Shameza Dowd Email & Phone Number

Fountain Valley, California, United States

California, United States

Develop and present oral and written recommendations on a variety of human resources, risk management, financial, budget analysis, legislation, and administrative issues relating to compensation, benefits administration, classification, recruitment and selection, workers’ compensation, and employee relations. Assist with duties related to contract administration, performance evaluations, training and development, supervision, and employee relations practices. Compile and analyze data, conduct surveys, and make recommendations on the formulation of policies and procedures; review, analyze and make recommendations regarding staffing, equipment, and facility needs. Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations. Interpret, explain, and apply applicable policies and procedures. Assist in the implementation of new or revised programs, systems, procedures, and methods of operation. Compile materials and prepare reports, manuals, or publications.

New York, United States

Responsible for performing in-depth analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and preparing concise reports for management. Analyzed, monitored, and prepared written explanations for expense variances against budget. Coordinate personnel activities including payroll submission, problem resolution, training needs, and routine or random medicals for all staff. Contributed to the improvement of employee availability by tracking incumbents and long-term employee absences. Analyzed depot operations to ensure consistency with established policies and procedures. Recommend policy/procedural changes and improvements to meet and or maintain goals. Liaison with the Business Service Center for all matters related to FMLA and PFL approvals. Audit depot processes to ensure compliance with internal controls and generate reports accordingly. Reconciled employee headcount, transfers, overtime usages, and pay hour variances. Assumed all managerial responsibilities in the absence of the General Superintendent of Support Services.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for providing analytical support to enhance and refine Workforce Development's overall strategy while providing professional development to the Department of Buse's workforce. Prepare clear and concise executive reports for the office of the President with training and development actions. Review and analyze training requests and recommendations, confirmations, and evaluations. Serves as Human Resource representative on interview panels convened by Resource Management. Ensure the Business Service Center data entry for all external vendor training is captured on employees’ training history. Provide analysis, reporting, and reconciliation of New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations (GOER) and MTA Corporate Compliance required training for over 18,588 employees. Act as liaison with NYCT Human Resources Training and Professional Development to ensure the training needs of DOB and MTABC are met. Monitor, track, and approve Tuition Reimbursement Program eligibility for employees. Perform in-depth analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Generate and maintain a variety of reports using appropriate reporting tools such as Tableau, oracle queries, databases, and PeopleSoft. Provide budget and variance analysis for operating budgets and assist in the strategic planning functions to utilize financial resources more efficiently.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for providing a wide range of professional, analytical and administrative support using various software packages including, Microsoft Office, Oracle 9i/3i, PeopleSoft, and Spear. Assisted with the development of the depot/division annual operating budget. Analyze, monitor, and prepare written explanations for expense variances against budget. Prepare financial spreadsheet analysis and preparations for senior management. Monitor employee availability and reconcile transportation and maintenance headcounts. Track incumbents and long-term employee absences. Perform operations analysis and performance measurement techniques to evaluate critical areas of depot/division operations. Develop, implement and manage strategic programs to implement business changes and new initiatives that will achieve short and long-term operational movement. Analyze the effective implementation and coordination of division-wide activities including budget and goal development, picks, schedule development, shuttles, resource allocation, and evaluation of internal controls. Takes the lead on various projects, special assignments, and tasks as requested by management.