Mary Frances Carlson

*** ********** ****.

Oak Park, Illinois 60302

ac58n8@r.postjobfree.com

872-***-****

Overview

Human Resources Professional seeking full-time employment in the Chicagoland area. Areas of specialty include: Onboarding, Recruitment, Benefits Administration, New Hire Orientations, Developing department goals and objectives. I'm an HR Professional that excels in building relationships, and partnering with business leaders to deliver organizational results. I possess significant HR generalist knowledge and experience, including talent acquisition, total rewards, employment law and compliance, talent and organization development and employee and labor relations. I possess the ability to make time informed decisions, and understand when to escalate issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 2014 – Present

HR Generalist/ Consultant

Acting as lead of onboarding of all new hires, background checks, drug screenings, credential verifications, and reference checks. Conducts in person and phone interviews.

Facilitated open enrollment with healthcare benefits for all employees.

Updating HRIS Systems with Payroll changes and deductions

Developing and exporting reports when needed

Point person in charge of Administration of 401(K) & 403(B) set-ups, and changes.

Co-Lead regarding benefits issues, and questions

Organize and maintain employee Personnel, Benefits, I-9, and other file systems

Ad hoc projects as assigned by Director of Talent and CFO’s

Lead of all New hire Orientations

Co-Lead on FMLA claims, and questions

Reconciliations of monthly benefit billings, and preparation of vouchers for Accounts Payable Department

Facilitating all HR Administrative Tasks

Employee Relations – Conflict Management, Workplace Safety, Leave Disputes, Timekeeping & Attendance Issues

Assists Management with offer letters and contracts

Managed Compliance trackers for Staff & Administrative personnel, and Executive Staff members

Collaborated with Management on implementing new policies and procedures

Continued member of SHRM

Experience working across a variety of industries has cultivated my skillset, making me a valuable asset.

Loyola Press, Chicago, IL March 2012-December 2013

Senior Administrator/Human Resources

Lead person in charge of all Human Resource needs of entire company

Recruiting of new employees, and term of contract editors, publishers and designers

Benefits Administrator

Bi-weekly payroll through Paylocity

Benefit conversation between Christian Brothers, and Blue Cross Blue Shield

Bi-weekly transmittal of 403(b), and employee pension contributions through Transamerica

Conversion of employee 403(b), and pension contributions from Christian Brothers to Transamerica

Strong employee relations

State and Federal compliances

Implemented new policies, and procedures

Responsible for FMLA paperwork

Coordinated wellness screenings

Lead person in charge of Onboarding, new hire orientations, and exit reviews

Tracked all performance reviews, keeping managers on track of this process

Updated employee manual

Coordinated international travel for an employee pilgrimage of 20 to Spain and Rome, following the footsteps of Ignatius Loyola.

Member of SHRM

Brilliant Financial December 2010 – March 2012

Newedge Brokerage, Stone Peak Ceramics, ATI Corporate Headquarters, Telular Corporation

Accounting/HR

Full cycle accounts payable functions

Weekly check runs, consisting on average of 250 checks

Commissions, expense reports, garnishments

Monthly reconciliations of employee attendance reports

Issuing drug screening, and physical paperwork for all new hires

Tracking all new hire paperwork

New Hire Orientations, Drug Screenings, Background Checks

Onboarding of all new hires, follow-up new hire training, and 90-day managerial reviews.

Imagination Publishing, Chicago, IL November 2007-September 2009

Accountant/HR Assistant

Full cycle accounts payable functions

Weekly check runs, consisting on average of 250 checks

Commissions, expense reports, garnishments

Reconciliations of expense accounts, credit cards and payment of upper management

Bi-weekly Payroll for 150 employees

Hybrid with HR Department

Co-Administrated Benefits and Compensation

Onboarding of new employees

Point of contact for New Hire Orientations

Implementing paperwork for background checks and drug screenings.

Hostway Corporation, Chicago, IL February 2003- September 2007

HR/Customer Acquisitions Sales Supervisor

Responsible for organizing new department, creating and implementing policies and procedures

Conducted new hire orientations, exit interviews, salary adjustments, wage garnishments

Onboarding of all independent contractors and Account Managers

Calculated monthly commissions for 37 Account Managers

Recruiting of new Account Managers and CSR’s

Tracked and reported daily metrics to assess sales performance

Liaison between Billing and Accounting teams to accurately report sales for company reports

Worked with the Payroll and Accounts Payable Departments using Lawson to ensure billingwas verified, and Account Managers commissions were compensated bi-weekly.

Acted as a liaison between the Sales Team, Corporate HR and Accounting to address and resolve issues

Acted as Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Sales

Part of a global HR Team

Member of SHRM

Software Experience

Productivity/Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

HRIS/ERP: Ceridian, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Kronos, Lawson, Paylocity, Paycom, ADP, Taleo, TalentED, SilkRoad, Employee Navigator.

Accounting: Great Plains, JD Edwards, Expede Timekeeper, Financial Edge

Education

Saint Mary’s College (Winona, MN)

William Rainey Harper College (Palatine, IL)

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