Tamara Thompson Email & Phone Number

United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢, 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.Reports to the HR Director overseeing a program budget of $100K while executing full-scale.
• Researched and executed benefit broker review efforts while partnering with executive stakeholders; identified, analyzed, and implemented benefit resolutions on offerings, market competitiveness, and talent retention.
• Aligned strategic vision with key protocols across broker partners and HR stakeholders; organized and delivered digital employee benefit guides, offering updates and in-person review sessions.
• Performed complex New Enrollment and data change updates through researched technology strategies, third-party tools, and weekly data feeds; reduced human intervention and optimized real-time update efficiencies.
• Assessed, designed, and implemented robust wellness partnerships/programs utilizing value-driven consumer rating reports, performance data analytics, and engagement sessions that yielded 80%+ participation rates.
• Led the implementation of a comprehensive Excel-based benefit invoicing tool designed to optimize and display partner cost breakdown for AP processing; created time-saving efficiencies of 65%.

• 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤 𝘐𝘯𝘤. 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 $16.2 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯.Reported to the Director of Total Rewards and led the efforts of.
• Played a pivotal role as the Associate Manager of Benefits in driving the 401K transition process, leveraging expertise in Payroll, Workday development, and 401K administration.
• Effectively communicated the necessary changes to an outsourced Workday Consultant, providing clear explanations of required modifications; conducted rigorous testing/auditing to validate system changes, ensuring.
• Appointed as SME to negotiate complex benefit contract agreements, create cost analysis findings and insights, and facilitate annual review and open enrollment supporting 10,000 employees.
• Delivered advisement and expertise to executive leadership to optimize 401k and benefits enrollment waiting period impacting 2500+ employees by 50%; reduced benefit effective date from 60 days to less than 30 days.
• Liaised with insurance brokers and vendor providers to design new complex benefit plans and analyzed benefit summaries to achieve optimum employee satisfaction for 10k employees.

Sandy Springs

• 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴® 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. Reported to the Compensation & Benefits Manager while overseeing an $8.8M operating budget and three direct reports.
• Directed and administered benefits administration for employees while engaging staff in individualized instruction regarding offering assessments, decision-making, and teammate educational standards.
• Stepped up to lead benefits administration following a significant downsizing, within less than 6 months of; partnered closely with the VP of Total Rewards and analysts to ensure seamless continuity of operations.
• Analyzed, compiled, and optimized internal payroll spreadsheets to review and validate bi-weekly payroll processing while preparing strategic and tactical recommendations for data inconsistencies.
• Delivered substantial results by effectively managing the benefits function with reduced manpower, contributing to the company's cost-saving measures.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Under the direction of the VP of Total Rewards, facilitated corporate benefits for 10,000 employees and a budget of $30M. Deployed research, analysis, and comp administration and benefits management partnering with.
• Played a key role as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the implementation of the new HCM system, partnering closely with the Benefits Manager and Benefits Analyst; assisted in successfully executing the implementation.
• Actively participated in the implementation process by providing guidance and insights based on my expertise in the newly implemented business processes; garnered recognition as a trusted resource for both the.
• Demonstrated the value of historical knowledge and expertise reinforcing by facilitating Rate Reporting updates to establish requirements and quarterly business reviews ensuring continued alignment through data.

Greater Atlanta Area

• 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘈𝘪𝘔) 𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺.Reported to the VP of Sales and managed 8 direct reports supporting broad-base field reporting measures of.
• Developed and utilized cohesive AiM reporting dashboards to track KPIs measuring the efficiency of field performance initiatives, implemented and prepared production reports to senior management on ROI.
• Researched and achieved targeted financial objectives by analyzing business trends, eliminating performance gaps, and initiating corrective actions to employ effective client solutions.
• Served as Team Lead on the Atlanta team managing, training, and developing employees; compiled and submitted daily reports for production with KPI indicators.
• Completed the fiscal year production forecast based on historical data pulled from the AiM database.
• Served as system security administrator of Inspex granting access to new and existing inspectors to complete their inspections; performed quality monitoring of all reports submitted by the field inspectors for accuracy.