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Buford, GA, US

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

London, UK, GB

• Manage health and welfare benefit programs for U.S. and Canada, to include 401(k), medical/dental/vision and pension plans.
• Responsible for the benefits administration and compliance of the company to include Form 5500, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, EEO-1, W/C and ACA.
• Handle day-to-day transactions for frozen U.S. Pension Plan.

New York, NY, US

• Managed plan design, strategy, compliance and implementation of employee benefits.
• Engaged benefit vendors to utilize existing functionality to streamline Onboarding/Offboarding processes.
• Implemented an online benefits decision tool for new hires and for open enrollment.
• Part of dedicated team that assisted with the divestiture of all the practices and ultimate sale of the Company.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Managed self-funded health and welfare programs for 1,300+ employees in the US and UK.
• Developed and deployed a standardized orientation for all office locations.
• Evaluated and streamlined benefit vendors to reduce costs and eliminate redundancies.
• Managed all benefits to include plan design, implementation and compliance.
• Identified benefit billing errors, ensured compliance issues were resolved and worked with broker to offer better benefits that ultimately reduced employer costs.

London, UK, GB

• Responsible for sourcing, interviewing, on-boarding and retention of top candidates.
• Managed health and welfare benefit programs for U.S. and Canada, to include 401(k), medical/dental and pension plans.
• Reduced health and welfare annual audit expenses by over 35%.
• Installed programs to increase employee retention.
• Managed and conducted orientation for all new hires in North America.
• Reduced annual benefits premium by changing life and disability carrier.

Okmulgee, Oklahoma, US

• Managed health and welfare benefits for over 400+ employees (union and non-union).
• Revamped employee orientation program that resulted in consistent messaging and reduced on-boarding costs
• Developed procedures to ensure a more efficient workflow to reduce time and department costs.
• Responsible for the benefits administration and compliance of the company to include Form 5500, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, EEO-1, W/C and VETS100.

• Responsible for benefits administration for approximately 1000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.
• Successfully administered stock option and employee stock purchase program after it was transferred from Hong Kong to the U.S. (Options exercised on US and Hong Kong exchanges)
• Responsible for the integration of benefits after each merger or acquisition.
• Key member in evaluating and recommending a global HRIS system that would allow employee self-service and excellent management tools.
• Supervised a Payroll/Benefits Administrator, HR Specialist, and a Stock Administrator
• Promoted to Sr. Benefits Specialist/Generalist

Norcross, GA, US

• Worked in streamlining the human resource functions, which allowed time to focus on being more strategic as opposed to tactical.
• Reduced payroll processing time by 50%
• Responsible for recruitment activities for the call center and professional positions.
• Project Manager during successful implementation of UltiPro payroll/HRIS system.
• Processed a bi-weekly, multi-state payroll for 325+ employees.
• Prepared and reconciled payroll journal entries before giving to accounting.

• Processed multi-state, bi-weekly payroll using ADP software.
• Conducted new hire and benefit orientations.
• Prepared and tracked all COBRA related procedures.
• Used e-Time to track hourly employee’s time.
• Maintained employee’s HR files.