Katie Garcia, Mba, Shrm-Cp Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Fl, Us

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KDG Support is an SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business. Operated by Katie Garcia, KDG Support is equipped to offer dedicated service to all areas of human resources, recruiting, benefits and payroll support. Running the projects, Katie has served at the Director level with experience in assembling and training teams as a certified LPI 360 Coach. With years of experience, Katie will have a solution for your most pressing issue.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

Providing expertise on a broad and comprehensive range of human resources activities, including recruitment, compensation, performance management, talent development, employment transactions, policy compliance, payroll, benefits administration, and other related HR functional areas.

Williamsburg, Virginia, Us

Reviewed federal and state laws to confirm and enforce national company policies and compliance. Conducted benefits administration for 120+ employees, and addressed inquiries from employees and management regarding new-hire activity and ongoing employee relation issues. Created and implemented the end-to-end recruiting and interview program process. Created and modified job descriptions within all departments. Worked with senior-level management to create fair and consistent HR policies and procedures. Ran the semi-monthly payroll process. Processed all salary changes from merit increases, promotions, bonuses, and pay adjustments. Guided the startup and management of all HR operations, systems, and programs for over 18 locations within the company. Supported 150+ employees at all levels, including executive leadership. Created new employee orientation to foster a positive attitude towards organizational objectives.

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Dual responsibility for finance and Human Resources functions for the company of 120 employees. Directly managed the school business office personnel, school health personnel, IT personnel, and facilities personnel. Identified and reduced contract expenses by over $50,000.00 in the first 90 days. Implemented new benefit offerings and enhanced the current benefit package for all school employees. Drafted new policies relating to background checks, best practices for HR file maintenance, document retention policies, and extensive training in key areas of concern relating to overall student, faculty, and staff security. Created finance procedures, including an annual $4 million non-profit budget.

Overhauled and built entire Human Resource program from handbook, to policies, to training of company.Focused on ways to improve employee recruiting, retention and training while remaining loyal to advancing and improving the organizational culture. Advised management on the application and administration of various collective bargaining agreements and labor relations policies. Spearheaded an initiative to focus hiring for Veterans yielding an increase of over 10% in Veteran employment. Implemented programs such as performance feedback, career development, compensation, employee engagement and leadership development. Introduced internal controls to monitor critical areas of financial control and devised corrective actions to address risks or deficiencies.

Oversaw human resources responsibilities for over 100 employees, including school-wide HR records system and personnel files. Supported leadership by providing human resource advice, counsel, and decisions relating to employee issues. Developed new process for recruitment strategies, screening and evaluating applicant qualifications, referring candidates for interviews, completing background checks and reference checks, overseeing position management, and participating in interview panels and career fairs. Managed functions including payroll administration, compensation, and benefits, job postings, candidate testing, recommendation packets, requisitions to hire, offer letter preparation, classification and reclassification, position descriptions, organization chart, exit interviews, as well as training and leadership development.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, Us

Focused review of payable expense reports, credit card statements and invoices of over $250,000.00 monthly. Recognized fraudulent expenses resulting in uncovering a loss of over $50,000.00

Chester, New Jersey, Us

Oversaw all recruiting for various roles, including permanent, part-time, and temporary positions. Developed onboarding for incoming new hires, including orientation and completion of new hire paperwork, and maintained HRIS. Solely responsible for employee benefits, payroll, and negotiation of contracts with carriers. Received and responded to employee requests concerning HR policies, procedures, and processes. Liaison between leadership and management in all matters relating to Human Resources

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Education record

Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General

Aaac, Accounting/Business