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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

Head of Health & Benefits programs at this 7000 employee, $2B publishing, new media and entertainment company. Responsible for all financial, operational, compliance and service aspects of the company’s US benefits plans. Manage a team of 5 professionals and 12 vendors. Manage healthcare expense of $110M. Improved Financial and Operational Performance• Achieved $11M savings in one fiscal year through the selection of new carriers and redesign of divisional health and welfare plans • Centralized benefits function adhering to a ‘centers of excellence’ model ultimately improving the employee experience and mitigating risk due to non compliance of plan administration. • Analyze and make recommendations for acquisitions/mergers on health and welfare programs• Managed health care trend to low single digit percentages over a multi-year period earning “Best Performer” ratings from industry benchmark sources• Led the movement to an outsourced Absence Management process including FML, disability and company leaves as part of above mentioned centralization• Developed scorecards and benchmarks on overall claims to evaluate program success / ROI on plan design changes and wellness investmentsDrove Companywide Wellness Initiatives With Positive ROI• Implemented and managed Population Health Management initiative including 2 onsite health centers, incentives design, disease management program and telephonic lifestyle health coaching with the use of Health Risk Assessments• Led Company’s re-branded communications effort to ensure employee understanding and engagement around plan re-design and wellness goals• Modified open enrollment campaigns each year aimed at driving behavior; 75% engagement each year

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for all operational aspects of plan administration with an emphasis on analysis and project management and customer service improvement. This included re-engineering the customer experience, process re-design, managing escalations, interpreting plan design, and writing communications. Acted as day-to-day contact for vendors and other HR resources. Responsible for all compliance activities including 5500s, SARs and all other required notifications.

Greater New York City Area

Provided support to the internal operations of the benefits department including claims administration for specialized plans, employee counseling, data management and issue resolution.

Greater New York City Area

On site resource for employees of oldest and largest circulating, international nursing journal. Final employee during shutdown and sale of all company assets. Provided day-to-day support for all benefits plans including health & welfare, a Defined Benefit plan and a Defined Contribution plan. Performed basic HR Generalist functions including recruitment and employee relations. Managed facilities and office services. Project managed the relocation and consolidation of offices.

Greater New York City Area

Supported the CEO and SVP, Administration in all aspects of their job. Organized and prepared documents for quarterly Board of Director meetings, Monitored contracts and vendors. Organized conferences, symposiums, events and banquets.

Ma, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Ba, Psychology