Ashley Stokes

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EXPERT

**** ***** ******* ******

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104

918-***-****

addkc3@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin.com/in/A-Stokes

EXPERIENCE

Manager, Benefits & Health Plan Services Alliance Coal — Tulsa, Oklahoma

April 2009 - January 2020

Directs the benefits department, health clinics, and billing resolution department. Resolves complicated claims by negotiating with providers to reduce total costs. Managed professional benefit direct reports. Open Enrollment team lead.

Screened and vetted health care professionals for urgent care clinics in geographic locations new to the Company.

●HIPAA Privacy Office

●Managed the FMLA and STD benefit programs

●Directed and managed the SOX compliance reporting

●Managed all benefit provider vendors for (TPA, COBRA, etc.)

●Workers’ Compensation Benefits liaison

●Health Plan appeals voting member / Voluntary appeals committee coordinator

Benefits Administrator Alliance Coal — Tulsa, Oklahoma

October 2006 - April 2009

Administered benefits plan to over 10,000 Alliance Coal members including medical, dental, prescription and 401K. Led health fairs at each company location throughout the United States, to promote awareness of company health clinics and preventative medicine.

●Sponsored and Coordinated annual HR and Medical Conferences

●Organized and led Health Fairs

●Communicated with Payroll regarding employee needs

●Conducted interviews and present job offers to applicants

●Point of contact for benefit questions

●Interpreted and applied government laws and regulations

Disability Administrator/PTO Coordinator MAPCO/Williams/IBM— Tulsa, Oklahoma

July 1987 - November 2005

Lead a team to implement the first ever PTO program for the company. This included interfacing with the IT team to deploy the program and setting up a communication network to manage PTO.

●5500 Filing — Medical & Retirement

●Administered a PTO program

●Administered disability program

●Main point of contact for employee questions regarding their plans

●Advised employees of current plan details / Communicated changes and updates

●Interpreted and applied government laws and regulations

SKILLS

●Practiced leadership skills

●Led Organizational change

●High level of dealing with the details

●Honesty & integrity

●Accomplished Public Speaker

●Confidentiality

●Entire MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, etc.)

●UltiPro HRMS

●JIRA, MCG, American Hospital Directory, Visium, TEAMS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

President, SouthWest Benefits Association May 2019 - May 2020 Member July 1987 - Present My duties as President included planning, leading and chairing the annual conference, finding guest speakers, and I led the executive committee. I also served as a member of other SWBA working committees, including a term leading the membership committee.

2020-2021 Chair of Advisory Committee.

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