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Celia Severino, PHR

Yonkers, NY 10701 Phone: 914-***-**** E-Mail: actkxo@r.postjobfree.com Well-diversified total rewards professional with a progressive career offering over 15 years of experience in a full spectrum of organizational effectiveness functions. Successfully worked with small to large sized (union and non-union) firms (200-5,000 employees). Strategic business partner and catalyst for innovative initiatives that address today’s business challenges and further promote corporate goals.

Workforce Planning & Development Regulatory Compliance & Audits Employee Relations

Benefits & Compensation Payroll Administration Policy Design & Administration Management

Serve as a member of the leadership team, routinely partner with management to understand organizational goals and needs, develop, and support process improvements. Ensure alignment of solutions with business strategies while establishing nurturing relationships at all levels across the organization. Workforce Planning & Development

On-boarding: forecast future human capital and suggest ideas to optimize staff levels to support business needs; develop and cultivate relationships with external sources (recruiters, college/universities and professional associations) including sourcing through industry, social media websites, and intranet/internet job boards. Screen and oversee/host high-level interviews and evaluate applicant hard and soft skills in preparation for next stage.

Streamlined and improved orientation process; revised NEO presentation (current role) and instituted NEO orientation for use company-wide (prior employment). Write and maintain job descriptions, assisting managers with updates revisions as necessary.

Off-boarding: release employees as required with tact and respect to ensure the ongoing reputation of the company as an employer of choice. Conduct exit process and follow up on identified issues. Implement future retention initiatives and improvements.

Development: work with management to coordinate and develop training opportunities for employees. Benefits & Compensation Management

Administer employee benefit programs; medical, dental, vision, FSA, 401(k), FMLA, short and long-term disability and workers’ compensation management, unemployment, COBRA, ERISA, and severance administration. Responsible for benefit renewal negotiations and implementation, annual enrollment, wellness initiatives and programs.

Communication and administration of performance, compensation, and bonus structures for the organization including year-end processes for merit and bonus payouts. Regulatory Compliance & Audits

EEO reporting, external and internal planned audits of personnel documents, payroll, and benefits to ensure accuracy and legal compliance pertaining to applicable federal, multi-state, and local laws. Interpret and ensure compliance of collective bargaining agreements (union environment).

Work with various line functions and outside agents to develop and implement a safety system to exceed OSHA requirements, minimize recordable accidents, control costs, and employee rewards. Payroll Administration

Oversee all matters related to multi-state (CA, CT, MA, NJ, NY) payroll to ensure accurate calculation and processing of payroll including monitor pay adjustments and perform payroll audits (pre and post processing) to ensure accuracy. Compliance and reconciliation of financial and 401(k) data, 3rd party sick pay, and garnishments. Run and customize special reports as needed.

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Employee Relations

Champion for the business and its human capital providing HR relevant multi-facet support to line functions; proactively recognize issues, find and resolve root cause, initiate interventions, and provide guidance to employees and managers on a variety of environmental issues.

Consult with legal counsel members as required addressing challenges, developing, and supporting process improvements.

Policy Design & Administration

Ensure that HR policies and practices are applied consistently and provide direction and guidance across full scope of business personnel.

Revise outdated employee manual and added new policies and procedures to improve business functions. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Benefits Administrator, Human Resources

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tarrytown, NY (Contract Assignment) Mar 2015 Present

Manager, Human Resources & Payroll

New Castle Building Products White Plains, NY Sep 2014 Jan 2015

Kari-Out Company White Plains, NY Nov 2011 Aug 2014

Robison Oil Elmsford, NY Jan 2010 Nov 2011

Blue Man Group New York, NY (Contract Assignment) Aug 2009 Dec 2009

Sr. Generalist, Human Resources & Payroll

Brunswick School Greenwich, CT Apr 2008 Aug 2009

City & Suburban FSB Yonkers, NY Sept 1998 Apr 2008 SKILLS

Technical

Oracle HRMS, CheckPointHR, ADP, Ceridian, Paychex, Infinitime, Kronos Time Keeping, Filemaker 8-10, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint Language

Fluent Portuguese and basic Spanish

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Manhattanville College Purchase, NY

Business Organizational Management & Development, B.S. GPA: 3.93 Expected Graduation - Spring 2016 (accepted into the Graduate Program: HR Management, M.S. – Spring 2016) SUNY Westchester Valhalla, NY

Business Administration, A.A.S. GPA: 3.75

Pace University Pleasantville, NY

Professional in Human Resources (PHR) since 2010

AFFILIATIONS

Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)

Alpha Beta Gamma National Business Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

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