: Migrated payroll and HR systems to new platform, saving 40% on payroll admin costs and allowing for integration of data entry accounting function and to use an online applicant tracking system.
• Performance Management: Created new performance evaluation process for front of house positions and monitored and ensured completion company-wide evaluations in semi-annual evaluation process.

San Diego, CA

• Instructed English courses to 12 to 15 students from a variety of countries with an emphasis on writing. Practiced successful organizational skills.
• Multi-Cultural Communication: Navigated and managed students’ expectations in a multi-cultural classroom.
• Performance Management: Evaluated students’ language learning and production every five weeks with the goal of increasing participation and motivation.
• Customer Service: Elicited students’ learning goals and preferences to tailor classes; answered questions regarding company and school policies.

Ecuador

• Taught English conversation and listening skills courses to 12 to 60 students ranging from age 8 to 12 to 18 to 24.
• Performance Management: Designed courses within curricula guidelines, wrote examinations based on our material covered and evaluated students using the grade rubric.

• Performed numerous functions of Human Resources and Payroll with rapidly increasing responsibility and promotions.
• Employee Training: Designed and authored training materials for new HRIS systems. Trained replacement employee after each promotion.
• Payroll Processes: processed biweekly payroll and audited data. Created reports using ADP ReportSmith.
• Human Resources Management: entered applicant data for EEO tracking; processed background checks and performed initial evaluations of reports.
• HRIS Implementation: Liased with ADP during the transition from one payroll system to another and designed levels for ease in reporting.

Certificate, Human Resources Management And Services

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

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