Implements, administers, and maintains benefits programs for client book of business.• Ensures benefits programs meet organizations needs and complies with legal requirements.• Develops benefits communications.• Counsels clients on benefits related issues including but not limited to benefit administration, claims, renewals, evidence of insurability, COBRA, and client concerns, as needed.• Produces required reports and extracts from appropriate agency management system(s).• Receives and maintains benefits administration requests from assigned accounts including eligibility management items in benefit administration systems.• Provides claims advocacy for clients.• Cultivates strong relationships with insurance company partners.• Responsible for knowing the requirements and attributes of all insurance company partners while maintaining in-depth knowledge of the company and their payroll and benefits administration resources.• Maintains compliance documents and performs updates to them when necessary.• Responsible for communications and providing printed materials to clients, employees, and vendors, with regard to COBRA renewals.• Responsible for communications and providing printed materials to the Employee Benefits group, insurance company partners, and clients, about the renewal process.

Strategic Advisor in Organizational Development for medium sized companies in the Naples, Florida, Washington, D.C. areas and Northern Michigan.• Ensure company is in compliance with all federal, state, local laws & corporate policy.• Provides advice and counsel to employees and management. • Conducts new hire orientations and oversees applicant tracking, onboarding, benefits and payroll.• Performs a variety of complex classification and compensation activities including job analysis, continuous audits, organizational studies, job specification development and market salary analysis.• Reviews and advises regarding policies and procedures.• Provides Payroll administration.• Creates, modifies, and maintains databases and spreadsheets and report development.• Schedules audits for Human Resources department and maintains audit files.

Directed HR functions including recruiting, hiring practices, benefits and compensation for 1,400 employees nationwide.• Transformed HR role to strategic partner by working with Senior Management to drive key business and implement performance initiatives.• Negotiated new health benefit packages for cost containment and industry competitiveness leading to cost savings of over $300,000.• Established Accounting crosschecks on benefit billing procedures which led to over $100,000 in company savings. • Coordinated and led COMTek legal effort with USERRA law that set legal precedent (appeared in November 2010 Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Journal). • Led effort in bid and proposal activities to establish competitive resumes, benefit packages and salary/labor categories.• Conducted extensive analysis of HR organization and developed business plan to update all policies, procedures, services, programs and operations. • Led transformation of company perception of bureaucratic HR function to value added service through improved communications.• Initiated training for DELTEK information system software to increase efficiency within the organization. Implemented training and development for management.

Responsible for dual role developing strategy, preparing financials and operating budgets and full Human Resources Generalist functions for several restaurants.• Grew business in sales in a competitive market through thorough analysis and monitoring of budgets to become the #1 Rib sellers within a four (4) state radius.• Led company in negotiations with key suppliers and insurance vendors to realize cost savings of 10%. • Authored Employee Manual including revising outdated policies to ensure legal compliance and adding new policies. • Developed standardized organizational model to clarify authority and responsibilities.

Sr. Human Resources executive reporting directly to the CEO of high-tech government contracting company with 2,500 employees across the United States and the United Kingdom. Responsible for full implementation of all aspects of human resources from its' growth from 75 employees to 2500 employees over a 4 year period due to mergers and acquisitions. • Member of Executive due diligence team for accelerated growth through four major acquisitions. • Transitioned department from an administrative function into a strategic business partner working with CEO and senior management team to drive key business and performance improvement initiatives.• Researched, negotiated, and implemented new health and retirement benefit packages resulting in significant cost savings. • Developed and managed a formal recruiting structure to support unique challenge of relocating and/or hiring employees; to support customers and their rapid growth.• Conducted analysis and participated in external salary surveys to prepare recommendations for competitive compensation plans.