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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Us

Overall responsibility for the management of the retirement and health & welfare plans for a multi-costal private chemical manufacturing company.Created, managed, and executed the RFP process for new Brokerage H&W and Retirement plans- as well as new 401k vendor. Manage all aspects of the employee benefit package; improving plans, restructured employee cost structure, implemented Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Disability (STD/LTD) plans and High Deductible Medical Plan (HDHP) with Health Savings Account (HSA). Manage 8 benefits vendors to ensure compliance and employee service levels.Created an Open Enrollment process through the implementation and now annual roll-out of a comprehensive online employee self-service benefits portal through Paylocity.Continuously project manage Open Enrollment-✔Lead contract negotiations with a broker for annual renewals and benefit enhancements✔Created and update annual Employee Guidebooks and presentations in 3 languages for employees✔Pre-/Post-system audits for new year changes to transmit accurate data to 8 vendors✔Lead comprehensive health and welfare benefits reviews plan documents / audits for complianceOther tactical responsibilities include payroll-deduction workflow, employee relations, 401(k) management, FMLA and LOAs. Helped manage full COVID-19 plan and precaution policies for manufacturing and office staff, with continuous developments in line with federal & local guidelines to support continuous in-person operations throughout the pandemic.

I managed and oversaw the benefit programs at the Philadelphia Inquirer, which is the third-longest continuously operating daily newspaper in the nation. In addition to support all policies, procedures and programs and ensure they are in alignment with the organizations strategic plan, objectives and HR goals. These include multiple Union Groups.✔ Developed and deployed a new benefits platform, Secova, for 12 different unions/groups-- approx. 1000+ employees that cultivated self-service assets. Served as the Project Implementation Manager which included testing the enrollment systems, reporting and applicable data vendor outputs. ✔ Developed and designed a new employee orientation and on-boarding process to ensure that new hires are properly transitioned into their position. This enables them to quickly become effective and responsible contributors to the organization.✔ Closely reviewed vendor contracts to achieve maximum cost savings, reduce expenses and roll out KPIs to identify and correct program deficiency and system performance. Providing ongoing consultation and case resolution with advanced issues or concerns through a high degree of customer satisfaction, expertise and timeliness.

✔ Recruited exempt level positions, including Director of Nursing, Sales/Community Relations and Accounting Specialist positions for non-profit Medical Day Care Center for Children with Special Needs.✔ Conducted phone and live interviews with candidates as well as negotiated offers.✔ Responsible for new employee on-boarding - verifying candidate credentials including education, prior employment and professional references, obtaining candidate criminal backgrounds.✔ Coordinated full range of HR tasks for local Home Health Agency; recruited and filled 11 skilled-level positions in only 4 weeks.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

At Comcast Cable, the largest American national telecommunications and media conglomerate, I oversaw the Disability and Life Programs for 100K employees. As Subject Matter Expert, I participated with designing and implementing a new leave of absence -- return to work (RTW) program - visible project within the organization • centralized and standardized non-occupational RTW process throughout Comcast in eight (8) months • RTW program included: touch points during the life cycle of a leave, integrated ergonomic equipment purchase process, external medical review vendor, dedicated internal job source recruiters, ADA accommodation process, re-certification process of leaves, compliance review committee and implemented controls to monitor inactive employees and ADA process for active employees • New non-occupational RTW model reduced leave duration, elimination of subsidized benefits, businesses able to replace head count, ensured consistent compliance and applicability of the process throughout the company. ✔ Delivered between 5% to 8% in YOY savings by integrating cross-functional components with vendor partners, engaging more employee with healthcare resources and significantly reducing costs. ✔ Launched 2 separate Executive Benefit plans – GPELI and IDI, aligning benefits with organizational policies in only 4 months.✔ Collaborated with multi-level and eclectic leaders to drive company-wide initiatives that improve Leave of Absence process and improve support for HR Shared Service model.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

While working for the national law firm, I was a key member of the merger and acquisition team responsible for the integration of 2 new practice-law firm into the organization including due diligence, benefits, systems, and communication strategies.Monitored, assisted and enhanced health and welfare benefit programs for over 1,000 partners and staff. Designed and introduced communications solutions and enrollment platforms. ✔ Successfully prepared and delivered company’s first “Total Rewards Statement” for over 500 support staff in only 6 months, finalizing stalled management goal from last 5 years.✔ Designed and instituted benefit tracking procedures that enhanced processes, reduced duplicate paperwork and decreased errors, reducing 401(k) reconciliation process time by 60%.✔ Efficiently saved $200K after comprehensive revision of broker review and RFP process.

Reliance Standard, a leading provider of financial protection, absence management and supplemental health benefits solutions. I was responsible for overseeing the strategic and administration of the Health & Welfare benefit program, which also consisted of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans, Pension and Employee Stock Purchase Plans, including all types of LOA- disability, ADA, FMLA for 900+ professionals. ✔ Key participant on Merger and Acquisition Team tasked with smoothly integrating new acquisition into company, including benefits, technology transfer and internal communication strategy✔ Organized and executed a carve out of fully-insured medical plans to a self-funded prescription benefit program, resulting in $1M in new savings.✔ Collaborated with HRIS Manager to upgrade Payroll and HRIS platform, streamlining data capture and processing without additional headcount.✔ Established corporate benefits Internet portal, resulting with an online on-boarding training tool that eliminated hard copy publishing costs.