SHARON K. WEILMUENSTER

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Multi-faceted human resources professional offers expertise in project management, HRIS, HR and Finance. Background includes non profit, healthcare, government, manufacturing and Fortune 100 organizations. Excel at needs identification, complex issue resolution and delivering reasonable, cost effective solutions. Known for the ability to bring projects in under budget and adhere to deadlines. Expertise includes:

HRIS Payroll Training

Benefits Compensation Recruiting / Staffing

Employee / Labor Relations Union and Non-Union Contract Negotiations

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

HRIS: PeopleSoft, ADP HR Perspective, Payroll for Windows, CssHrizon (ADP Enterprise), Integral, J.D. Edwards World/One World, Ameripay, Tesseract, InSci (Information Science), SurePayroll

MICROSOFT: Project, Access, Office, Power Point,

OTHER: FOCUS, Hyland Imaging Software, VISIO, Cybershift (Time and Attendance), Salesforce (CRM)

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Revamped a two-tier health plan into a three-tier plan with the cooperation of the elected officials, third party providers, saving the City $80,000 annually.

• Enhanced the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan (Government), bringing it in to compliance with ERISA and adding loan options.

• Drafted new Union Contract for AFSME and was part of the negotiating team on defining a contract.

• Completed 2 years of delinquent annual financial audits bringing the City into compliance and reorganized financials within 8 months. Backlog of 3 years.

• Ensured that O’Hare TSA was continually in the 95% of compliance (top five airports – national average was 62%) in the United States regarding compliance regarding workers compensation by meeting requirements set by the Department of Labor.

• Implemented over 15 full cycle HRIS/Payroll Systems with employee populations from 526 to 350,000.

• Project Manager for Tesseract conversion for 30,000 employees, 3 implementation groups nationwide, at one time during the process all groups were in some stage of the implementation process.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SUREPAYROLL, a Paychex Company

Implementation Manager (2010 to Present)

Responsible for managing Implementation group consisting of 7 individuals who are responsible for receiving customer information, adding the customer’s information including employees and wages onto the SurePayroll system for processing. Manage the security and implementation process for all customers ensuring tasks are completed in a timely and expeditious manner. Interact with other departments such as Sales, Tax, Customer Care and Development to ensure a smooth process. Resolves issues from staff and customers as they arise.

SKW ASSOCIATES

HR Generalist and Consultant (Temporary) (2009 to 2010)

HR Generalist for a large municipality. Responsible for HRIS, benefits and benefit billing, workers compensation, surveys, liability claims, reporting, answering HR related questions from employees, supervisors and management and projects. Made changes regarding benefit enrollment and changes with Third Party Administrators (CCMSI, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Delta Dental, BSSI and others) to increase efficiency, turnaround and resolve issues.Suggested changes to procedures for benefits open enrollment. Liason for the Village and IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund).

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Senior Payroll Supervisor / Human Resources Administrative Manager (2006 to 2009)

Payroll processing plus recruiting, performance evaluations, union contract interpretation, wrote end user documentation and training – Employee population 10,000 – Supervised 1 full time and 7 seasonal

• Eliminated 98% of the backlog of imaging problems and issues by analyzing problems and processing items into the imaging project bringing outstanding items to completion.

• Completed 100% of Imaging project exceeding expected completion of 2 years down to 1 years by analyzing work flow and processing teams.

• Met the deadline 100% of the time in the processing of biweekly and monthly payrolls.

• Effectively resolved employee related issues which led to an increase of employee morale by listening, taking appropriate action, and following through in a timely manner and communicating with departments.

• Configured ASP and Legacy mainframe systems – defining calendars, rules and earnings codes.

• Participated in year end processing for W2 and benefits.

• Business analyst documenting processes on a time and attendance project for the first automated time and accrual system for hourly and salaried employees, impacting 17 different unions. Trained other users.

CITY OF BERWYN

Assistant Director, Finance / Human Resource (2005 to 2006)

Managed Finance Department including payroll, wrote job descriptions, displinary actions, recruiting, benefits administration, policy development / administration, union contract administration, liability and workers compensation Employee population 562 – Managed 18 direct reports including 2 department heads with 6 employees each

• Alerted Mayor and Council regarding cash shortfalls ($1.5M) and gave options to resolve it such as line of credit, longer payment on payables and budget cuts.

• Managed a $63M buget, payroll ($1.6M/month), receivables ($5.25M/month) and payables ($2.6M/month).

• Increased lines of communication and provided excellent resolution administering four union contracts, Police, Fire, Clerical/Service and Public Works by dealing with them in a professional and honest manner.

• Served on Police and Fire Pension Boards. Authorized agent for IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund).

• Managed a $63M buget, payroll ($1.6M/month), receivables ($5.25M/month) and payables ($2.6M/month).

• Increased lines of communication and provided excellent resolution administering four union contracts, Police, Fire, Clerical/Service and Public Works by dealing with them in a professional and honest manner.

• Built excellent relationship with Third Party Administrators (TPA) and broker in resolving liability, workers compensation, benefits and resolved issues and concerns with other third party providers, legal staff, Aldermen and regarding urgent matters and bringing issues to resolution expediently. Used Ameripay, 3rd payroll processor.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Human Resources Specialist (2002 to 2005)

Responsible for providing HR Generalist support to management and 1,700 staff members regarding benefits, onboarding, employee relations, workers compensation and training, including benefits open enrollment.

• Managed 1,700 workers compensation cases: filing claims, case management and medical third parties including terminating 5 individuals for fraud.

• Developed workers compensation program according to the Department of Labor guidelines including training for supervisory staff regarding workers compensation and light duty programs.

• Responded to EEO Complaints as well as Congressional Inquiries regarding employees and workers compensation claims based on ongoing documentation and medical reports. 100% favorable outcome to TSA.

• Received recognition for nomination with the Chicago area for Outstanding Federal Specialist, 2003, 2004 and Outstanding Achievement for Workers Compensation, 2003.

CITY OF BERWYN

Director, Finance / Human Resources (2001 to 2002)

Managed Finance and HR Departments also responsible for recruiting, sourcing, onboarding, union contract administration, EEOC, unemployment, benefits, payroll, compensation/salary surveys, training, workers compensation and liability

• Directed a committee with staff from multiple departments to develop financial and human resource policies. Redefined, revised and streamlined annual budget of $53 M, increased internal controls over accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll. Used ADP for Payroll and implementation HR Perspective ADP.

• Served on Police and Fire Pension Boards. Authorized agent for IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund).

• Managed 12 direct reports including two department heads who had 6 direct reports each.

J.D. EDWARDS WORLD SOLUTIONS

Senior Applications Consultant (1998 to 2001)

Implemented, trained and trouble shooting for all of J.D. Edwards HR and Payroll products.

• Developed project plans and implemented HR/Payroll for 8 clients as software expert.

• Acted as project manager or business analyst based on the clients needs.

• Developed and facilitated associated end-user training on site and through JDE Training.

• Partial Client List: Flex Steel, Manpower, Inland Paper and Packaging, Alliance Tubular Products, Celotex

OTHER EXPERIENCE

SEARS Project Consultant (Implementation)

CATHOLIC HEALTH PARTNERS HRIS Manager

AMOCO CORPORATION Sr HR Representative (Implementation)

BAXTER HEALTHCARE HRIS Manager (Project Manager)

INFORMATION SCIENCE (InSci)HR/Payroll Software Sr Client Service Representative

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (University and Hospitals) Wage and Salary Manager (includes Implementation)

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

B.S., Business Administration, Minor in Urban Studies, Elmhurst College

Certified as a Professional Human Resources – PHR in December 2002

Member of Human Resources Management Association of Chicago – HRMAC

Project Management Professional (PMP) Training Completed

Six Sigma Green Belt Training Completed

Chief Networking Leader – Chicago HR Whine and Dine

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