Human Resources Business Partner

Rosemarie Fiscus, MBA, SPHR-SCP

Phone: 609-***-****

Email: **********@***.***

HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL

Compensation Management/Recruitment/Organizational Development/Leave

Administration/Worker's Compensation/Safety/Strategic Planning/Compliance/Benefit Administration/Policies and Procedures/Labor Law/Union Negotiations/Title IX Coordinator/VAWA Standards/Performance Management/Training/Reorganizations

ACCOMPLISHED HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL with progressive experience in managing all aspects of the human resources department and compliance. Responsibilities have included but are not limited to: employment law, compensation, benefit administration, employee and labor relations, union negotiations, handbook creating, policies and procedures, talent management and recruitment, training, onboarding, worker’s compensation, reorganizations, compliance, unemployment administration, labor laws, selection of brokers, strategic planning, leadership involvement, team building, OSHA compliance, payroll administration and key metrics and reporting. Have the education, experience and talent for analytical detail and management capability to produce desired results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Human Resources Director 2022- 2023

Food & Water Watch – Washington, DC

HR Director in a totally remote environment responsible for all HR related tasks in 25 states. Understanding of employment laws and regulations and the federal, state and local levels for each state. Responsible for employee life cycle from hiring through end of employment. Head of the HR department. Provide guidance to senior management. Additional responsibilities include:

In charge of DEI, DEI Committee and culture

Training and development

Reward and recognition

Performance management

Employee Engagement

ACA, benefits compliance

EEO reporting

New Orientation Process

New Onboarding Process

Metrics improved: date to hire, turnover, cost per hire, management of leaves

ADA

Responsible for working with union and negotiating CB

Selected Accomplishments

Onboarding completely remote working with many different state laws and regulations.

EEO Officer, ADA Officer and AA Officer and DEI Officer for the organization.

In charge of policies and procedures and updating handbook.

Part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Handles all employee and labor relations on campus to create an environment of fairness and create standards.

Human Resources Director and Compliance Officer 2018- 2022

Rowan College of South Jersey– Vineland, NJ

Responsible for all federal, state, and local compliance for the entire campus. Formed a Compliance Committee and starting to create a “Culture of Compliance.” Responsible for all aspects of human resources including but not limited to:

Reports directly to the Interim President.

Created/updated all HR Policies

Title IX, ADA and EEO Officer and AA Officer

Created Human Capital Plan

Succession Planning

Selected all compliance training for the College

ACA compliance

New Performance Management Process and review tool

New Orientation Process

New Onboarding Process

Metrics improved: date to hire, turnover, cost per hire, management of leaves

Supervise a staff of four

President’s Excellence Award Department recipients

Reorganized many departments on campus

Responsible for union negotiations

Responsible for all labor and employee relations/grievances

Develops and controls budget for HR department

Oversees benefits, payroll, and talent acquisition

Selected Accomplishments

Utilizing a Higher Education Compliance Alliance Matrix to review over 26 areas on campus and over 270 federal laws, 250 state and local laws. Areas are addressed by priority and greatest risk to the campus.

The Title IX Coordinator, EEO Officer, ADA Officer and AA Officer and Custodian of Open Records for the College.

In charge of policies and procedures. Currently under Board approval are: Code of Conduct, FMLA.NJFLA/Safe Act and Social Media.

Part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Handles all employee and labor relations on campus to create an environment of fairness and create standards.

Director of Human Resources 2017

Ocean County College-Toms River, NJ

Responsible for all human resources operations for a union and non-union environment ensuring a smooth workflow between functional areas resulting in excellent and timely service to customers. Responsible for the development and implementation of policies and procedure for the College. Direct the following areas within the Human Resources Department: Recruitment, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Benefits and Training. Serve as a strategic partner to other departments with relations to Human Resources and assist the Assistant Vice President with strategic objectives and goals that align with the College’s Strategic Plan.

Selected Accomplishments

Streamlined in-processing and out-processing of new hires and brought it up to compliance standards.

Streamlined FMLA, NJFLA, NJFLI and STD to work smoothly and efficiently and track cases in a timely fashion.

Coordinated and presented open enrollment due to significant changes in healthcare costs and prescription providers.

Created training programs from scratch such as: Orientation, Steps to Retirement, Management and Supervisory Training, Culture Training, Unlawful Harassment and ADA

EEOC Officer, ADA Officer and Senior Supervising Officer for Pension and Benefits and Compliance Officer.

Working with People Admin as the Talent Acquisition Software and provide training to managers for hiring properly and efficiently.

Project Manager for implementing Benefits Online as an additional software package to streamline benefits enrollment.

Project manager for Onboarding software utilizing People Admin to streamline all paperwork used in the hiring process.

Supervised staff of three directly and indirectly a staff of ten.

