PATRICIA KELLY

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EXPERIENCE:

Benefits Administrator

City of Melrose – April 2013 - September 2013

-Managed all benefits and Workers’ Compensation for union and non-union employees

-Recruited and hired employees.

-Conducted new hire orientation.

-Covered for and handled responsibilities of the Human Resources Manager during Leave of Absence.

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Benefits Manager/Assistant Personnel Director

City of Somerville - 2009 - 2012

-Managed benefits programs for employees and retirees of municipality.

-Prepared and presented Annual Open Enrollment:

-Negotiated with vendors on insurance rates

-Worked with city Finance group on Benefit budgets

-Managed broker relationships

-Communicated benefits changes to employees and retirees

-FMLA leave management for union and non-union employees

-Transitioned all active employees and retirees to the State of Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission

medical plans.

Benefits Manager

Comverse, Inc, Wakefield MA – 2006 - 2008

-Managed benefits programs for 1300 employees in the U.S., Latin America and Canada

-Built and introduced a Benefits website, worked with developers to introduce Oracle Advanced Benefits

-Established outsourcing disability management

-Managed benefits for three acquisitions in one year which included "gap analysis", benchmarking, managing

brokers and vendors and enrolling

-Managed global benefits for employees who were on assignment outside of the US

Sr. Human Resources Specialist

iRobot, Bedford, MA 2004 - 2005

-Supported the VP of HR in bringing the company public in November 2005 which included:

-staffing to support a company which doubled in size in 7 months

-implemented Employease HRIS system

-marketed, managed and communicated a new benefits package in the US, Singapore and India

-Wrote policies and procedures and an employee handbook

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Benefits and Compensation Analyst/HR Generalist

BENETEMPS - 1998 - 2004

Providing benefits and compensation consulting on a contract basis to companies including: Fidelity, OneBeacon

Insurance, Cahners, and Liberty Financial.

-Consulting assignments included:

-assisting in the management of Benefits Departments

-management of ESOP and 401(k) Plan,

-Web Enrollment for new hires,

-outsourcing H&W plan administration

-developed Disability Management training materials and Operations Manual

-delivered training to HR groups nationwide

-managed renewals for H&W plans for U.S. and Canada

-analyzed compensation data

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Prior experience in Benefits/Compensation and Human Resources included employment with Progress Software, Visibility and Schneider Automation.

EDUCATION:

BS - French Studies

COLBY COLLEGE - Waterville, ME

Certificate in Employee Benefits

Institute for Paralegal Training - Philadelphia, PA

SKILLS:

Project management, legal research, ERISA training, benefits design, conducted Benefits presentations to employees and company management and Microsoft Office Suite.

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