Oversaw and managed transition to new suite of payroll products including basic pay, time and attendance, FSA, COBRA administration, onboarding and ESR services for over 80 employees Process payroll bi-weekly for 80 to 120 employees in a given pay cycle and work with Paylocity payroll provider to ensure compliance with all applicable local, state and federal tax lawsImplemented electronic onboarding process to save 2+ hours per new hire and to reduce overheadOversaw entire employee onboarding and offboarding process for 50+ people, performing duties such as delivering welcome/policy training, ensuring timely and accurate document collection, and conducting exit interviewsFacilitated transition to new 401(k) provider serving as a liaison between employees and new providerFacilitate medical insurance open enrollment periods serving to educate employees on plan changes, to ensure employee elections were processed correctly and to update payroll with new health insurance informationCoordinate employee review process including form updates, manager trainings and payroll updates Revamped employee accident form process to be OSHA compliant, to include detailed instructions on processes and to better involve the affected employee, their supervisor, and Human ResourcesEnsured the proper administration of FMLA leaves of absence for 10 employees, including conducting meetings to educate the affected employee on all necessary processesCollaborate with management to resolve employee relations issuesAdministered recruiting process including sourcing, conducting initial resume screening, conducting reference checks and composing employment offer lettersCollaborate with upper management to revise and update employee policies and facilitate timely training on updatesWork with legal representation whenever necessary to ensure timely and favorable resolution of legal matters

Organized semiannual new hire orientations for over 50 people per orientation sessionActed as company’s sole COBRA administrator for up to 6 recipients at a timeGave presentations on company benefits package for up to 8 new hires at a time and assisted in all benefits related matters thereafterProcessed claims for short and long term disability insurance, worker’s compensation, and unemployment insurance Acted as direct contact between HR and Fiscal departments in charge of communicating any HR-related payroll changesWorked as sole contact for the NY State Department of Labor, assessing over 150 insurance claims for protestOversaw administrations of the organization’s open enrollment for benefits, securing accessibility to necessary partiesMaintained long term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance account for 200+ employeesAssisted with recruiting by screening 150+ resumes and posting 45+ jobs on appropriate job boardsManaged all on boarding functions for over 70 employees including background screenings and creation of employee filesImplemented multiple parts of our HRIS system, iSolved and was responsible for updating all employee informationPrepared reports for OSHA, NY Department of Labor, grant organizations and upper management as needed

Completed over 400 Business Expense reports for over 50 professors requiring a knowledge of IRS and Rutgers’ policiesTrained 4 other employees in various aspects of the job such as filing, operating the multi-purpose copy machine and completing various forms Reviewed student transcripts to see if they met philosophy major requirements so that my boss could formally input this information

Led groups of 5-10 Chinese high school students in activities designed to improve their colloquial English conversation skills to supplement their rigorous academic English programReceptive to the students’ needs and always took their comments on the activities into consideration Provided advice about American culture, American college life or English off-hours via cellular communication Designed 10 activities with group leaders to keep the students engaged in order to maximize our time togetherProvided bilingual assistance to students whose English was not as fluent as their peers

Analyzed training programs by doing run-throughs of them and afterwards categorizing them by type so that they could be administered to employeesTrained other HR intern who started a month after I did in the skills I had been taught up until his hire dateIn charge of auditing each of the companies 400+ employees and their dependents who were currently receiving benefitsAdministered Sexual Harassment Training to 20 managers in California as well as those who had Californian employees directly reporting to them, which consisted of following up on their harassment training status and giving systematic and persistent reminders stressing the importance of complying with recent lawRan a 6-week company fitness competition with over 25 employees nationwide to promote employee health and wellness, made weekly online posts in order to keep company involvement higher than the previous year, at the conclusion of the competition prizes were administered in-office and via USPS

Assisted the professional repair people in checking 10 dormitory and apartment buildings on campus to see if conditions were acceptableRepaired the walls and furniture if there were damages and repainted walls Many of the tasks were done in small groups, pairs, or individually without direct supervision