Celeste Simon Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas, United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Substitute for Pre-K through 8th grade, Physical Education, Art

Participate on fundraising committees for our local community while procuring items for auction. Provide weekly support for teachers and assist office administrators when necessary.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Project managed and completed fully donated renovation to Buckner Fanning School at Mission Springs teacher lounge. This encompassed but was not limited to designing layout, procuring donations to support funding (via money, material, or time), while ensuring resources executed timely.

Home Office

Member of M&A team to assist them during due diligence and preparation for close.

Dfw

- Successfully lead divestiture of 100M business, located in over 26 cities across the US and India.- Drove location optimization review of current business model and future status for talent acquisition and growth.- Elevated HR function into full business partner and vital participant in strategic planning process.- Designed and implemented future leader program to assess top talent and create future pipeline.- Point of contact for all legal matters across North America.- Developed national talent review and leadership consensus boards for calibration of talent for career progression.- Defined career path planning for consulting practice to foster transparency into future opportunities for talent.

Dfw

Manager, Human Resource/Business Integration 2006 – 2007-Participated on a merger & acquisition team as the HR lead. Aquired 5 businesses ranging in revenue streams of 5-100M. Led the process to onboard and integrate management and employees into the Thomson Reuters Tax Accounting business unit. Reported to both the Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions and the Sr Vice President, Human Resources Tax & Accounting.-Received an Award of Excellence from Thomson Corporation of which only 20 are given out globally each year.-Created integration procedure manual for United Kingdom office that was leveraged across Thomson Reuters.Manager, Human Resource 2002 - 2006Human Resource Manager/Business Partner -Responsibilities included: strategic business alignment within Tax & Accounting to ensure legal compliance, employee relations/investigation, career path planning, worker’s compensation claims, community relation, affirmative action reporting for federal contractors, streamline HR processed and procedures, due diligence for acquisitions, training, and day to day generalist duties. Effectively managed the Human Resources outsourcing transition for Tax & Accounting with AON Hewitt, specifically recruitment, policy administration, and payroll. Generalist, Human Resources 1998 - 2002-Responsibilities included: recruitment, short-term disability, FMLA, employee relations, management training, and worker’s compensation.