Manager Human Resources

Russell A. Mason, PHR

**** ******** *****

Holladay, UT 84117

Cell: 801-***-**** ~ Home: 801-***-**** ~ email *******@*****.***

Objective:

To be a part of a human resources team in an environment where I can

contribute to the overall safety and health of an organization.

Summary of qualifications:

< PHR (Professional Human Resources)

< Benefits development and administration, including ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA

etc.

< Policy/procedural development and implementation

< Recruiting, placement and training

< ADP and other payroll services

< 20 years of management and supervisory experience

< 5 years experience as a full charge bookkeeper

< All aspects of accounting, including AP, AR, GL, job costing and

payroll

< QuickBooks Pro, ACCPAC, Peachtree, NetSuite) accounting systems

< Organizational, statistical and financial analysis

< MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.), Windows 95/98/2000/XP

Professional experience:

Wolper Construction - Salt Lake City, UT 07/2003-

07/2009

Human Resource Manager

Full responsibility for all functions related to HR for this local

commercial landscape and utilities contractor. The company's active

employee list fluctuated, seasonally, between 40 and 150 employees.

< Key Accomplishments

< Restructured all company benefits, including medical, dental,

disability, life and paid leave and retirement programs.

< Tripled employee participation in company benefits, which, coupled

with restructuring resulted in a 7% decrease in insurance premiums and

saved the company 23% on insurance costs.

< Created job descriptions and implemented standard operating procedures

for all positions within the company.

< Developed and implemented a comprehensive company policy manual,

including drug testing and safety policies.

< Responsibilities

< Human Resource management including benefits administration, employee

hiring and orientation.

< All Functional HR tasks including new hire reporting, notifications,

benefits enrollment and record keeping.

< Payroll, including timekeeping, taxes, unemployment claims, and

garnishments.

< Safety Manager - tour job sites to ensure OSHA/MSHA and DOT Compliance

and provide training to job site personnel.

< Hire, train, manage and direct all office staff and activities.

Verticore Technologies, Inc. - Salt Lake City, UT 08/2000-

07/2003

Administration Manager

Full responsibility for all day-to-day operations of this pre-IPO start-

up software company, targeting the process manufacturing

(petrochemical/refining) industry. Working titles include AP Manager, AR

Manager, HR Manager and Office Manager

< Key Accomplishments

< Converted all company accounting from Peachtree to Oracle Small

Business/NetLedger via import and manual entry. Assisted in setting

up all new hierarchical system to integrate company operations.

Established workflow and forms for all company purchasing and employee

expense reporting/reimbursement

< Developed and implemented a comprehensive benefits changeover,

including medical, dental, STD, life, FBA (Cafeteria 125) and paid

leave programs

< Negotiated long-term payment arrangements and debt settlements with

vendors during extended period of financial hardship to insulate

company from collection agencies and lawsuits

< Responsibilities

< All aspects of AR and AP, including development of workflow processes

approved by Ernst & Young during internal audit

< Contract negotiations for purchasing, including hardware vendors, travel,

hotel and auto nationally for corporate travelers

< Administrator for corporate credit card programs, and all other corporate

sponsored programs

< Human Resource management including benefits, employee hiring and

orientation, recruiting (web, agencies and print media)

< Hire, train, manage and direct all office staff (3) and activities

< Payroll for all employees in five states

UEAC, Inc. DBA Air Comfort and Utah Engineering - Salt Lake City, UT

04/1998 - 06/2000

Administrative Manager

Full responsibility for day-to-day and financial operations of this HVAC

and controls business, which seasonally employs 40-45 people, and

operates both residential and commercial divisions

< Key Accomplishments

< Responsible for research, testing, purchase and installation of a new

integrated software/accounting system. Set up chart of accounts, AP,

AR, payroll, and security. Provided training to all company employees

< Coordinated business relocation including all company inventory,

computer network, telephone network and personnel offices/work

stations while providing uninterrupted service to customers

< Responsibilities

< All accounting, operational records and budgets, including all AP, AR,

payroll and job costing

< Weekly preparation and analysis of all financial data, including

income statements, variance, pace, sales and commission reports

< Coordinate, schedule and supervise all company accounting, data

processing and administrative support/record-keeping activities for

five separate profit centers totaling $3.6 million in annual sales

< Developed job descriptions, reporting relationships, training and

evaluation criteria for all office and facilities personnel

< Developed and implemented a comprehensive company policy manual

detailing all company and employee practices and expectations,

including legal compliance and accountability

< Internal aspects of short and long-term project management tasks;

tracking labor requirements/expenditures, equipment and material

purchases, progress billings and all other project management

functions

< Hire, train, direct, supervise and evaluate the performance of all

office, facilities and human resource personnel

< Negotiate short and long-term purchasing contracts with vendors to

maximize purchasing power

< Development and enforcement of company credit and collections policies

Home Entertainment Products, Inc. DBA Rent Tech USA - Seattle, WA 10/1992

- 04/1998

Controller 08/1995 - 04/1998

Controlled all aspects of operating this home furnishing and electronics

company operating throughout Washington State. The President was roughly

ninety percent away, and relied on me to provide status on all company

activities

< Key Accomplishments

< Consolidated operations by relocating primary location to a larger

space, allowing for the closure of company warehouse. This reduced

company overhead by approximately thirty percent

< Business plan development for solicitation of investors and new

business ventures, resulting in approval for prepaid cellular

licensing agreement with Qwest under the name Kirkland Wireless

< Responsibilities

< All company accounting, marketing, advertising, purchasing for three

stores and four facilities, including establishing negotiated

contracts to leverage purchasing power

< Supervision, hiring, training and placement of all employees at four

locations

Regional Manager 06/1993 - 08/1995

< Hiring, placement, training and supervision of store employees

< Representing the company in legal matters related to collections

< Responsible for over 1800 individual and corporate accounts totaling

$1.1 million in annual revenue

< Supervised inventory control and maintenance

< Credit Approval

Assistant Manager 10/1992 - 06/1993

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