Lindsay A. Newhart, MHRM

Roselle Park, NJ 301-***-****

linkedin.com/in/lindsay-newhart/ admhwr@r.postjobfree.com

Recruiting & Staffing Initiatives

Budget Planning & Management

Payroll & Benefits Administration

Insurance & Workers Compensation

Strategic Planning & Execution

Labor Relations & Contract Negotiations

HR Metrics & Data Analysis

Regulatory Compliance

Audit Oversight

Stakeholder Relations

Policies & Procedures

Employee Relations

Staff Training & Development

Succession Planning

Performance Management

Recruiting & Staffing Initiatives

Data Management & Reporting

Negotiate Contracts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MEADOWLANDS RACETRACK, East Rutherford, NJ 3/2015 – 9/2020

Manager, Director (HRBP)

Brought into the business as the HR Manager and promoted to HR Director after three years. Oversaw all HR operations, including full cycle recruiting, coaching, benefits administration, employee relationships, budgeting and planning, policy and procedure development, performance monitoring, and succession planning. Played a critical role in the successful launch of the company’s new FanDuel sportsbook. Oversaw 600+ employees, 2 HR/Payroll staff and 2 sites.

Strategic Planning, Execution, and Labor Relations: Formulated and launched an innovative labor strategy, effectively creating new CBAs and ongoing negotiation of 17 union contracts. Handled all grievances and arbitrations. Wrote newly negotiated contracts. Leveraged analytics to project costs of new contracts including wages.

Executive & Management Coaching: Advised and coached executive leadership on organizational development, talent and leadership development, succession planning, compensation and benefits, diversity and inclusion, and change management.

Organizational Design & HR Strategy: Conceptualized, developed, and launched the largest sportsbook in the world from the ground up: The FanDuel Sportsbook at the Meadowlands Racetrack; designed, planned, and recruited all corresponding positions in partnership with FanDuel leadership. Designed ongoing recruiting strategy in conjunction with workforce planning.

Stakeholder Relations: Provide ongoing advisory to key business stakeholders on all HR practices/policies/procedures.

Recruiting & Technology Innovation: Oversee/execute all phases of full cycle recruiting for both exempt/non-exempt personnel; evaluated recruiting needs and pioneered development of new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) designed to streamline recruiting process, effectively slashing recruiting costs by 50% as a direct result of transitioning from external source to internally-produced system and evaluating recruiting sources.

Benefits: Oversaw all facets of benefits design, management, and administration; enrolled new personnel and provided full interpretation of available plans, as well as guidance on the right mix of benefits for specialized needs, effectively maximizing employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention.

Policy Violations & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Provide guidance to management personnel on severe policy violations, facilitate subsequent investigations, and advise on individualized solutions.

Program Development: Create/administer employee recognition programs designed to drive employee engagement and retention; design and select a diverse range of benefit insurance programs.

Budget Planning & Management: Govern annual/monthly budget planning and administration for external vendors and HR department

Performance Management & Succession Planning: Govern performance evaluation/merit process, talent assessment, employee development, workforce/succession planning, and benchmark strength to foster overall professional development.

Employee Relations & Coaching: Coach senior management personnel on a broad range of leadership techniques centralized on bolstering employee relations; conduct corresponding investigations when necessary.

Staff Training & Development: Assess specialized training needs for all business sectors and organize/conduct training.

Workflow Analysis & Optimization: Continually monitor/analyze evolving needs for new/updated policies, procedures, and systems; deliver/present findings to Owner and senior leadership team.

Audit Oversight: Oversee all aspects of numerous 401(k) audits, union audits, and quarterly reconciliations.

Payroll Analysis & Problem Solving: Zeroed-in on and eliminated high-level payroll issues corresponding to deductions and discrepancies for more than 600 personnel across two sites.

Reporting & Regulatory Compliance: Formulate/submit ACA reporting in adherence to federal government regulations.

Process Improvement: Reduced unemployment claims by 50% by improving internal approval controls

Health & Safety: Managed Safety Committee and monthly building walkthroughs. Partnered with Safety & Risk Officer to successfully respond to OSHA letter and avoid an inspection.

Negotiate Contracts: Negotiate all contracts with temporary staffing agencies and background check providers

HRIS Implementation: Assisted with finalizing implementation of Paycom HRIS with Finance

FRIENDWELL MANAGEMENT USA, Edison, NJ 2013 – 2014

HR Manager

Labor Relations: Handled all union issues for three contracts.

Human Resources Oversight: Spearhead all facets of HR department functions, employee relations, and policy translation (including three union contracts) as sole HR employee for an expansive workforce encompassing 600+ personnel throughout five sites and one corporate office.

Management Counseling & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Provide ongoing coaching and mentorship to management personnel on employee relations and other various HR-related functions and issues.

Cost Savings & Avoidance: Successfully generated $30K in cost savings as a result of integrating five separate health and welfare plans into one centralized plan, as well as $40K in cost savings via strategically sourcing and interchanging workers compensation insurance providers.

Human Resources Administration: Produce new administrative forms (job descriptions, offer letters, etc.), organize all new hire paperwork and background checks, oversee/execute benefits administration (including health and welfare, disability, workers compensation, FMLA, etc.), and analyze/develop new health and welfare plans.

Staff Training & Development: Orchestrate employee training for all departments as needed.

Property Acquisition: Instrumental member of acquisition team centralized on facilitating all new property acquisitions.

Project Management: Pioneer a broad range of special projects, including I9 audit, PTO balance resolution for all hotels, HRIS system updating, and various other initiatives.

Committee Management: Coordinate all aspects of risk management and safety committee activities.

Payroll: Processed payroll when needed

Earlier Career Success

Temporary Positions, Fidelity Investments & Fitch Ratings Core Staffing, New York, NY

Successes include cost savings, process improvements, and team building

Human Resources Benefits Administration Supervisor Keane, Inc., Boston, MA

Successes included hiring and supervising a team of 6, Project Manager of successful cross-functional team that delivered an internal employee condominium rental site, member of benefit acquisition team, process improvements, cost savings, member team tasked with designing a new Employee Orientation program, member of PeopleSoft implementation team, remotely worked with 15 sites throughout the U.S.

Human Resource Representative Speedline Technologies, Franklin, MA

Successes include university and conference recruiting

Technical Recruiter New Boston Systems, Woburn, MA

Successes include setting the record for highest profit margin in the department

Human Resource Generalist Sealy Mattress Company manufacturing facility, Randolph, MA

Successes include OSHA inspection, member of management team, reworking employee reward program, handled all union issues including negotiations. Sole HR employee for manufacturing facility

Mental Health Counselor Arbor HRI Hospital, Brookline, MA

Successes include conducting group therapy sessions for dual diagnosis program, working closely with eating disorder patients, accompanying patients via ambulance to medical hospital for various procedures

VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENTS

Board Advisor and Treasurer, Compass Schoolhouse (2008 – Present)

Currently a Board Advisor. Previously served as the Treasurer for 3 years.

President, Westfield Welcome Club (2005 – 2014)

Led the 25-member board for the non-profit organization.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Master of Human Resource Management, Rutgers School of Management & Labor Relations, Piscataway, NJ

Delta Epsilon Iota Honor Society, GPA 3.95

Master of Social Work, Concentration in Occupational Social Work, Boston College, Newton, MA

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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