Marie-Laine Checa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Irvine, CA, US

Irvine, CA, US

San Mateo, CA, US

Sequoia Consulting Group is an innovative brokerage firm providing strategic benefits, HR, and risk management services to today’s hyper-growth companies. We focus on the clients that are focusing on the future: the disruptors, the paradigm shifters, and the market leaders that are pushing their industries forward. We match their passion with our own.

Florham Park, New Jersey, US

New York, NY, US

• Gathered and analyzed benchmarking, utilization and rate data from carriers gathered via a RFP; interpreted, negotiated, and summarized proposals for client presentations.
• Prepared cost projections and vendor renewal documentation for strategic client renewal and budget meetings.
• Analyzed employee and plan data from client and current carriers to assess impact of potential consolidation of healthcare plans.
• Participated in client calls and meetings.

Dallas, TX, US

• Workday –Strong understanding of Workday Business Processes and use of its benefits, new hire/onboarding, terminations, organization assignments (GL coding), promotions/transfers, performance success plan, goal.
• Leave of Absence - Manage LOAs for employees in California and nationwide. Provide employees with an understanding of company, state, and federal leave of absence benefits, (FMLA, CFRA, PDL, PFL, STD, SDI, and ADA).
• Benefits/Benefits Orientation - Deliver the Benefits Orientation monthly to 15-50 new employees via web conference and in-person meetings, covering available benefits and ACA impact. Lead on benefits issues within the.
• Policy Interpretation and Policy Revision
• Project Management – Project Manager in the department’s Process Optimization Project (POP). Involves time assessments on the team’s individual responsibilities, system usage, identifying process pain points and.
• Other Generalist duties – Payroll related issue resolution, collaboration with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, HRIS, Compensation, and Finance to help drive organizational change.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

San Francisco, CA, US

• Continued performance of all HR Assistant responsibilities.
• Performed reference checks for individual contributor and managerial positions.
• Conducted new hire orientations on a weekly basis for approximately 5-10 new employees per week.
• Guided new employees through the Oracle HRIS benefits system to ensure timely benefits enrollment and troubleshoot any login issues with the newly implemented system.
• Maintained the HR questions inbox and responded to all benefits, new hire and other HR related questions within 24-48 hours.
• Maintained personnel files and I-9 paperwork, ensuring compliance with labor laws.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Took part in the company re-organization process including calculating large and small reduction in force severance payment costs and going over severance packages with impacted employees.
• Conducted exit interviews and managed employee exit process for all voluntary, involuntary and reduction in force terminations. Reported turnover metrics to HR Business Partners.
• Worked with the Payroll department to resolve paycheck discrepancies.
• Customized job descriptions for hiring managers.
• Organized and ran the Horace Mann Middle School Lunchtime Tutoring Program with the help of the SF Education Fund.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology