Project Manager Management

K I M B E R LY B A R K E R N E W T O N

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Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by leading multiple projects simultaneously as the project lead through effectively implementing cost savings

plans and business reengineering projects for over 11 years.

Extensive background in project management, including experience in staff development, legal compliance, audit, retirement benefits and

compensation and HR records management.

Offered a multiple analytical tools and reports, developing and implementing reports, and writing process guides and documents for audit

needs, and create top level management reports.

Human Resources Skills

PeopleSoft/SAP Experience Coaching Experience Compensation Baseline Prep

Strategic HR Planning Talent Management (Taleo) Training & Development

Defined Benefit Plans Market Data Analysis Performance Management

Defined Contribution Plans Change Management Organizational Development

Salary Reviews HR Program/Project Management HR Policies & Procedures

Government Interaction Leave Management Diversity Training

Professional Experience

Koch Business solutions – atlanta, ga

Serve as a Sr. Analyst for the Defined Contributions area in the Retirement Group

Sr. Retirement Benefits Analyst – July 2012 – Current

Documenting the processes in the defined contribution retirement group to help identify area of opportunity to complete daily and weekly task

efficiently. Also, I coordinate with the 401(k) record keeper and multiple internal teams to ensure timely and accurate data flow to and from the

vendor and our HRIS by auditing data feeds, analyzing errors, troubleshooting and making necessary corrections. I reconcile payroll data and

provide direction to the trustee for funding the 401(k) contributions. My duties also include auditing multiple program transactions and payroll

activities, developing relevant reports to support the multiple defined contribution plans, supporting internal compliance activities, identify areas

of possible process improvements, and researching historical data in many formats . Also, complete all tax government filings required by IRS

and DOL, such as 5500s, SARs, etc.to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to employee notifications are met. Manage the

leave of absence project transition to MetLife and insure data is properly applied to employee’s records, including FMLA, Workers

Compensation, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability. I also develop and provide applicable benefit reports as directed by leadership.

Finally, I coordinate the testing for HCE and NDT and perform analysis.

Citigroup – Tampa, FL

Served as an VP in the Compensation area of HR and a MIS Analyst in the Sales Department

Compensation Lead Analyst - VP, 2008 to 2011 Regional Lead MIS Analyst, 2003 to 2008

Served as SME on the rollout of new compensation programs and created learning guides and presented to global compensation managers; escalate

decisions and strategy to senior directors and management to finalize new processes; created process documents for entire compensation department

to accommodate the 2011 goals; coordinate project plans for the global comp team; created a report suite for compensation directors to present during

year end process; provide global comp team with monthly baseline files to assist SHRO’s during the pool accrual process. Experienced in

conflict resolution, conducting training and orientation sessions with the global managers in person and through

virtual workspace.

Key Results:

Acted as a subject matter expert to present the new commitment module in the CitiComp system to global compensation managers to reduce costs by

using two systems to track this information. By combining the systems, this data will automatically feed to the employee’s planning page and reduce

the probability of human error. With the help of our team’s feedback, a suite of reports and enhancements have been implemented and will be rolled

out in later phases.

Fostered a teamwork environment conducive to consistent dialogue across the regions. I served as a liaison between third party vendors and our

compensation management team. As any changes were needed, I negotiated with the vendor to get the enhancements important to our business

completed with limited development time.

Tracked many of the sign on bonuses and guarantees annually at both the exempt and non exempt level.

Professional Experience (continued)

Trained the HR generalists at various sites on the report suites created in ad hoc and any new enhancements to the compensation system.

Worked with Directors by creating reports to complete the pool allocation to be presented to finance department and the SHRO’s. Created many

department process procedures and set completion dates to track the many projects assigned to our team and help identify areas of opportunity.

Created a suite of ad hoc reports that replaced the standard reports that run separately. This enhancement saved compensation managers hours of

time waiting on scheduled reports to run individually to 10 minutes or less to run all of the reports simultaneously.

Revised job families and functions throughout the Citigroup Operation and Technology to align all employees (110,000+) in a consistent level to

improve the comparison process during year end.

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Created daily, weekly and monthly reports for Senior Directors to use during our strategy meeting to determine the success of various sales models

and promotions. Streamlined the payroll verification process and wrote process documents to automate the process.

Managed performance for 6 12 MIS Analyst nationwide as the Regional MIS Analyst remotely. Also, helps MIS Analyst create goals for progression

within Citigroup.

Walter Industries – Tampa, FL

Parent company of many pipe and coal companies nationwide

401(k) Administrator, 1998 to 2002 Pension Analyst, 1991 to 1998

Promoted the retirement benefits and administered a broad range of HR functions including training employees, administering benefits, overseeing

and managing HR records. In 2000, I became Six Sigma Certified and served as a project manager to reengineer the benefits department and also

lead a project to reduce the weight of pipes used in the coal plant.

Key Results:

Trained 15 different HR teams on the benefit of employees contributing to the 401(k) defined contribution plans and how employees should evaluate

their risk factor on their investments.

Worked closely with the CEO to identify areas of opportunity within the organization to save money by using the lean methodology and implemented

many changes using six sigma practices.

Identified the need to create an online program to calculate defined benefits. Upon entering this department, the 55 page calculation was prepared by

hand using an adding machine. The maximum calculations that could be done in a day were 4 due to this manual process. With the introduction of

Pension Express, the human error factor was reduced and we were able to complete 30+ calculations in a day if needed. The enhancement to even

create all forms that were identified necessary to start a pension benefit was added to even save more time. Calculated and processed QDRO’s for

employees.

Trained all HR personnel on improved processes and served as the SME for all enhancements and updates in Pension Express. Collaborated with the

actuary to keep the program updated and the actuary started using this program with other clients.

Created reports using Microsoft programs (Excel and Access) to reconcile the pension payments. Upon entering the department, this process was

manual using accounting paper and pencil. It needed too much validation due to the manual process. By moving to the Microsoft programs, a week

of time was saved by two employees by using an electronic format.

Completed the 5500 tax forms for 29 different pension plans annually. Also, submitted the Summary Annual Reports (SAR) to all employees eligible

to be in the various contributions or benefit plans at year end.

Education & Certifications

Troy State university Tampa, FL

Masters of Business Administration in Management, 2007

University of south Florida – TAMPA, FL

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1999

Personal Development:

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, 2000

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook, PowerPoint, Live Meeting, SQL, and SharePoint

Complete ongoing training in the areas of compensation and benefits, management training, project management, sales experience and data

analysis. CEBS certification in process.

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