Samantha Cole, PHR

Chicago,IL 334-***-**** ad42vp@r.postjobfree.com

Education

POLITICAL SCIENCE AUBURN UNIVERSITY MONTGOMERY

Experience

REMOTE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR CRICKET WIRELESS AUTHORIZED RETAILER DEALERS 06/2012-CURRENT

Authorized Retailer for Cricket Wireless

·Director of Human Resources:

·Design, develop, and implement company policies and procedures while ensuring applicable city/county/state/federal employment laws are met and updating as new laws are introduced and current laws are amended for approximately 150 employees nationwide.

·Engaged in responsibilities which include sourcing and hiring talented team members, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, recognizing and developing team members, identifying and managing risks, and completing daily management tasks.

·Ability to effectively drive change and influence the adoption of new ideas/processes/programs.

·Personnel maintenance by use of multiple programs as required.

·Manage unemployment claims/appeals, employment verification inquiries/forms.

·E-Verify and background screening administrator.

·Finance:

·Process multi-state payroll on both semi-monthly and bi-weekly frequencies including commissions and bonuses as well as employee garnishments, liens, benefit deductions.

·Validating employee time cards.

·Benefits, PTO, LOA administrator.

·AR/AP (rent of all locations, utilities, any miscellaneous vendors that needed to be utilized).

·Back Office Operations:

·Point of contact for all company operations.

·Liaison for President and CFO of company.

OFFICE MANAGER STARLING PROPERTIES 10/2011-05/2012

Residential real estate and property management.

·Direct contact property manager/agents, owners, and maintenance department.

·Produced invoices and rebilled between maintenance department and vendors to property owners.

·Created and managed ads for available properties on multiple real estate database sites and social media pages.

·Knowledge of HUD and Section 8 housing criteria/inspections.

·Move in/out inspections

·In charge of utility and tax payments on behalf of owner of single and multi-family homes.

·Managed calendar for all agents, maintenance, and outside vendors.

Skills

·Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point

·Adobe Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop

·Intuit for Accounting Professionals, QuickBooks, Paychex, ADP