Project Manager Management

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Beverly A. Miedema

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Professional Accomplishments

. Design cutting edge health care programs resulting in initial savings

in excess of $3 million with ongoing healthcare spend consistently

below trend.

. Negotiate with vendors to obtain best price for fully insured

offerings resulting in average year over year savings of $1 million.

. Oversee/manage comprehensive H&W program with annual budget in excess

of $100 million.

. Lead cross-functional team responsible for the marketing of internal

wellness initiatives; developed award winning initial campaign.

. Developed centralized benefits resource center resulting in

organizational cost savings through headcount reduction and consistent

program processing.

. Member National Business Group on Health Leadership (NBGH) Committee

on Consumer Director Health Plans; contributing member of work group

designing best in class tools for employers implementing consumer

directed health care programs.

. Featured presenter NBGH Business Health Agenda 2009.

. Promote and market benefit programs across multi-lines of business.

. Dynamic leader and team builder adept at motivating and influencing

others.

Professional Experience

Assurant, Inc. 2000-2010

Assistant Vice President Health & Welfare and Wellness Programs Strategy

responsible for developing and implementing long term innovative benefit

strategy to promote wellness and contain cost while helping to advance the

positioning of Assurant products in the marketplace.

. Designed consumer directed health care program resulting in initial

savings in excess of $3 million on self-insured program with ongoing

healthcare spend consistently below trend.

. Developed strategy for and delivered total replacement consumer directed

heath care plans across business enterprise.

. Negotiate with vendors to obtain best price for Assurant fully insured

offerings.

. Manage all external/internal vendor relationships.

. Strategize with senior management on long term objectives designed to

keep Assurant competitive in the marketplace.

. Analyze financial impact of current as well as future/planned benefit

offerings.

. Lead cross-functional teams to develop marketing/communication campaigns

designed to promote health care initiatives across business units.

. Identify opportunities to contain costs while continuing to offer a

competitive benefits package.

. Senior member of steering committee and process development team charged

with creating internal benefits call and resource center.

PricewaterhouseCoopers 1997-2000

Manager Total Benefits Outsourcing engaged in overall management of benefit

outsourcing plan including total project management of all new or special

product offerings; senior project manager responsible for implementing new

HR outsourcing program during initial market delivery phase.

. Manage the delivery and ongoing administration of comprehensive benefits

offering including Health & Welfare, 401(k) and Cash Balance Pension Plan.

. Develop and manage detailed project plans for all non-recurring work.

. Lead implementations for plan and policy changes, acquisitions and

divestitures; provide subsequent transitional support.

. Maintain ongoing relationship between client and multi discipline work

teams.

. Negotiate contract terms and renewals; develop and monitor performance

standards as part of service level agreements.

. Analyze impact of special project work on staffing and firm cost's;

develop detailed price and resource quotes to substantiate added costs to

client.

PeopleSoft 1996-1997

Trainer/Analyst specializing in the HRMS/Benefit Product providing

comprehensive consultation and advice to a diverse client base.

. Provide clients with direction in designing eligibility and enrollment

rules to enable them to automate their benefits administration for both

flex and non-flex programs including calculation of flex credits, open

enrollment and event maintenance processing; automated tracking of

flexible spending account claims and claims payments; non-discrimination

testing requirements and set-up for 401(k) and Section 125 plans.

. Test and troubleshoot new product offerings to insure ease of customer

use and ability to deliver desired outcomes.

. Analyze customers benefit programs to determine ease of implementation

and identify potential problem areas prior to full implementation.

. Review Federal regulations for compliance requirements and procedures;

work with product development to insure software functionality stays

current with same.

Kidder, Peabody & Co. 1990-1995

Administrative Officer, Benefit Programs responsible for the design,

management and administration of a comprehensive benefit program including

health/welfare, pension and 401(k) plans.

. Design and implement new benefit packages including managed care and

point of service offerings.

. Write/edit/coordinate production of all benefits communication.

. Interface with Finance, Accounting and Payroll Departments regarding

costing/budgeting of benefit expenses.

. Design and conduct benefit training programs for branch management.

. Insure compliance with Federal regulations; conduct and analyze

discrimination tests as required by IRS Code(s).

Donnelly Directory (A Company of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation) 1989-

1990

Benefits Manager, Northeast Region

The Katherine Gibbs School 1987-1989

Instructor/Department Head, Information Processing

Independent Consultant 1985-1987

HR/Benefits Consultant

Touche Ross & Co. 1980-1985

Human Resources Manager

Education

Montclair State University MA, Administration/Training

Upper Montclair, NJ

Fairleigh Dickinson University BS, Business Management

Rutherford, NJ

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