Executive Director of Human Resources, Public Safety and Compliance 2015-2017

Cumberland County College-Vineland, NJ

Responsible for all Human Resource functions and payroll at the community college in Vineland. Reporting to the President and represent Personnel Subcommittee at Board of Trustee meetings and part of the Executive Leadership Team.

Selected Accomplishments:

•Created HR Policies

•Title IX, ADA and EEO Officer

•Created Human Capital Plan

•Succession Planning

•Selected all compliance training for the College

•Created new performance appraisals for supervisory and non-supervisory staff

•ACA compliance

•New Performance Management Process and review tool

•New Orientation Process

•New Onboarding Process

•Metrics improved: date to hire, turnover, cost per hire, management of leaves

•Supervise a staff of four

•President’s Excellence Award Department recipients

•Reorganized many departments on campus

•Responsible for union negotiations

Corporate Compensation and Benefits Manager/Human Resources Business Partner 2006- 2014 United Methodist Homes of New Jersey – Neptune, NJ Assisted living, and skilled nursing communities, as well as, affordable housing located in NJ. There is a total of 5 full-service communities and five affordable housing employing close to 1200 associates. Reporting to the VP of HR for two and half years and becoming interim VP of HR reporting directly to the President and CEO. Three full time Corporate HR associates reported to position along with five dotted line HR Directors at each full-service community report to the position. Initially, responsible for all ten communities and the Corporate Office for compensation and benefits and then for all aspects of Human Resources in a union and a non-union environment.

Selected Accomplishments:

•Responsible for benefits for the entire organization including: Medical, Dental, 403 B, Life Insurance, Vision, Supplemental Life and EAP and the selection of three new brokers.

•Saved $682,000 with the implementation of a new health plan, more consumer driven that included an HRA.

•Created new compensation plan from scratch. Surveyed 11 companies and wrote 88 job descriptions. Saved $250,000 in streamlining the process and paying market rates.

•Developed 58 new HR Polices and forms and placed them on a web-based communication system so all associates and new hires can view and sign off they reviewed.

•Determined best HRIS system to utilize and training HR associates to implement the new systems to streamline processes and minimize paperwork.

•Responsible for strategic plan and initiatives supporting best practices and goals in HR for the next five years.

•Work on operational budgets, departmental budgets and understand of allocations of expenses and profit and loss impact to the bottom line.

•Responsible for union negotiations, employee relations and labor relations. Handled all grievance, discipline, and performance enhancement plans.

•Responsible for recruiting, talent acquisition, position control and filling difficult vacancies in a timely manner. Created new employee orientation training and streamlined on boarding process to achieve objective of reduced days to hire with minimum turnover.

•Responsible for reporting on weekly Human Resources analytic to make sure the continuous improvement and an employer of choice.

•Assures that correspondence regarding COBRA and FMLA/FLA and ADA in addition to Workers Compensation is done effectively. Knowledge of personnel practices and employment laws.

•Provides training to all employees as needed for continuous improvement.

•Maintains a system of assessment and evaluation that encourages each front-line professional to achieve his/her highest potential.

•Determines staffing needs and determines weekly scheduling of employees.

•Manage payroll system.

•Chair of Safety Program and Violence Committee.

Director of Quality Training 1993-1998

Comar- Buena, NJ Comar, Inc. is a plastics and glass manufacturer with 1,000 employees located in Buena, NJ. Reporting to the President, this position was responsible for creating a new culture that was team based focusing on customer satisfaction, reduced costs, and increased quality. Accountable for over 100 teams and two trainers and 25 facilitators. Awarded NJ Grant for training and saved millions of dollars in cost reduction and quality improvement techniques.

Selected Accomplishments:

Strategically initiated, directed, and implemented an entire global quality initiative for the company to enable it to be more competitive and become certified to ISO quality standards.

Managed a staff of 2 trainers and a coordinator for responsibilities of all training and documentation associated with the Comar quality initiative. Focused on six sigma, problem solving and continuous process improvement.

Established over 100 teams working on reducing costs, addressing safety issues, and improving productivity. Saved millions of dollars.

Worked with the state of New Jersey to receive training grants to assist with the cost of implementing the change effort.

Delivered over 25 training classes such as: leadership training, problem solving training, quality improvement training, facilitator training and reward and meeting skills and effectiveness training and competitive benchmarking training.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

SPHR – December 2012- current

SPHR-SCP 2016- current

Pepperdine University- Malibu, California: MBA Cumulative GPA: 4.0 Graduated Summa cum Laude

Widener University – West Chester, Pennsylvania Courses towards master’s degree in Operations Research

University of Delaware – Newark, DE Cumulative GPA: 3.5 BS Quantitative Operations Management

SHRM Member since 2008

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, ADP HRB HRIS, ADP Time and Attendance, Power point, Ellucian

People Admin, Paycom, Payfactors, OneNotary.

Certification in Blackboard Online Teaching, Taught Freshman Seminar 2018 -2022

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