Maria Elbreisus

**** ** ****** ***** *****( Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986 ( 954-***-****

(abizu2@r.postjobfree.com

Human Resources

< Human Resources Professional with over 7 years of HR experience.

< Background in Generalist affairs including benefits administration,

employee recruitment and retention, staff development, HR policies

development and legal compliance, HRIS databases, stand-up facilitation

skills and demonstrated ability to communicate and build relationships at

all levels of the organization.

Human Resource Skills

Employment Law Staff Recruitment & Orientation &

FMLA/ADA/EEO/WC Retention On-Boarding

HR Policies & Employee Relations Training & Development

Procedures Benefits Administration

HRIS Technologies Performance Management

Professional Experience

Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Miramar, FL 10/2005 -

Present

Senior Benefits Analyst

< Administer corporate benefits to more than 3,000 active employees,

retirees, and former employees across the country.

< Work closely with Senior Management and HR Director/Managers at

several different corporate divisions.

< Maintain contact with dozens of employees regarding short and long-

term leaves of absence, and FMLA.

< Communicate with several employees weekly concerning COBRA eligibility

for employees in several locations.

< Serve as liaison between corporate benefits department and each HR

company division to ensure all procedures are complete and up-to-date

for total division and employee satisfaction.

< Assist in establishing and maintaining policies and procedures for

benefits department.

< Train and mentor departmental users on all benefits concepts,

enrollments, changes and terminations.

< Processed all union/non-union benefit enrollment changes; Serve as

liaison between benefit provider and employees.

< Reconcile union/non-union invoices, process payments and communicate

discrepancies to carriers.

< Play an active role at staff meetings by educating staff on recent

changes and system updates.

Point Blank Body Amor, Pompano Beach, FL 10/2003-

10/2005

Human Resources Generalist

< Developed, implemented and coordinated policies and procedures for

human resources department such as recruiting, wage/salary

administration, training and health and safety programs.

< Assisted in development, implementation and management of company

benefits programs in consultation with senior management to provide

employees with appropriate cost-effective insurance coverage.

< Assisted in designing and administering wage and salary programs to

provide competitive cost-effective compensation plans by collecting

and analyzing survey data to support changes in policy, practice and

rates of pay for all personnel levels.

< Attended community job fairs, screened applicants, participated in

employment interviewing and conducted exit interviews.

< Facilitated orientation and training for employees. Conducted and

coordinated all annual open enrollment.

< Administered employee benefits such as COBRA letters/payments, FMLA,

LOA, workers' compensation, STD, LTD, terminations, and changes.

Prepared weekly payroll spreadsheet including new hires, terminations,

salary adjustments, overtime, vacation, unpaid time off, FMLA/STD, W-4

changes, benefit enrollments and changes.

< Maintained compliance with federal and state regulations concerning

employment. Responded to employee-relations issues; represented

management in investigating, answering and resolving complaints and

allegations.

< Monitored assigned areas, unemployment compensation claims,

coordinated claim responses and appeals with the corporate office;

represented the agency at unemployment hearings as directed and kept

the HR director apprised on the status of claims.

< Established and directed company loss-control programs utilizing

aggressive management techniques to gain employee cooperation and

commitment on workers' compensation and employee safety and training

programs.

< Managed Workers' Compensation Administration, outside insurance

carriers and primary care medical providers to ensure all industrial

incidents.

Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 9/2002-

9/2003

Community Liaison

< Created Informational Manual on County and City Services in two

languages.

< Translated written department documents and prepared and created

promotional material such as posters and flyers.

< Served as an interpreter for police and support staff on crime scenes

and during interviews.

Point Blank Body Amor, Pompano Beach, FL 5/2002-9/2002

Human Resources Generalist (Temporary Position)

< Processed both domestic and international new hires, such as

immigration documentation, relocation, expatriate status, sign-on

bonuses, and payroll and offer letters.

< Handled new hire processes such as coordinating drug screenings and

background checks and created employee IDs.

< Facilitated orientation and training for employees.

Morrison Hershfield Corporation, Plantation, FL 5/2001-5/2002

Human Resources Assistant

< Assisted managers with hiring procedures and screening of candidates,

coordinated interviews.

< Conducted employment verifications on prospective employment

candidates.

< Recorded employee information such as personal data, compensation,

benefits, taxes, attendance, evaluations and termination date and

reason.

Education

university of phoenix- Fort Lauderdale, FL

Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management, February 2009-present

BOROUGH OF mANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE - New York, NY

Associates Degree in Business Administration, 1996

Computer Skills:

HRIS applications (SAP, PeopleSoft)

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher)

Mas 90, Jantek, QuickBooks

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