Heather James Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn

• Lead full cycle recruitment activities• Administer employee benefits plans. Reviews benefits with employees and processes enrollment, cancellation or changes and updates on provider sites. Organizes and manages annual open enrollment and election process. Verifies benefit billing accuracy and processes for payment• Lead implementation of Cornerstone, a performance management portal to move the company from a paper process to online. Created training guides and delivered training to all employees• Complete annual Affirmative Action Plan and EEO reports to the State and City• Maintains and coordinates employee recognition programs, mentorship program and internship programs• Assists with annual salary review, performance evaluations and succession planning• Acts as the employee relations specialist, coach, counsel, and guide managers before executing employee disciplinary actions. • Updates policies and make sure we stay compliant with HR Federal, city & state laws and regulations• Assist in many employee engagement activities

Shoreview, Mn

• Acts as a strategic partner to senior leadership on initiatives such as organizational design, employee engagement and diversity & inclusion • Consult and communicate talent management strategies to attract, select, train and motivate employees. Identifies and analyzes productivity, turnover, and hiring trends to develop and implement appropriate action plans. • Responsible for complex and remote sales organization selling FinTech solutions to Financial Institutions across the US and Canada.• Develops strong trusting relationships with clients internally and externally by listening to business needs and knowing when to partner with shared services to reach a common goal• Managed full-cycle exempt and non-exempt recruitment process which includes requisition management, screening and interviewing applicants, assisting hiring managers with selection, presenting offers to candidates and coordinating pre-employment processes • Assisted in multiple acquisitions and executed on integration activities including due diligence, onboarding and culture assimilation • Conducts employee investigations and provides counsel and recommends solutions to management on employee relations issues• Assisted in the immigration process for employees in the green card process or H1B lottery • Provides guidance, consultation and interpretation to management and employees as it pertains to staffing, employee relations, training and development, performance management, compensation, benefits, diversity initiatives, policies, STD/FMLA/ADA and HRIS reporting• Executed on multiple reductions in force, restructuring efforts and change initiatives• Engagement Council Leader for the Rewards and Recognition Committee • Supervised interns for the Corporate Work Study Program with Cristo Rey Jesuit High School for 3 years

Shoreview, Mn

• Maintained and audited SAP to ensure accuracy, conducted monthly reporting and analytics for business and HR • Lead onboarding for all New Hires which includes paperwork, background check, drug screen, employee ID and new hire orientation• Daily administration of policies and procedures including but not limited to payroll, benefits, FMLA, STD, ADA, Workers Compensation, and PTO• Executed on multiple reductions in force: paperwork, schedule prep, notifications and severance payouts• Trained new managers and employees on where to find information on the company site, how to navigate our employee portal and time tracking • Collaborated with other HR partners to improve corporate forms and an I-9 project• Rewards and Recognition Committee member and participated in multiple volunteer activities

Wyoming, Mn

•Managed onboarding for Engineering and New Hire Orientation for all new hires•Manage citizenship verification for employees, contractors, consultants, and interns•Site manager for the DLE Program, kept track of all units being shipped and informing employees of arrivals•Point of contact for all Compensation/ DLE/ Benefit and other questions•Coordinate facility events such as Blood Drives, Wellness Challenges, Trainings, and the Engineering Development Program blitz day•Improved and implemented a new filing and organization system for HR•Scheduled multiple high priority meetings for Directors and Managers•Entered all candidate information and compensation correctly into Workday the HRIS system•Ran and modified Engineering reports

Greenville, Tx

•Granted complete access of highly confidential information for all MID employees in HR files•Manage citizenship verification for employees, contractors, consultants, and interns•Create and maintain special pays (sign-on bonuses and relocation lump sums) spreadsheets to send to accounts payable in excess of $50K biweekly. •Weekly obtained ~30 new hire clock numbers and maintain their employee personal data in SAP•Process 40 internal transfers in an average month•Manage relocation for all new employees according to the renter or homeowner policies and the point of contact for questions/concerns, average of $40K monthly for MID•Construct reimbursement expense statements for employees for upwards of $20K. •Process all MID’s 5,500 employee promotions/pay adjustments then update company’s multi-million dollar promotion budget and submit letters to the managers for each employee•Manage upwards of 25 HR Staffing invoices monthly and use PTS to line code relocation, interview, recruiting and travel expenses, and then track them to payment. •Trusted with special projects for the VP of Human Resources and received great reviews •Selected to be the building and Ethics training coordinator for HR

Greenville, Tx

•Worked with recruiters and managers to schedule all interview candidates, averaging 40 people weekly•Project manager for Co-op blitz days for up to 30 co-ops and new grads•Conducted New Hire Orientation for upwards of 40 people every other Monday.•Tracked over 1000 candidates though the hiring process in the applicant tracking system (Taleo) •Rescind offers to candidates who are not cleared to begin work and send out legal paperwork if necessary •Created expense statements for candidates travel expenses