Jennifer Smith, Phr Email & Phone Number

United States

Westminster, Colorado, United States

• Partners with management on business decisions related to personnel and supports all human resource-related activity for client groups. Responsibilities include heavy emphasis on associate relations management and.
• Drive overall HR initiatives (Talent Calibration, Review process, Merit process, Audits, Mentoring, Recognition initiatives, and MDO)Ensures adherence to company policy and procedure and employment lawSupport and.

Commerce City, CO

• Partner and develop a good rapport with various stakeholders on a broad range of HR functions, to include supporting specific departments within the city with various HR operations and support services.
• Demonstrate critical communication and negotiating skills by actively participating in employee relation issues and investigations.
• Collaborate with senior management on revisions of current department procedures by offering insight from exit interviews, new hire check ins, and employee feedback.
• Mitigate claims and reduce potential risks though coaching and mentoring supervisors on employee performance issues and complex separations.
• Established efficiencies within our recruiting processes, minimizing our vacancy days, and incorporate retention strategies as part of our onboarding process.
• Successfully established credibility among department managers enabling us to collaborate on salary recommendations, cultural barriers, and succession planning.

Commerce City, Colorado, United States

HR Technician, January 2017 - May 2017Talent Acquisition Responsible for screening applications, scheduling and conducting interviews, and completing pre-employment processes citywide for a population of 350 employees. Lead recruiting meetings with hiring managers to discuss advertising details, targeted recruitingsites, and preliminary screening.

• Responsible for administering benefit changes for 2800 full time active employees and retirees,
• Analyzed business requirements, creating solutions to enhance HR systems with a focus on HR Operations
• Identified, analyzed and documented system and process flows from current to new flows
• Responsible for project management of test data and develop/execute test scripts in a non-production environment
• Analyzed existing systems of data, user requirements, business processes
• Created customized reports using relational database reporting tools

Denver, Colorado, United States

I Transitioned into an HR consulting role administering FMLA, general medical leave and accommodations for various clients. Provided consultation regarding employee performance issues, and updated client employee handbooks as needed. Administered FMLA, general medical leave, and accommodation requests.  Served as backup for processing background checks.

Greater Denver Area

• Benefits Maintenance:
• Notify new hires of benefit eligibility, create & distribute accurate enrollment information within deadlines.
• Advise and process qualified change of status forms for multiple clients
• Administer short term disability claims for employees on medical leave.
• Track and audit missed payroll deductions for employees returning from LOA
• Administer FMLA, General Medical Leave, and Accommodation requests.

• Processed new hire paperwork, employee benefit changes, garnishments, and termination paperwork
• Created and distributed all benefit enrollment materials for new employees and open enrollment
• Processed weekly and semimonthly payroll
• Processed and paid all payroll taxes
• Completed quarterly payroll taxes
• Responded to benefit inquiries from managers and employees on plan provisions, benefit enrollments, status changes and other general questions

• Assisted with daily operations of automated bank reconciliations for cash, credit card, and gift card activities
• Reconciled general ledger gift cards sold and redeemed
• Prepared all period end journal entries for gift card adjustments
• Point of contact with Area System Managers in resolving cash variances
• Maintain daily Early Warning Report-detailing any cash variances to area and district managers

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

Rec 33 Certificate, Real Estate

Real Estate Certificate