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Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Palm Beach

Palm Beach, Florida

-Manage an $8.4M budget that includes Employee Health ($5.4M) and OPEB Trust $3M).-Manage fiscally sound self-funded employee and OPEB retiree insurance programs that provide benefits for nearly 1000 participants, ensuring five years of no premium increases, a -.5% change in per FTE employee health cost, and an average of less than .5% increase to budgeted funding over the last five years.-Direct and manage health insurance carriers/vendors, third party administrators, and health insurance broker; Work with broker to analyze, design and implement new benefit programs to ensure the Town remains competitive in current labor market.-Manage the Town’s wellness program; Work with Wellness Committee comprised of Town employees to plan events and wellness challenges.-Manage the operation of the Town’s Occupational Health program which oversees workplace injuries and other employee health related matters, including FMLA administration and the coordination of all related medical and contracted services. -Develop, implement and administer the technical phases for all Human Resources Information Systems projects such as the implementation of the Benefit Enrollment, Recruitment, Onboarding and Performance Management systems.-Provide post-implementation support for all Human Resources Information Systems; ensure data integrity by auditing and analyzing data; develop, maintain and support a variety of standard reports for ongoing customer needs; develop user guides and train new system users.-Collaborate with management and serve as a consultant to department managers and supervisors regarding, but not limited to, employee relations and performance management.-Conduct workplace investigations relating to employee complaints and policy violations.-Coordinate and/or facilitate high-level training programs and informational sessions for department heads, supervisors and other Town employees

West Palm Beach

-Collaborated with HRIS consultants to ensure the HRMS (Oracle) system met compensation needs-Assisted in the review, testing and implementation of system upgrades or patches-Served as point of contact to field personnel for support on the Manager Self Service system Conducted classification and pay studies as well as job audits; managed projects such as survey participation and analysis

Ft. Lauderdale

-Provided support to all levels of management in relation to pay decisions, policy and guideline interpretations; labor and employee relations and HRIS support-Performed detailed analytical research related to internal/external salary equity, budgetary impact and projected cost analysis -Managed survey participation and analysis projects; conducted classification and pay studies as well as job audits-Ensured HRMS (PeopleSoft) system met the compensation needs and was updated to reflect changes to salary structures by partnering with HRIS staff -Played a key role in the successful negotiation of five union contracts; gathered survey data and prepared analysis and statistical summaries for the bargaining unit team; participated in collective bargaining negotiations; kept track of all contract language changes and drafted proposals-Dealt with employee relations; assisted employees, supervisors and department managers in settling work-related conflicts through consultation and making recommendations for resolution of issues-Administered the military leave of absence process for over 30 assignments simultaneously, including continuation of benefits and compensation; served as liaison between deployed employees and BSO Command staff-Collaborated with key users to identify reporting requirements and create queries utilizing PeopleSoft Query Manager Tool; provided frontline HRIS support for timekeepers and field personnel; developed standard reports for ongoing customer needs; facilitated in-house PeopleSoft end user training; maintained up-to-date training manuals and materials for end-users

Ft. Lauderdale

-Reviewed and evaluated new and existing positions for proper classification and grading; made salary recommendations based on employment and salary history research; completed salary surveys to assess internal/external market equity-Counseled and advised administrators on HR Policy and Procedures -Served as a resource to other departments on compensation issues

Masters, Human Resources Management

Bachelor'S, Business Administration