Maricel Vivas Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Provide support to Chief Talent Officer, Director of Professional Development, and Attorney Development Manager in handling legal personnel and employee relations issues• Responsible for tracking and managing attorney leave of absences• Provide written correspondence to attorneys regarding any changes to their employment status and ensuring the HRIS system is updated accordingly• Assist with compensation and bonus process, employment law research and policy implementation• Ensure that attorney review processes run smoothly and efficiently, recommend new approaches and best practices that will result in improvements• Maintain review process calendars and ensure that each process runs on time• Manage viDesktop processes and create reports• Provide support for attorney development programs, including mentoring and other training• Assist with attorney onboarding and integration• Assist with annual budget preparation and tracking• Assist with planning and executing attorney retreats and morale building events• Provide support for 1st Year Associate orientation program• Various short-term and long-term projects, as assigned

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Recruited for open positions via paid postings on LinkedIn and industry-specific job boards, cold outreach, and social media networking• Created job posting template to standardize format and stay consistent with company voice• Compiled role-specific screening guide to vet candidates• Established recruitment process from needs assessment to offer stage • Supported employees throughout life-cycle from onboarding through termination and enforced policies and addressed operational issues • Onboarded contractors and clients to invoicing systems and managed invoicing processes from vendors and to clients• Monitored business financials, made recommendations for cost savings, and high-level forecasting• Migrated former cloud-based systems for payroll (Gusto) and HRIS (BambooHR) to single system (Namely)• Implemented healthcare benefits plan offerings with help from outside broker• Audited Employee Handbook to refine existing policies and authored several new ones• Produced New Hire Orientation deck and designed onboarding program • Created 30/60/90-Day Review templates

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Member of eight-person team supporting 900+ employees nationwide• Provided monthly and ad hoc reporting including but not limited to headcount, turnover, and hiring• Oversaw benefits, leave, and general requests• Partnered with employee committees to plan events such as food drives, in-house art galleries, and professional development programs• Administered and publicized employee programs such as referral and recognition• Consulted with managers and team members as needed to resolve workplace issues• Continued duties as listed under HR Administrator role

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Member of four-person team supporting 300+ employees at headquarters• Supported employees throughout job lifecycle from onboarding to termination• Headquarters contact for field teams• Managed monthly payroll reporting/submission/reconciliation processes for bi-weekly schedule while collaborating with Payroll counterpart• Helped establish new processes as business acquisitions were made resulting in the addition of 300 total field employees over two years• Processed invoices and monitored team’s budget for outside expenses• Completed ad hoc projects for team including Vice President and Sr. Vice President of Human Resources• Maintained HR records• Assisted recruiting team with recruiting and onboarding processes• Recruited for roles as needed by sourcing, interviewing, and/or enlisting external agencies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication, General

Major: Communication with a Focus in Media & Film Minor: Africana Studies

High School Diploma